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Economics is the study of how people interact within their social and natural environments, and the constraints these environments impose, to provide goods and services for one another. 

The Department of Economics at CSB/SJU offers students the opportunity to explore these interactions and to examine important economic issues and policies from the perspectives of various schools of economic thought.


Program Highlights

  • Professor Louis Johnston is a frequent commentator and featured expert on economic issues for Minnesota Public Radio.
  • You will be exposed to many overlapping disciplines as the economics department branches out to form partnerships with Asian studies, environmental studies, gender and women's studies, philosophy, and theology.
  • Our curriculum includes a required research seminar designed to give students the opportunity to take on real problems in the real world.

Overview of Program

  • Tier I of the program builds a foundation in economics, introducing the concepts and analytical tools economists use.
  • Tier II courses call for students to apply the fundamentals in areas such as financial institutions, Asian economies, American economic history, international and environmental economics, economics of gender and race, and health care economics.
  • Three Tier II courses (EC 332/333/332) provide the theoretical tools for advanced study.
  • Tier III courses applying sophisticated economic tools to such topics as labor, industrial organization, economic growth and development, and monetary and welfare theories and policies.
  • Tier III culminates with students completing an independent research project in economics (EC 384).


Contact Information:

Judy Eggert, Departmental Office Manager
(320)363-4383




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