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Economists work at the forefront of many vital current issues: how to combat poverty and unemployment, how to provide adequate health care, how to protect the environment, even how to reduce crime, reform education, and fight terrorism. Economics is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. As a vice president of a mult-ibillion dollar corporation once put it: "Economics teaches us to confront problems, to size them up and to wrestle with creative solutions. And that is what firms hire you to do.
Award-winning classroom instruction You will find award-winning classroom instruction. We have five full-time faculty members, all with PhDs, who are united in a common mission of providing the best possible education for our students. Almost all have won college and/or university-wide awards for the quality of their classroom teaching. It is unlikely that any other economics department in the U.S. can boast of such a record.
Student-Faculty Interaction You will find faculty members who want to get to know you and help you succeed both here at Winthrop and after graduation. Each spends many hours working with students outside of the classroom. Some of the interaction involves academic and career advisement, but much involves informal conversations that cross almost every conceivable topic from sports to politics to religion. We also offer interaction through student-faculty cookouts and Economics Club programming. Classes are small and are taught only by faculty members, never by graduate students. Our introductory classes average about 40 students and upper-level classes average about 20. A student who had taken an introductory class in a previous year stopped by her former professor's office to ask if he would help her understand the recent financial crisis. After talking and laughing (economists find humor even in financial crises) for 45 minutes she thanked him and said "I'm sorry if talking with me stopped you from getting your work done." He replied: "You are my work."
Diverse student body You will interact with a very diverse group of students. In addition
to sharing in the excellent racial mix of students that are attracted to Winthrop,
economics is the major of choice of a disproportionate number of international students.
In recent years students from such disparate countries as Algeria, Brazil, England,
Iceland, Israel, Liberia, Nepal, Peru, Serbia, Spain, Tunisia and Vietnam have graduated
in economics at Winthrop.
Bachelor of Arts in Economics - Curriculum
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Our students have been successful in entering graduate programs, in landing promising entry level jobs and, more importantly, in advancing in those positions through time. One is the Creative Director of a web marketing firm that he co-founded and others work in a wide variety of private and public enterprises. We have bankers and financial analysts, corporate account managers, store managers and customer service representatives. We have an economic development specialist, a research associate, a U.S. Army contract specialist, a U.S. Army Officer, a survey statistician and even a Dean of Adult Education.
