Bucknell’s economics major prepares graduates who succeed in careers as diverse as finance, law, public health, and the nonprofit sector. Our small classes, taught by leading experts in international development, macroeconomics, and applied microeconomics, immerse students in real-world issues. You’ll also have opportunities to serve as a teaching and research assistant and work side-by-side with faculty who predicted the financial crisis of 2008 and who are exploring important policy issues at the local, national, and global level. The study of economics, as with the other social sciences, attempts to explain various types of human behavior and the impact that society’s … Continue reading Economics Department