Economics

What Is Economics?

LMU's Economics major helps students gain an understanding of the limitations and successes of the systems of production, distribution, and consumption of material wealth. Because of the economy's importance to the human condition, economic knowledge is useful in many fields, such as political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and history.

Economists study everything from ethics to elections and discrimination to drug dealing. Based on these studies, they develop theories that help us understand how actual economies work.

The breadth, practical relevance, and rigorous analytical training involved in the study of economics give students great flexibility in the choice of careers and graduate study.

What Do Economics Majors Do?

Economics majors learn about more than just math and money. Students learn how to analyze patterns in fluctuations in economic activity. They learn to use statistics and other tools. Majors also explore economic history, economic philosophies, and important economic institutions, such as the Federal Reserve System and The World Bank.

LMU offers a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Economics majors desiring a second major in Business Administration can easily complete the requirements for both within four years. The degrees are good preparation for careers in business, government or the secondary classroom. They also prepare students for graduate study in business, law or economics.

Is This Major Right For You?

You might be a Economics major if you:

Are interested in business
Are interested in law, government, or finance
Enjoy problem solving
Enjoy analysis
Like math and statistics

About Our Faculty

Our faculty members are respected scholars and researchers who hold degrees from top economics graduate programs, including those at Berkeley, MIT, Purdue, and UCLA. Many have worked for institutions such as The World Bank. Our instructors are widely published in journals such as American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and International Journal of Game Theory.

Among the faculty are a number of noted experimental economists. LMU is home to an Experimental Economics Laboratory, which trains future business leaders to consider the social and ethical implications of their actions.

About Our Students and Graduates

Our students have opportunities to conduct research in the participate in Experimental Economics Laboratory and assist faculty members in experiments, earn money, and gain experience assisting faculty with cutting edge research.

GOur program's graduates often might choose to work in finance, the investments industry, or markmarket research, or as insurance and analysts, real estatecommodities traders, securities brokers, or real estate investors. Among today’s chief executive officers, eEconomics is the second most common likely undergraduate major. of today's CEOs.

LMU Economics graduates have enjoyed have entered successful careers at companies such as Boeing, Morgan Stanley, American Express, and HealthNet. Others have founded their own businesses, attended prestigious law schools, earned doctoral degrees, and PH.D. programs, and worked gone to at high-level posts in work for federal, state, and local governments.

Representative Courses

Our offered courses have included:

Personal Finance
Urban Economics
U.S. Economic History
Game Theory
Law and Economics
Experimental Economics
Economics and Ethics
Economic Development
Managerial Economics
Forecasting Methods
Chinese Economic and Business System
International Trade
International Finance Theory
Economic Geography
Econometrics