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The Business Economics and Public Policy focus area provides diverse course options for learners exploring how economics influences commerce, competitive markets, and government policies. Our curriculum emphasizes subjects like market dynamics and antitrust issues, risk assessment and insurance, decision-making psychology, energy economics, government budgeting, corporate diplomacy, and economic development. Choosing this concentration proves valuable for those pursuing careers in advisory services, government roles, socially conscious industries, or anyone curious about the intersection of economics with legal frameworks, regulations, and political systems.
International applicant should have completed a program of secondary education that would enable you to enter a university in your own country (e.g., A-levels, Abitur).
A strong command of the English language is necessary for successful study at Penn. Applicants whose families do not speak English at home, or applicants who have not attended a high school or secondary school where the primary language of instruction is English, are asked to take the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language, administered by the Educational Testing Service. In the event the TOEFL is not readily accessible, Penn will accept results from the IELTS, the International English Language Testing System.