Economics is both a social science discipline and a framework for analyzing production, consumption, and distribution decisions. The goal of the undergraduate curriculum is to offer students the theoretical background necessary to understand business and policy issues, as well as the quantitative and analytical skills necessary to evaluate these issues independently. The Economics Department offers courses that explore topics such as unemployment, inflation, production and distribution, economic growth, environmental issues, poverty, urban and regional development, international trade, labor issues, economic history, and international economic relations.
Courses emphasize the need for accurate knowledge of business institutions and economic phenomena, for theories capable of explaining these phenomena, for estimating relationships among economic variables, and for testing explanations.
Graduates with a major in economics are solidly prepared for employment in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, or for advanced studies in business, law, and economics.
DePaul offers Economics as both a major and minor field of study through both the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Driehaus College of Business. An Honors Track option is available to economic majors in both colleges. In addition, the Department of Economics offers the Accelerated Bachelor-Master of Science in Economics and Policy Analysis.
Faculty
Thomas D. Donley, PhD
Professor & Chairman
University of Wisconsin
Bala Batavia, PhD
Professor
North Carolina State University
John Berdell, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Cambridge
Burhan Biner, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Gabriella Bucci, PhD
Associate Professor
The Johns Hopkins University
Luke Chicoine, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Notre Dame
Jin Choi, PhD
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
James E. Ciecka, PhD
Professor
Purdue University
Robert Kallen, JD, MA
Visiting Assistant Professor
Washington University
Anthony Krautmann, PhD
Professor
University of Iowa
Jin Man Lee, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Illinois
Sebastien Mary, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Aberdeen
Michael S. Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Mohammad Mirhosseini, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Illinois
Thomas Mondschean, PhD
Professor
University of Wisconsin
Brian Phelan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Timothy Opiela, PhD
Associate Professor
Texas A&M
Laura Owen, PhD
Associate Professor
Yale University
William Sander III, PhD
Professor
Cornell University
Avraham Stoler, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Chicago
Rafael Tenorio, PhD
Professor
The Johns Hopkins University
Jaejoon Woo, PhD
Associate Professor
Harvard University
Emeritus Faculty
Floyd R. Dill, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Cornell University
Seth Epstein, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Arizona
Animesh Ghoshal, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan
Margaret Oppenheimer, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Northwestern University
Richard Wiltgen, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois
Adjunct Faculty
Peter Bernstein, MBA
University of Chicago
Liliana Fargo, PhD
University of Chicago
Lawrence J. Frateschi, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Donald Hanson, PhD
University of Illinois
Paul Kubik, PhD
University of Tennessee
Frank Limehouse, PhD
Clemson University
Ingunn M. Lonning, PhD
University of Oslo
Antonio Morales Pita, PhD
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Norman L. Rosenstein, MA
Northwestern University
Gary Skoog, PhD
University of Minnesota
Robert J. Wilcox
Northern Illinois University
Irena Ziolkowska, PhD
University of Lodz