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Welcome to the
Department of Economics at East
Carolina University.
The study of economics provides the foundation for
understanding the forces that cause growth in living standards, recessions,
and inflation. At a personal level, economics is useful for determining the
market value of a house and making investments for retirement. Economics is
also crucial for understanding important social issues.
A liberal arts education in economics will give you
practical skills and many career choices. It will help you to prepare for a
world in which you may need to change careers to adapt to changing economic
forces. An economics major is useful in many careers. In the financial
services sector (banking, brokerage houses, etc.) economic data are
interpreted on a daily basis. Business managers must contend with changing
market conditions, make investment decisions, and evaluate risks.
Government officials must develop policies that enable the economy to
flourish, since it is the primary source of government revenue.
The Department of Economics at ECU has earned a
reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Members of the
economics faculty have won six university-wide teaching awards; students commend
our faculty for their availability. Our professors all maintain active
research agendas. Six different faculty members have won research awards
from the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and
Sciences. Many of our faculty have gained national
reputations through their publications and offer courses in their areas of
specialty.
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