Why Major or Minor in Economics?
Department of Economics | College of Arts & Sciences

• An undergraduate Economics degree is an excellent degree if you want to go to Law School, get an MBA, or get a professional job in government, the non- profit sector or the private sector.

• The 2005 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) survey for bachelor's degree candidates shows that the average starting salary for economics and finance majors increased 5.1% to $ 42,802, which, except for accounting, exceeded all of the majors within business and the social sciences .

• According to the US Department for Labor, “Employment of economists and market and survey researchers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2010.”

• Economics majors are ranked with physics and theology majors as the highest achievers on the LSAT, the Law School entrance exams. Employers are impressed when they see potential employees have an economics major or minor.

• If you have taken Economics 101, 102, 234, you will need only eight more economic courses to become a major or just three more to become a minor.

To get advising on how to become an economics major or minor, visit one of our full time faculty:

Steve Antler santler@roosevelt.edu Room 880 Downtown AUD ph: 312-341-3694, Interests: Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economic Models, International Economics.

Steve Balkin sbalkin@roosevelt.edu Room 880 Downtown AUD ph: 312-341-3696, Interests: Microeconomics, Economics of Entrepreneurship, Economics of Outdoor Markets and Informal Retailing.

Jim Cicarelli jcicarel@roosevelt.edu Room 600-D Schaumburg Campus, ph: 847-619-4860 Interests: Macroeconomics, History of Economic Thought, Business Economics.

Gary Langer glanger@roosevelt.edu Room, 754 Downtown AUD, ph: 312-341-3890 Interests: Economic Theory, History of Economic Thought, Ricardian Thought.

June Lapidus jlapidus@roosevelt.edu Room 876 Downtown AUD, ph: 312-341-3765 Interests: Feminist Economics, Labor Economics, Statistics, Social Justice.            

Sam Rosenberg srosenbe@roosevelt.edu Room 876 Downtown AUD, ph: 312-341-3697 Interests: Labor Economics, American Economic Development, Macroeconomics, Discrimination and Inequality.

Steve Ziliak sziliak@roosevelt.edu Room 759 Downtown AUD, ph: 312-341-3763 Interests: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Statistics, Economics of Welfare, Heterodox Schools of Thought.