Department of Economics

Chair: W. Milon; BA2 305D; 407 823 3266;
E-mail: economics@bus.ucf.edu

Faculty: Braun, Buhagiar, Butterfield, Caputo, Dickie, Euzent, Gerking, Gibbs, Harrison, Hofler, Hosni, Martin, McHone, Milon, Moore, Pennington, Potter, Rutstrom, Scrogin, Soskin, Underwood, White
Faculty Advisor: R. Pennington; BA2 303B; 407 823 2640; E-mail: robertp@mail.ucf.edu;
Faculty Advisor: U. Chakravorty; BA2 302S; 407 823 4728;
Faculty Advisor: N. Underwood; BA2 302N; 407 823 1403;

Economic issues dominate today’s news and public debates more than ever before. Inflation, unemployment, health care, economic growth, pollution, poverty, and international economic relations are a few of these issues. The primary strength of Economics is that it provides a logical, ordered way of looking at most problems and issues. Undergraduate education in Economics equips individuals to both better understand and seek solutions to these issues.

The Department of Economics participates in two undergraduate degree programs: a BSBA degree and a BA degree. The purpose of the BSBA Economics Program is to provide students with a professional business background that prepares them for careers in private business and government. The purpose of the economics BA Program is to provide a broad-based liberal arts background that can serve as a strong foundation for further graduate studies in law, social sciences, and other fields or as training for careers in politics, teaching, research, social service, and other areas. Both programs enable students to better understand the economic and noneconomic issues that are confronted in their jobs and their private lives and to provide the analytical skills that will allow them to resolve them.

The Department also offers an accelerated undergraduate/graduate program for highly qualified majors in Economics. The Economics BA/MS program provides a broad liberal arts education and leads to a graduate degree in 5 years.

Distinctive Benefits
  • Flexible Curriculum: Students tailor the program to their individual interests through a large selection of tracks and electives.
  • Interdisciplinary Linkages: Economics provides a solid foundation to link with many other disciplines allowing for a double major in Finance, Real Estate, Mathematics and Political Science.
  • Teaching quality: Many of the Economics faculty have received Excellence in Teaching Awards.
  • Opportunity for strong quantitative and analytical training.
  • Student Organizations: The Economics Club is an active student organization linking students to Alumni.
  • Excellent preparation for law school admission.
Degrees:Business Economics (BSBA, MS,PhD), Economics (BA)
Minors:Economics

Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs in the College of Business Administration are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/alc_students_cba.htm