Economics B.A. at Robert Morris University Illinois

The B.A. in Economics provides transferable skills. Students learn to use economic data and models to analyze economic trends, evaluate competitiveness, and make strategic plans. The program combines insights from behavioral economics to human resource management, saving, investment, and wealth management decisions. Understanding economic concepts enables us to make better financial decisions and shape public policy, as well as allowing us to explore the world in a new way. Our B.A. in Economics program prepares students to meet the growing demand for skilled professionals in both public and private sectors.

• Flexible program: The economics program gives students flexibility to add complementary minors to the majors, such as Business, International Studies, Political Science, Legal Studies, Data Analytics, or Web Design.
• Diverse applications: Economics intersects many disciplines. Its applications include, for example, finance, accounting, legal studies, health, gender, environment, education, and immigration.
• Excellent preparation for law school: Many former students have continued their studies to law schools, including those who have received full scholarships from their law programs
• High achieving students: Economics graduates have excelled in various ways, including winning many awards, such as a year-long Presidential Fellowship from the Center for the Study of the Presidency.
• Award-winning faculty: The program’s faculty have received numerous awards, including the Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award from the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration. Faculty members regularly present their scholarship at the most influential economic conferences, such as the American Economic Association Annual Meetings.