The Department of Economics features both undergraduate and graduate programs of instruction. At the undergraduate level the Department offers both a major and minor designed to equip students for employment or for further professional study. In addition, the Department plays a major role in enhancing basic economic understanding on campus through its inclusion in the curricula of other programs such as business and engineering as well as through the University's general education program.

At the graduate level the Department offers both M.A. and Ph.D degrees designed to prepare students for careers as professional economists in both academic and nonacademic settings.

The Department is also actively involved in research with a strong record of scholarly publication. The Department has particular strengths in research and teaching in the core areas of microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics and in the fields of industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, economic development, monetary economics and environmental economics.

Department of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
5307, Friedmann Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI 49008
Phone: (269)-387-5535 Fax: (269)-387-5637

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