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Build your ideal college education — and career — while gaining insight into human behavior with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Central Missouri. It’s a common misconception that economics focuses on numbers and models. What is economics, really? It’s the study of how individual choices — the person-to-person interactions that happen in each of our lives dozens of times a day — literally shape the world around us.

The major in Economics at UCM is an extremely flexible program with several interesting electives. This enables you to tailor your degree to your specific interests and career goals, opening the door for future opportunities.

Get the job you want and the promotions you deserve

When you major in Economics at UCM, you gain valuable critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, preparing you for success in whatever career you choose. Companies in all fields want employees who know how to evaluate alternatives and make better choices. These qualities are why graduates with an Economics bachelor’s degree have the potential to be promoted more quickly and earn higher incomes relative to other majors.

What you will study

Major in Economics at UCM to build valuable critical-thinking and business management skills that will serve you well on nearly any career path. With more free electives than any other business major at UCM, the bachelor’s degree in Economics offers numerous ways to tailor this in-demand undergraduate program to your interests.  

Economics majors at the University of Central Missouri have the opportunity to apply micro and macroeconomic theory to relevant, interesting topics, use our fully equipped lab to design and perform their own experiments and participate in undergraduate research with our expert faculty. Discover the value of an Economics degree by taking courses such as:

• Game Theory
• Money and Banking
• Sports Economics
• Natural Resource Economics