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Economics, B.B.A.

The Bachelor of Business Administration is offered by the Jones College of Business at MTSU.

Economists analyze data and consumer behavior to forecast trends in the financial world. Creative thinkers eager to understand the world around them can use an Economics degree to open doors to a variety of sectors — from business and government to education and nonprofits. Graduates can work in the field of microeconomics, which focuses on individual firms and consumers, or macroeconomics, which analyzes national income and growth.

Highlights:

  • Economics B.B.A. graduates have an average starting salary of $60,000
  • Minors offered in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
  • MTSU has master's and doctorate-level Economics degrees available
  • Program offers curriculum flexibility to tailor your degree to meet your personal career interests
  • Jones College is one of the top 1.5% of business schools in the world

A major in Economics leading to the B.B.A. degree requires 50 percent of the major hours to be completed in residence at MTSU. The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

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Visiting speaker on ethics in East-Asian economies

Dr. Shinya Fujino visited with MTSU Economics students. His interactive seminar, Ethics, Bribery, and Fraud in Japanese Corporate Society, focused on understanding the features of East-Asian economies including Japan, China, and Korea in areas such as fraud, money laundering, and more. Dr. Fujino is a lecturer in the Department of Economics, Reitaku University, and a special researcher at its Business Ethics and Compliance Research Center. He graduated from Kyoto University School of Economics, completed the Kyoto University Business Administration School (M.B.A.), and earned his Ph.D. at Reitaku University Graduate School.

The legacy of a giant

MTSU celebrated its Diamond Anniversary in 1986 with the theme "Our Year to Shine." That same year the university's light was intensified when alumnus Dr. James McGill Buchanan (B.A., 1940) received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for his development of the theory of Public Choice, which deals with the techniques of resource allocation. Buchanan, who died Jan. 9, 2013, is honored and remembered through the Buchanan Fellowship, MTSU's most prestigious award given to an entering freshman.

News Briefs

Visiting speaker on ethics in East-Asian economies

Dr. Shinya Fujino visited with MTSU Economics students. His interactive seminar, Ethics, Bribery, and Fraud in Japanese Corporate Society, focused on understanding the features of East-Asian economies including Japan, China, and Korea in areas such as fraud, money laundering, and more. Dr. Fujino is a lecturer in the Department of Economics, Reitaku University, and a special researcher at its Business Ethics and Compliance Research Center. He graduated from Kyoto University School of Economics, completed the Kyoto University Business Administration School (M.B.A.), and earned his Ph.D. at Reitaku University Graduate School.

The legacy of a giant

MTSU celebrated its Diamond Anniversary in 1986 with the theme "Our Year to Shine." That same year the university's light was intensified when alumnus Dr. James McGill Buchanan (B.A., 1940) received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for his development of the theory of Public Choice, which deals with the techniques of resource allocation. Buchanan, who died Jan. 9, 2013, is honored and remembered through the Buchanan Fellowship, MTSU's most prestigious award given to an entering freshman.

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CAREERS

Students majoring in Economics can seek work in the field of microeconomics, which focuses on individual firms and consumers, and macroeconomics, which analyzes national income and growth. Career opportunities are available in the following general areas:

  • Banking
  • Consulting
  • Government
  • Higher education
  • Insurance
  • Law
  • Manufacturing
  • Private business

Employers of MTSU economics alumni include:

  • Belmont University
  • Federal Reserve
  • FedEx
  • Franklin Synergy
  • J.P. Morgan Chase
  • Merrill-Lynch
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
  • Regional Economic Models Inc.
  • Reliant Bank
  • TennCare
  • Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
  • U.S. Federal Departments (such as Commerce, Defense, Labor, and State)

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Economists analyze data and consumer behavior to forecast trends in the financial world. Creative thinkers eager to understand the world around them can use an economics degree to open doors to various sectors — from business and government to education and nonprofits.

Graduates can work in the field of microeconomics, which focuses on individual firms and consumers, or macroeconomics, which analyzes national income and growth.

Highlights:

  • Economics B.B.A. graduates have an average starting salary of $60,000
  • Minors offered in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
  • MTSU has master's and doctorate-level Economics degrees available
  • Program offers curriculum flexibility to tailor your degree to meet your personal career interests
  • Jones College is one of the top 1.5% of business schools in the world

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