Core Competencies

Economics program aims to ensure that students master the following core competencies, identified as essential for all programs within the faculty. In addition to these core competencies, the program also strives to provide additional program-specific competencies, indicated in italics at the end of the following program outcome list.

BA-Economics

Our students will…

• Explain the fundamental concepts from the core business domain.
• Explain how knowledge and information interact across business domains.
• Use statistical techniques to analyze business problems.
• Carry out the process of identifying, gathering, and managing the data/information needed to analyze the situation at hand.
• Evaluate business problems from various perspectives.
• Analyze business problems and opportunities.
• Construct solutions to business problems.
• Design novel combinations to address business challenges.
• Discuss ethical implications and consequences of business conduct.
• Explain stakeholder interests along social responsibility and sustainability dimensions.
• Communicate ideas effectively in English through presentations and written reports, essays, and case analyses.
• Work in a team by assuming responsibility and accountability for the team's work.
• Use economic concepts to analyze choices made individually or in a group and the implications of these choices.
• Choose and apply appropriate mathematical and empirical tools to evaluate given economic issues.