The purpose is to acquaint students with the economic aspects of modern society, to familiarize them with techniques for the analysis of contemporary economic problems, and to develop in them an ability to exercise judgement in evaluating public policy. There is training for the general student as well as for those who are planning a career as economists in civil service, private enterprise, teaching or research.

The faculty represents a wide spectrum of interests and conducts research on a broad range of topics. Most fields of economics are covered, including alternative economic systems, comparative institutional analysis, econometrics, economic development and growth, economic history, industrial organization, international trade, labor, economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, money and banking, financial economics and engineering, law and economics, game and contracts theory, and public finance.

The undergraduate program consists of a single unified track. Its purpose is to teach students to think and write clearly about economic problems and policy issues, using statistical methods where appropriate and applying the basic tools and concepts of economic analysis.
1) Microeconomics (3 credits), Macroeconomics (3 credits), and Mathematics for economics I (3 credits) must be taken.
2) Twenty seven additional credits from economics courses must be taken.