Program Overview
This economics program focuses on traditional topics like investment and interest rates, while also encompassing broader issues such as climate change, inequality, and healthcare. Students will learn how societies allocate scarce resources and advise stakeholders on decision-making to optimize outcomes. The program's scope extends beyond traditional economic concepts, offering a well-rounded understanding of the field's evolving role in contemporary societal challenges.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Traditionally economists advise on investment, inflation, interest rates, and production. Increasingly, however, economics takes a wider focus with many economists examining climate change, inequality, and improving healthcare.
Other:
Economists examine how societies attempt to make the best use of their scarce resources so that they can advise governments, individuals, and companies on how to improve decisions and outcomes.
