An economics major from Becton College gives you an arts and sciences degree with a business-related major. This can be an especially powerful combination if you add in a business minor. Economics is a challenging major and people know it. An economics degree shows that you have mastered a difficult subject. It shows that you have what it takes to get the job done.

Economics gives you tools of analysis. These tools let you understand human interactions in many social settings. For some, business is the social setting of interest and an economics degree is a ticket to a successful management career. Others are interested in social problems or politics. Your interest might be poverty or the environment. It might be inflation and sound money. It might be joblessness and homelessness. Whatever your interests, the economics major give you the keys to the operation of the "real world." Economics tells you how markets operate and how change happens. That is useful knowledge when technology is speeding ahead and the globe is shrinking. As a citizen, the economics major leaves you well informed. When launching a career, the economics major leaves you well trained. When planning for change, the economics major leaves you well armed