Economics (B.A., B.S.)

at Southern Utah University

Southern Utah University’s Economics Program provides students with high quality educational opportunities and excellent preparation for professional careers or graduate school. Highly effective teaching—focused on student learning—is the hallmark of the program. The faculty also strives to make meaningful intellectual contributions, by conducting and disseminating the results of research and related scholarly activities, and to provide service to the university, the economics profession and society. Economics is an unusual major that is both liberal arts, since it’s a social science, and professional, since it’s a fundamental discipline for business. Because it emphasizes the development of thinking and problem-solving skills, economics prepares graduates for a wide variety of careers and a changing environment.