Students are prepared for internationally-oriented careers in business, the professions, and public service.?

Students in the B.A. in International Economic Affairs program at University of West Georgia provided with an understanding of economic theory and practice in the today's world, with an emphasis on the global, interdependent, and multicultural environment in which we live and conduct business. Students are afforded the opportunity to study a broad range of political, social and economic issues facing countries around the world, develop foreign language skills, and complete a study abroad program. The major provides significant flexibility to meet the needs of students with a variety of interests.

Objectives:

• Communicate effectively
• Use information technology to solve business problems
• Possess a basic knowledge of macroeconomic concepts including national income accounting, inflation, unemployment and monetary and fiscal policy
• Possess a basic knowledge of microeconomics concepts such as supply and demand, consumer decision making, elasticity, costs, market structure and labor markets
• Possess a basic knowledge of international economic concepts including trade and exchange ?rates
• Demonstrate an ability to generate and interpret descriptive statistics?
• Possess a basic knowlede of at least one foreign language