Economics as a discipline provides unique insights on addressing grand challenges shaping our world. At the Department of Economics at Northeastern, we focus on leveraging economic thinking to deliver real-world impact. Our students become skilled in analytical modeling, data analysis, and econometric estimation – tools that help explore creative solutions to a wide range of problems, from rapid technological change and rising inequality to sustainability and long-term growth.
Asha Sundaram
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics
Our undergraduate program equips students with valuable skills, knowledge, and experience—”human capital” in the vernacular of the economist. Our students take core courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistical analysis. They then expand upon their knowledge by selecting from a rich set of upper-level classes focusing on a broad and diverse set of fields, culminating with a capstone. In addition to offering a bachelor’s degree solely in economics, we also offer several combined majors, where students can combine economics with business, math, or data science, to name a few. Students’ classroom studies, in conjunction with their real-world co-op experience, lay the foundation for successful entry into the workforce. Additionally, our undergraduate curriculum helps to prepare students for graduate work in economics, as well as postgraduate degrees in law, business, and public policy.
At the graduate level, our master’s program provides students with the advanced skills and experience necessary for professional advancement in a broad range of rewarding careers. High-achieving undergraduates can choose to complete an accelerated master’s degree by joining our PlusOne program.
Our Ph.D. program offers rigorous training, with an emphasis on applied microeconomics, and readies students for careers as professional economists in academia, policy institutions, government, data analysis, and consulting.
On this site, you will find more information about our programs, our world-class faculty and their research that is being published in top outlets, and noteworthy accomplishments by members of our economics community—faculty and students alike. Upcoming events are periodically updated here as well, so please check back frequently.
I encourage you to discover more about our department, and I sincerely hope you will decide to pursue Economics. If you are alumni, please stay in touch and engage with us through our events and activities.
We would be delighted to have passionate minds join us on our collective journey towards making a difference!
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