Economics

• Set yourself apart with a minor in one of Chatham’s other undergraduate business programs (marketing, accounting, management information systems, management, international business, or applied data science analytics), or in another field such as psychology or communications.
• Qualified students may be eligible for Chatham’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other Integrated Degree Programs, which allow you to save money and speed time to acquiring both bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
• All students complete a capstone seminar that channels the knowledge they’ve accumulated into a discipline-specific project under close faculty guidance.
• Chatham University partners with CMU Heinz College for five-year master's degrees in public policy.
• Chatham students majoring in economics may join a leading economics Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon.

Global Financial System and the Macro Economy

This course combines material on economic analysis of the macro economy with a review of the global financial system. Students will develop analytical models on how to attain economic growth, price stability, and full employment, and cover the financial system, financial crises, and monetary policy. The course emphasizes both analytical models and real world policy applications.

Managerial Economics

This course covers the application of intermediate microeconomic analysis to business decision making. It is designed to bridge economic theory and economic practice. Topics include consumer theory, production analysis, pricing strategy, and risk analysis.

International Trade and Finance

This course is an introduction to international trade and finance, and an examination of the structure of international trade and the functioning of the international monetary system. Attention is given to recent issues in these areas and the relationship between the domestic and international economies.