BA Economics in Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts students can earn a B.A. in economics through the Department of Economics & Finance in the School of Business Administration. Economics is a social science that employs logical reasoning and data analysis to describe how people, firms, and governments balance their desires with their limitations. The discipline helps students understand what motivates people and how often-conflicting values affect behavior in the marketplace. From individuals to groups, from corporations to governments, people behave differently, and a well-trained student of economics accurately can analyze those differences and their effects. The undergraduate curriculum is steeped in data analytics. Duquesne economics majors take a number of upper-level courses in data analytics including two courses in Econometrics that require students to complete several rigorous research projects.