BS in Economics with STEM-Designation
With a heavy emphasis on advanced mathematics and technical rigor, this STEM-designated bachelor’s degree will help prepare you for a career in economics, finance, policy or other fields requiring high-level analytical skills.
Why Earn a STEM-Designated BS in Economics?
In today’s competitive job market, economists need high-level analytical and quantitative skills to stand out. Rise above the rest with a STEM-designated BS in Economics, which uses a math-focused and analytical approach to prepare students for a successful career. Employers in many fields value the highly marketable analytical skills you’ll acquire in this program. This undergraduate degree is ideal for students with a strong interest in the theoretical side of economics.
What Can You Do With an Economics STEM Degree?
A BS in Economics with STEM opens up many influential and rewarding career opportunities. Help shape economic policies and make business decisions as an economist, analyst, actuary, financial planner, researcher or consultant. You’ll be well positioned to pursue an advanced degree in economics or mathematics, work in policy or business, become a teacher, or choose from a number of other desirable career paths.
Why Earn Your STEM-Designated BS in Economics From Adelphi University in New York?
- Benefit from our STEM program’s intensive focus on mathematics—an important foundation for any student planning to pursue a graduate degree in economics.
- Employ the skills you acquire from a bachelor’s degree in economics with STEM to obtain a competitive position in the private sector.
- Enjoy one-to-one attention from distinguished faculty in small classes and lab settings.
A solid foundation in mathematics is indispensable for the future economist or economic analyst. Adelphi’s BS in Economics combines the traditional required courses in economics with advanced classes in quantitative economics as well as courses in mathematics, preparing students to successfully pursue graduate work or advanced professional employment.
Mariano Torras, PhD
Finance and Economics Department, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Program Info
Transformative Opportunities
At Adelphi, we believe strongly in the power of hands-on learning, both in and out of the classroom.
Expand your educational landscape with Adelphi’s special undergraduate programs:
- The Honors College: develop new intellectual horizons and critical skills
- Levermore Global Scholars: become a global thinker and leader
- Study Abroad: experience another culture and see the world from a new perspective
In the BS in Economics program, you’ll plan and execute an original research project on the topic of your choosing, working closely with a faculty mentor to sharpen your skills.
Apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to real-world settings—and add major value to your future career. Adelphi’s strong ties to organizations, companies and institutions across the New York City area ensure that our students graduate career-ready through internship placements, job shadowing opportunities, networking events and more.
Admission Requirements and Criteria
The student must complete 55 credits of study in economics with a STEM major, as opposed to the 36 credits required for the BA in Economics.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics With STEM
Economics is not traditionally a part of the STEM structure, as STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. However, understanding science, technology and math is very relevant to economic analyses, and the optimization methods used in economics overlap with those employed in engineering for efficiency.
This is why Adelphi has chosen to offer the bachelor’s degree in economics with a STEM focus, as it can provide students with an advantage in a variety of STEM industries.
The STEM degree is a Bachelor of Science (BS) that focuses on how economics integrates with traditional STEM coursework, requiring 55 credits that include several mathematics courses. The traditional economics degree is a Bachelor of Arts (BA), and requires only 36 credits, of which up to 6 can be from a few specific courses in mathematics and political science. The BS program is geared toward policy careers and focuses on real-world issues and ideas over abstract models.
A career in the demanding and fast-changing field of economics demands not just a basic understanding of economics, but also a command of the mathematical tools, knowledge of cutting-edge technology, scientific skills and engineering optimization techniques that are valuable to economists. Adelphi’s BS in Economics program, which focuses on STEM, provides the necessary foundation to make its graduates competitive in the world of economics, both in the job market and in applying to graduate programs.
No. Both the bachelor’s degree in economics with STEM and the bachelor’s degree in economics are in-person programs offered at our Garden City campus on Long Island, NY.
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