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Explore economics from all perspectives. Address pressing global challenges like poverty, gender disparities, and environmental degradation. Participate in seminars and internships. Graduate ready to apply your economic expertise to benefit marginalized communities locally and internationally. Located in the West's financial hub, we provide distinctive research and internship opportunities in San Francisco's Financial District. Our specialized concentrations and dual degree programs will optimally prepare you for an economics career.
Students will methodically examine core economic principles and connect them to real-world economic challenges affecting individuals and businesses. Through mathematical models, relational frameworks, and micro/macroeconomic optimization methods, students will assess contemporary economic issues and formulate verifiable predictions. Using economic analysis and quantitative approaches, students will evaluate policies, arguments, and societal issues, focusing particularly on how economics can improve quality of life for impoverished and underserved populations.