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Department of Economics, Finance and Real Estate

Welcome

All programs in our department provide students with the skills and competencies necessary for successful careers.

About the Department

Within the Leon Hess Business School, students can pursue a number of academic degrees including economics, finance, and real estate. The program provides an education that helps qualify its graduates for positions of leadership in private and public sectors.

Curricula are developed, taught, and regularly updated by a faculty with strong academic and business experience. They stress the development of critical thinking, sophisticated communication skills, and a flexible managerial perspective.

The undergraduate program in business administration is grounded in a broad-gauged education in the liberal arts and sciences designed to prepare students for responsible judgment in a wide variety of cultural and social settings.

Economics, finance, and real estate provide a strong foundation for graduate work in economics, finance, and law, as well as careers in government, commercial and investment banking, corporate finance, insurance, commercial real estate, medical services, human resources, international trade, and labor relations.