Contact Information
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http://economics.uoregon.edu
Undergraduate degrees: B.A, B.S.,
Undergraduate Minor
Choice and flexibility
Given the breadth of a degree in economics, students are encouraged to choose one or more professional concentrations that are consistent with their career goals. Each of the seven professional options offered at the UO come equipped with their own program plan, advisers, and career possibilities. This approach gives students a better idea of what they can do with an economics major and provides specialized training in their fields of interest.
Economics majors can choose one or more of the following professional concentrations:
- Business economics—banking and finance
- Business economics—management, marketing, and accounting
- Economics, public policy and administration
- Environmental economics
- Economics and mathematical economics
- International and development economics
- Law and economics, political economy
Economics balances a liberal arts education with the development of general—and therefore widely applicable—problem solving and analytical skills. Economics majors set themselves up for a wide variety of careers, explains Director of Undergraduate Studies Bruce Blonigan. Students graduating with a degree in economics can go into corporate business, work as an analyst for private consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies, or can easily go on to law or business school. “What’s distinctive about economics,” adds Blonigan, “is that you learn the general concepts that make a firm successful. You’re given a set of tools and concepts that can be applied to any market and lots of situations.” This makes you, the economics student, a hot commodity out there in the job market.
Points of Interest
- Economics majors gain real-world experience through internships in the community and conducting student-led and faculty supervised research.
- The Economics major includes seven different professional concentrations that focus on specific career options.
- Economics, with its focus on analytical abilities and problem solving skills, is one of the best preparatory majors for students interested in going to law school.
- The UO’s Social Science Data Service Laboratory stores data from the panel study of income dynamics, international financial statistics, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
- Peer advising offers students the opportunity to supervise and council fellow students, as well as participate in small group projects.