经济学专业和未成年人学习传统的经济学工具和概念，适用于经济学的理论和定量程序以及经济从业人员所采用的相关学科，技术和方法。因为它研究人类行为，所以经济学是一门社会科学。它是与政策相关的定量学科。经济学家试图了解经济主体（个人，公司和社会）如何利用稀缺的资源来实现其目标，另一方面，这些决策的后果。该系还为打算在经济方面具有深厚背景的职业或继续教育的学生提供经济学辅修课程。
Economics majors and minors learn the traditional tools and concepts of economics, theories and quantitative procedures applicable to economics and related disciplines and techniques and methodologies employed by economic practitioners. Because it studies human behavior, economics is a social science. It is a quantitative, policy-related discipline. Economists seek to understand how economic agents (individuals, firms, and society) use scarce resources to satisfy their goals, on the one hand, and the consequences of those decisions, on the other hand. The Department also offers a minor in economics for students who intend to pursue careers or further education in fields that require a strong background in economics.