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Economics Degree

Program Highlights

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Should I buy? Should I sell? Students act as business managers, apply risk management theories, and execute trades in an unstable market.

Spiral Staircase in Hopkins Social Sciences Center

Jno. E. Owens Memorial Foundation Conference

An annual conference hosted every other year at Austin College and Southern Methodist University brings together thinkers on the forefront of international economic forces in the philosophical context of free trade.

Finish in Four*

with the skills to launch your career

Being an economist,

will require you to hone your communication, critical thinking, quantitative, and collaboration skills. With a degree in economics, you will be poised to take on your first job with the knowledge that you can confidently:

describe and illustrate economic phenomenon effectively in written and oral presentations;

apply economic theory and leverage the emerging computer software programs; and

utilize quantitative methods to address economic problems.

Explore our Graduate Outcomes to learn more about what our graduates are doing today.