Overview

The Department of Economics at Brigham Young University focuses on providing a first-class undergraduate education in the discipline of economics. The core courses are taught using a calculus-based approach. Economics examines how societies choose to allocate scarce resources among competing uses. A broad range of contemporary policy issues are studied in fields such as food, agriculture, and natural resource economics; economic development and growth; international trade and finance; economic history; the organization of industries; the development and efficiency of law; business cycles; labor markets; and public and private finance.

Undergraduate Programs and Degrees

• Economics (BA)
• Economics (BS)
• Minor    
  
  • Economics 

Frequently Asked Questions

Expected Learning Outcomes

Program graduates will

1. be further prepared to pursue a life of continued learning, analytical and critical thinking, and flexibility adjusting to changing information, needs and challenges;
2. be qualified to pursue graduate studies in economics, business, finance, law, public policy, and related disciplines;
3. be able to obtain productive employment in consulting, business, finance, management, and related fields;
4. be able to conceptualize a wide range of constrained optimization problems in economics and related fields and be able to apply formal mathematical analysis to evaluate these problems;
5. understand and apply intermediate microeconomic principles, including the model of perfect competition, price theory, and their neoclassical extensions, and be able to analyze behavior-given changes in constraints, prices and costs;
6. understand intermediate macroeconomic principles and be able to apply standard macroeconomic models to the analysis of contemporary public policy issues or problems;
7. be able to conduct basic econometric analysis, including using data to estimate behavioral models, test hypotheses, and measure quantitative relationships, and have a basic understanding of mathematical statistics that underlie applied econometric analysis; and
8. be introduced to and become knowledgeable regarding one or more selected fields of economics, including history of economic thought, antitrust and regulation, law and economics, international trade theory, economic development, economic growth, monetary theory and policy, and natural resource and environmental, financial, labor, health, and agricultural economics.