Economics Major Learning Outcomes

• Economics Disciplinary Knowledge: Knowledge of economic theories, tools, and applications and understating of their relevance to society.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor in Science in Economics, graduates will be able to demonstrate economics disciplinary knowledge by:

  • Recall the main economic theories and their relevance to society,
  • Explain the applications of the main economic theories and concepts, and
  • Utilizing economic tools appropriately.

• Critical thinking is the analysis and evaluation of complex ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments as a basis for formulating a well-reasoned belief, judgment, or conclusion.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Economics, students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking by:

  • Identifying and stating a problem or issue to be addressed;
  • Analyzing and evaluating complex ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments that can address the problem or issue;
  • Stating and assessing the assumptions and limitations of ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments that can address the problem or issue; and
  • Formulating well-reasoned beliefs, judgments, or conclusions.

• Ethical Reasoning requires students to recognize ethical issues, identify their own ethical positions and analyze other ethical perspectives in real-world situations in order to consider the impact of decisions and actions on other individuals, society, and the environment.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Economics, students will be able to demonstrate ethical reasoning by:

  • Recognizing ethical issues;
  • Identifying their own ethical positions;
  • Analyzing other ethical positions; and
  • Considering the impact of decisions and actions on other individuals, society, and the environment.

• Communication requires students to recognize and utilize the most appropriate means to address specific audiences in relevant contexts or genres in order to effectively inform or persuade.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Economics, students will be able to demonstrate communication by:

  • Recognizing and utilizing the most appropriate means to address specific audiences; and
  • Employing communication methods relevant to specific contexts or genres to effectively inform or persuade.

• Quantitative literacy is competency in working with numerical data to reason or solve problems, the ability to make judgements and draw conclusions supported by quantitative evidence, and the ability to communicate those arguments utilizing quantitative tools.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Economics, students will be able to demonstrate quantitative literacy by:

  • Interpreting and explaining information presented in quantitative forms (e.g. equations, graphs, diagrams, tables);
  • Converting information into quantitative forms when required;
  • Creating arguments and arriving at judgments based on quantitative analysis of data; and
  • Expressing quantitative evidence in support of arguments