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Department Chair

Radha Bhattacharya

Department Office/Website

Steven G. Mihaylo Hall 3313
657-278-2228
https://business.fullerton.edu/academics/economics

Faculty

Pedro Amaral, Anthony Bald, Gabriela Best, Div Bhagia, Radha Bhattacharya, Rokon Bhuiyan, Maria Casanova, Jen-Wen Chang, Ermira Farka, Adrian Fleissig, Larry Howard, Sherif Khalifa, Kristin Kleinjans, Mitchell Livy, Taylor Mackay, Thomas May, Robert Mead, Huiran Pan, Aaron Popp, Dipankar Purkayastha, Morteza Rahmatian, Denise Stanley, Feng Xiao, Fang Zhang

Introduction 

Economics is a powerful discipline that equips students with the ability to understand and analyze complex issues affecting the world. By studying economics, students gain essential skills in critical thinking, data analysis and problem-solving, preparing them to address the challenges faced by businesses, policymakers and society.

Economics majors develop a unique ability to connect industry trends and market shifts to the broader economic landscape. This skill set allows economists to tackle a wide range of analytical challenges, making them invaluable in various industries. Economics majors achieve significant career success and typically enjoy higher early-career wages than they would have with their second-choice major.

An economics degree opens doors to a wide range of career paths in finance, consulting, government, utilities, health care administration, insurance, non-profits and international organizations. Additionally, many economics graduates pursue advanced degrees in fields like law, public administration, education, political science and business, further enhancing their career prospects.

The Department of Economics offers a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Economics. Students can also pursue concentrations in Business Economics or Business and Economics Analytics within the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

• Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics
• Master of Arts in Economics

Programs and Courses Offered

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

• Business Administration, Business Economics Concentration, B.A.  
• Business Administration, Business and Economics Analytics Concentration, B.A.  

Programs

• Economics, B.A.

• Economics, M.A.
• Economics, Quantitative Economics Concentration, M.A.

• Economics Minor

Courses

Courses are designated as ECON in the class schedule.

• ECON 100 - The Economic Environment (3)
• ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
• ECON 305 - Economics, Causality, and Analytics (3)
• ECON 310 - Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3)
• ECON 315 - Intermediate Business Microeconomics (3)
• ECON 320 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
• ECON 325 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3)
• ECON 330 - Comparative Economic Systems (3)
• ECON 332 - Economies of the Pacific Rim (3)
• ECON 333 - Economic Development: Analysis and Case Studies (3)
• ECON 334 - Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
• ECON 335 - The International Economy (3)
• ECON 336 - Economies of the Middle East (3)
• ECON 340 - Economic Research Methods (3)
• ECON 350 - American Economic History (3)
• ECON 355 - Economics of Gender and Work (3)
• ECON 360 - Economic Inequality in the U.S. (3)
• ECON 361 - Urban Economics (3)
• ECON 362 - Environmental Economics (3)
• ECON 410 - Industrial Organization (3)
• ECON 411 - International Trade (3)
• ECON 412 - Labor Economics (3)
• ECON 413 - Law and Economics (3)
• ECON 415 - Economics of Health (3)
• ECON 416 - Benefit Cost and Microeconomic Policy Analysis (3)
• ECON 417 - Public Finance (3)
• ECON 418 - Behavioral Economics (3)
• ECON 419 - Economics of the Education System (3)
• ECON 420 - Money and Banking (3)
• ECON 421 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy (3)
• ECON 431 - International Macroeconomics and Growth (3)
• ECON 433 - The Less Developed Countries and the World Economy (3)
• ECON 440 - Introduction to Econometrics (3)
• ECON 441 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3)
• ECON 442 - Data Science for Economics and Policy Analysis (3)
• ECON 450 - History of Economic Thought (3)
• ECON 462 - Natural Resource Economics (3)
• ECON 490 - Economics Capstone (3)
• ECON 495 - Internship (1-3)
• ECON 496 - Tutorial (1-3)
• ECON 499 - Independent Study (1-3)
• ECON 502 - Advanced Microeconomics (3)
• ECON 503 - Advanced Macroeconomics (3)
• ECON 504 - Advanced Microeconometrics: Causality and Policy Evaluation (3)
• ECON 505 - Advanced Macroeconometrics: Time Series and Forecasting (3)
• ECON 515 - Microeconomic Perspective for Managers (3)
• ECON 521 - Macroeconomic Perspective for Managers (3)
• ECON 528 - Seminar in Financial Economics (3)
• ECON 529 - Seminar in Monetary Economics (3)
• ECON 531 - Seminar in International Economics (3)
• ECON 532 - Topics in Game Theory (3)
• ECON 533 - Seminar in Development Economics (3)
• ECON 534 - Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3)
• ECON 542 - Introduction to Machine Learning for Economic and Policy Analysis (3)
• ECON 590 - Seminar in Economic Analysis (3)
• ECON 595 - Current Research in Economics (3)
• ECON 598 - Thesis Research (3)
• ECON 599 - Independent Graduate Research (3)

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