College of the Pacific
Why choose an Economics degree at Pacific?
Our department distinguishes and prizes itself on “personalized learning” experiences and to that end we provide more attention to teaching quality and advising compared many other institutions.
We never turn away majors from our classes because they are full and consequently a degree in Economics at Pacific can be completed within 4 years.
At Pacific, our upper division economics classes are small enabling us to provide a high degree of attention and promote in-depth class discussions for our students.
We are a diverse faculty specializing in a wide range of fields including:
- international finance and trade
- labor economics
- money and banking
- economic history
- urban economics
- public economics
- econometrics
- development economics
Many of our faculty have international experience.
Three faculty members have spent substantial time in places such as Indonesia, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.
We draw from our experiences to make our classes exciting and applicable to the real world.
Of course, an economics major is not for everyone, but it is certainly worthwhile to find out if it is for you.
Dr. Benjamin Dennis, a long-time member of the Economics faculty, spoke about the economy in April 2009 at Pacific. Dr. Dennis is currently a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors in the Executive Office of the President in the White House.
