Department of Economics

<p>Economics is the “just right” major, offering a compelling combination of quantitative and policy skills. Our award-winning faculty guide students through an engaging and challenging curriculum. Economics students move on to graduate programs in a wide variety of fields from economics to business to law, and to career opportunities in both the public and private sectors.</p>

<p>Donald Kohn, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, addressing a large audience in Purnell Hall at the 2009 Hutchinson Lecture. The lecture series, which is sponsored by the Department of Economics in honor of former faculty member Harry Hutchinson, brings a well-known macroeconomist to campus for a public lecture every spring.</p>

<p>Constructed in 1997, Alfred Lerner Hall is named in recognition of a $2.5 million gift from MBNA America (now part of Bank of America). The 45,000-square-foot building was completed for the 1997-98 school year. One of the highlights of the building is a 3-story, glass-walled atrium, named in honor of the late Chaplin Tyler, a friend and benefactor of the college.</p>

<p>The Exelon Trading Center allows our students to experience real-time hands-on professional applications of the financial industry, and empowers our faculty with high-tech teaching tools. This discovery-based learning facility allows the Lerner College to stay abreast of the fast-paced world of financial markets. When the trading center is not used for classes and workshops, it is available for students to complete research and assignments.</p>

<p>Although known as the Green, the University of Delaware’s central gathering place is equally glorious in autumn hues. Crisscross the brick paths, enter the Georgian buildings, and experience the beauty of this East Coast Classic.</p>

<p>The University of Delaware Library is an innovator in identifying, acquiring, and making accessible a broad range of electronic library resources. A depository for government publications and for U.S. patents, the University of Delaware Library constantly updates its technology and adds resources for students, faculty, and staff to provide the most current and convenient information resources and services to its users.</p>

<p>UD economics faculty members are actively and regularly engaged in the world of public policy. Whether it is writing OP-ED pieces on current events, advising government agencies, or working with the undergraduate Fed Challenge team, we are there. Look for us in public events across campus, addressing the financial crisis of 2009, the economic platforms of the presidential candidates, or whatever is in the news.</p>

Economics supplies the answers.

Economics is a fascinating subject, poised at the intersections of social science, business, and public policy. An understanding of economics principles is critical to success in business and to the design of effective government policy. Economists study how markets work to determine what is produced, how it is produced, and how income is distributed. Among the many topics studied in economics are the role and impact of international trade, the impact of monopoly on the economy, and the problems of unemployment and inflation.

At the undergraduate level, we offer B.A. and B.S. degrees in Economics and a B.A. in Economic Education. The Department of Economics has approximately 475 undergraduate majors and 335 minors.

At the graduate level, we offer Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Economics, a M.S. in Economics and Applied Econometrics, a Ph.D. in Economic Education and a joint M.A./MBA. The Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship offers an M.A. degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship for Educators (MAEEE). The Department of Economics has approximately 100 graduate students enrolled in its M.A. and Ph.D. programs. Approximately 25 new graduate students join the department each year.

The University of Delaware Economics Department includes 27 full time faculty whose research and teaching interests cover the full range of course and fields in economics. Our department takes great pride in both our teaching and research accomplishments.

You can learn more about our department and all of these programs here. You can also stop by and see us on the 4th floor of Purnell Hall or call us at 302-831-2565.

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