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The Department of Economics is in the College of Arts and Science. It consists of more than 30 full time faculty whose research covers most major areas of modern economics. The department has been consistently ranked among the top 50 economics departments in the United States. Over the past 15 years, the department has been on an upward trajectory through its efforts in recruiting and retaining highly productive faculty. The faculty are committed to delivering first-class undergraduate and graduate programs and to producing high quality economics research. Economics is the largest major in the College of Arts and Science. The undergraduate program in economics provides rigorous training to economics majors, preparing them for future careers in business, law, and government, or for pursuing graduate study. The Ph.D. program in economics builds on the core of economic theory and econometric methods, and equips students with skills that enable them to conduct frontier research. Students enter the Ph.D. program from around the country and abroad. The department has awarded 271 Ph.D.s in economics from 1948 through May, 2008. Recent placements include tenure-track faculty positions at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, Emory University, and North Carolina State University, among others. The Graduate Program in Economic Development offers the MA degree in economic development, as well as a non-thesis certificate in economic development. Since its inception in 1956, about 1300 students from 120 countries have studied in the program and many of them have gone to distinguished careers in public services in their home countries, or worked in international development organizations.		NEWS John Weymark delivered a plenary address to the 2009 Grands Colloque de l'Assocation pour le Développement de la Recherche en Économie et Statistique Economics in the News: Muhammad Yunus--Would a bank for the poor work here in the U.S.? Best Graduate Schools: U.S. News & World Report rankings show the Graduate Program in the Department of Economics jumps significantly in rankings U.S. News & World Report: For economists, a moment in the sun Visiting Professor Irene Foster selected as Baseball Honorary Faculty Guest on April 3rd Forthcoming book by John Siegfried More news EVENTS Rendigs Fels Award for Graduate Excellence winner announced Steine Lecture Series John B. Taylor, Stanford University VIDEO ARCHIVE AVAILABLE More events AY 2008-2009 Seminars, Workshops and Lectures

 

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