QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS (NO MINOR REQUIRED)

This program of study would be particularly appropriate for those students who plan to continue their education by entering a Masters or Ph.D. program in Economics, Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Operations Research, Statistics or many other graduate programs that require a strong development of quantitative skills. In most graduate programs in the social and behavioral sciences, a strong quantitative, mathematical and statistical background is becoming the norm rather than the exception.

A graduate degree in economics is often a prerequisite for jobs involving economic analysis. A Masters Degree is often sufficient to obtain employment as an industrial economist (persons who analyze business trends and represent firms before the media and public) or as a government economist (persons working as economists in agencies such as the CIA, the Bureau of Land Management, the State Department, state planning agencies, etc.). These economists often combine consulting and teaching at the junior college level as part of their career. A Ph.D. in economics is necessary to teach at four year colleges and universities. Weber State economics graduates have gone on to graduate school at Harvard, Chicago, Stanford, Northwestern, Virginia, Texas A&M, Michigan State, Wyoming, Rice, Washington U. at St. Louis, University of California and others.

Required Courses (33 hours; no minor is required inasmuch as the equivalent of a minor in mathematics is included in this program of study)

In addition to the requirements for all general economics majors, students must also take:

• Accounting 2010(3)
• Econ 4550 (3)
• Econ 4560 (3)

Studemts must also take the lower division calculus sequence, plus eight other credit hours offered by the Mathematics Department. Because of the required sequence in calculus, Quant 2400 is waived in the general economics requirements.

Elective Courses: A minimum of 12 hours of courses approved in advance by the Department Chair taken from either the Economics or the Mathematics Department (see list of currently approved classes on the graduation contract form available in the economics department office).