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Program Description
The Department of Finance, Economics, and International Business offers a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics. Graduates of the program add value to many types of organizations. They are prepared to meet the challenges of the modern-day business environment because they have mastered many professional skills.
To be more specific, students who graduate with a B.B.A. in Economics are able to:
Communicate economic ideas and analysis effectively, in writing and in oral presentations
Use quantitative techniques, economic modeling, and problem-solving skills to develop, complete, and present a research project involving economic analysis
Review and analyze, critically, alternative economic policy proposals
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of proposed and existing government programs.
Dr. Shaorong Zhang, Department Chair
Department of Finance & Economics
Marshall University
Lewis College of Business
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Office: SBUS 218
Phone: 304-696-2606 lcob@marshall.edu
Opportunities & Careers
Law School
Graduate School in Economics, Applied Economics, International Affairs, Public Administration, Finance, Statistics, and many other fields
Business School (MBA programs)
Analyst, Research Associate, Bank Examiner, or Financial Institution Specialist with the FDIC or Federal Reserve System
As you can see, the possibilities are endless! And the money is good: starting salaries for graduates in economics, in the above fields, average $54,800. For more information on job and career possibilities, we have prepared for you an extensive Alumni Jobs & Careers Database. If you want to know what our alumni are doing with their Economics degrees, and what YOU can do with an Economics degree from the Lewis College of Business, you’ll find those answers in this document!
NOTE: Students must take an International COB elective. ECN 408, 420, 421, 460, and FIN 440 cannot double count as the International COB elective and an ECN/FIN elective.
*ECN/FIN electives can be any 300 or 400 level ECN or FIN courses that are not already required (except ECN 490 and FIN 490). One elective must be at the 400 level.
