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THE OFFICIAL TOP TEN
REASONS TO MAJOR OR MINOR IN ECONOMICS AT JMU
10. Economics prepares you for a
career, not just a job.
Employers today are looking for
students with analysis and research skills and writing ability. Courses in
economics at JMU develop these skills and abilities, even as they help you
understand business, politics, markets and the global economy.
9. Economics is highly
regarded by graduate schools as well as employers.
Graduate study of law, business, public policy or social science calls for
critical thinking abilities and a solid analytical foundation. JMU
economics graduates have gone on to distinction in a variety of graduate
programs, as well as in employment directly after graduation.
8. Economics works well as
a double major or minor.
B.A. and B.S. students in fields such as political science and public
administration find that economics major requirements are a good match for
their undergraduate programs. B.B.A. (business) students from all fields
can also complete a major or minor in economics, adding that dimension to
their preparation, without taking a large number of prerequisites.
7. Economics is taught by
an excellent faculty at JMU.
Among the accomplishments of the economics faculty are: winning the
University-wide distinguished teaching award, publishing articles in
national and international research journals, consulting for businesses,
supervising hundreds of students in JMU programs abroad, and being quoted
in The Wall Street Journal.
6. Economics provides a good start toward a fulfilling
career.
Economics majors are generally educated students who have gone on to
develop their analytical, investigative and research skills. Economics
majors use their understanding of economics relationships and markets to
work for manufacturing firms, financial services firms, consulting firms,
the health care industries, government agencies, and nonprofit
organizations. Economists with strong statistical backgrounds conduct
research, analyze data and develop forecasts. Economics majors with a good
background in the field are competitive in the job market.
5. Economics is liberal
arts and economics is business.
Economics is the most practical of the liberal arts and is sought out by
graduate schools and employers. It is also a highly respected academic
business discipline.
4. Economics is a good choice for the undecided.
If you think you might want to get a job right after you earn your
undergraduate degree, you can interview for a large number of jobs that
call for economics majors and "any business major." If you decide to go on
to graduate school, you will have an excellent background well respected
by graduate admissions committees. As an economics major, you're not just
qualified for a narrow range of opportunities -- and it's not one of those
majors that requires graduate study to be employed in the field.
3. Economics lets you choose your undergraduate degree:
B.A., B.S., or B.B.A.
You may combine your economics major with additional work in foreign
language and philosophy to get a B.A., additional work in math and science
to get a B.S., or core business studies to get a B.B.A.
2. Economics is well respected on campus.
Across JMU, people understand that economics is a solid academic major.
1. Economics is fun.
Not "ha-ha" fun, but the kind of fun that comes from being able to solve
problems that puzzle and mystify the rest of the world. You'll understand
the "most powerful of the social sciences," as economics has been called.
THE REAL TOP
TEN REASONS TO MAJOR IN ECONOMICS
10.
9. You get to say "trickle down" with a straight face.
8.
Mick Jagger and Arnold
Schwarzenegger both studied economics and look how they turned out.
7.
You can say heteroskedasticity and know what it means.
6. Get drunk and tell everyone that you are just researching the law of
diminishing marginal utility.
5. You can talk about money without ever having to make any.
4. When you are the unemployment line at least you'll know why you are
there.
3. Economists do it with interest.
2. Economists can supply it on demand
1. Economists do it with models.
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