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Credits Required
120
Format
Face To Face
Location

All undergraduate students begin their academic career on the Allendale Campus. Students in this major continue their upper division studies downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

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Coursework

After applied microeconomics and business cycles and growth, the program covers many topics including:

  • Data analytics
  • Urban and real estate economics
  • Environmental problems
  • International trade
  • Health economics
  • Emerging markets issues
  • Comparative economics
  • Markets, strategy, and government
  • Money and banking
  • Public economics and ethics
  • Sports economics
  • Economics of work and family
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Career Options

Economics graduates are prepared for careers in many settings: the private business sector, non-profit work, government, consulting, health services, market analysis, environmental science, data analytics, insurance, education, finance and banking, real estate, and manufacturing, just to name a few. An economics degree also prepares students for graduate work such as law school, MBA programs, and many other graduate degrees.

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Application Deadline
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Skills Employers Want

The B.A. and B.S. in Economics at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual economics job postings.

  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Accounting
  • Project Coordination
  • Calculous
  • Social Sciences
  • International Relations
  • Statistical Methods
  • Public Speaking

Source: EMSI, 2020

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