Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalogue 
    
2024-2025 Catalogue

Economics and Business


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Chairperson: Jennifer Kelber

Professor: Dina Frutos-Bencze, Associate Professors: Robert Gigliotti, Rong Huang, Jennifer Wells Kelber, Kelly A. Lalonde, Michael Matheis, Paul Marmora, Michael J. McGuinness, Luke T. Miller, Stephan Unger; Assistant Professors: Sandra Cereola, Stephanie Coffey, Jeff Wiebe; Professor of Practice: Nicole Hruban

The Department of Economics and Business offers five Bachelor of Arts majors:  Accounting, Business Administration (with concentrations in either Management or International Business), Economics, Finance, and Marketing. Department of Economics and Business offers one Bachelor of Science major: Accounting. The majors are designed to prepare students for work in the business world or for graduate study in economics or business.

In addition, the College offers four interdisciplinary majors: Business Analytics, Computer Science with Business, Information Systems and Mathematics with Economics. For details, see the descriptions under the Computer Science or Mathematics departments.

All of the majors are encouraged to do internships and the Business Administration majors are required to fulfill an internship requirement. Business Administration - International Business majors are especially encouraged to study abroad.

Double majors within the department and across departments are allowed, except for International Business with Business.  No more than 6 courses can double count toward both majors.

The department also offers minors in Accounting and Economics.  Both require 5 courses (see below).

Please note that some classes in Economics and Business require that students have access to a computer during class time.  This requirement can be found in the individual course description, below.  In some cases, students will be expected to bring a laptop to these classes.

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