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Welcome New & Interested Economics & Financial Economics Majors

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Congratulations! You have now been admitted to UMBC and have expressed interest in majoring, double majoring or minoring in Economics or Financial Economics. We would like to share with you some information about the opportunities that majoring in our program would make available. If you’re interested in computer science and/or mathematics, we’ll provide some links below on economists who have incorporated such interests in their work.

The Main Website

For a general overview, feel free to explore our Economics Department website. You’re already here, but here’s a link just in case.

https://economics.umbc.edu/

Information about Economics Department Faculty

https://economics.umbc.edu/core-faculty/

What You Can Do With a Degree in Economics or Financial Economics

https://economics.umbc.edu/files/2018/11/WhatCanDoEconMajorSheet-1.pdf

Distinctive Summer Internships Associated with UMBC

Ernst and Young

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/events/82192

University of Chicago Summer program Internships:

https://careers.umbc.edu/news/?id=79858

Brookings Institute:

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/events/79995

The Sloan Foundation to the UMBC Economics Department

https://economics.umbc.edu/sloan-umbc-2/

Spotlights on Current Majors and Graduates of UMBC’s Economics and Financial Economics Program

https://economics.umbc.edu/where-are-our-graduates/

https://news.umbc.edu/umbcs-evan-avila-wins-iome-challenge-with-ideas-to-help-millennials-save-for-retirement/

https://magazine.umbc.edu/alumni-awards-2015-nicole-deblase-06-financial-economics/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/myles-ellis-11940911b/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-searfoss-ab52a39a/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Charbonneau

http://www.brandonenriquez.com/

https://www.annagifty.com/

Prominent Economists Combining Interests in Computer Science, Mathematics and Economics

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/susan-athey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Varian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_E._Roth

The Society for Computational Economics

http://comp-econ.org/

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There is so much more to share about opportunities in Economics at UMBC. For further questions and information you can start by contacting the Economics Department adviser, Rob Pawloski rpawloski@umbc.edu . He will see that you are directed to the appropriate contact.

If you have an interest in accounting, the Director of the Accounting program at UMBC is Suzann Medicus medicus@umbc.edu.

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We hope that you will give our program serious consideration and would be delighted to welcome you to our department this coming Fall 2021!

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With all best wishes for your future success, health, and well-being…

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David Mitch

Professor of Economics and Department Chair