La Jolla,
CA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Quantitative major in applied economics with a management focus. Builds on a set of related quantitative methods for optimal allocation of scarce resources in private and public enterprises. Covers some of the functional fields of business management, however, the degree is more focused on quantitative methods than a traditional business administration major. Helps to prepare students for a MBA program. Apply the formal methods used by statisticians to analyze data to learn about the real world. Use basic econometric methods to quantify uncertainty with confidence intervals, use regression to infer causal relationships, and use regressions for prediction. Critically interpret empirical studies.