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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 &amp; 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/files\/2017\/06\/Jobs-Careers-of-ECN-Graduates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you\u2019ll find those answers in this document!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Projected job market data for Economists:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/link\/summary\/19-3011.00\">https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/link\/summary\/19-3011.00<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Major Courses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ECN 326 \u2013 Intermediate Macro. Analysis<\/li>\n<li>ECN 328 \u2013 Intermediate Micro. 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