{"id":37,"date":"2020-04-01T21:29:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T21:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/economics\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-07-11T19:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:54:06","slug":"major-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/economics\/major-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Majors and Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Explore and Discover.<\/span> Economics studies how individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies make decisions given scarce resources. Through theoretical modeling and rigorous empirical analysis, students develop analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills to understand the workings of an economy, to evaluate various economic outcomes using criteria such as efficiency, equity, and stability and to analyze the effects of various policies (like changes in the interest rate, minimum wage, school reform, tariffs, crime, pollution, etc.).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Honors in Economics<\/a> Course List<\/a> Apply to Vanderbilt<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Degrees Offered<\/h2>\r\n

The Department of Economics offers a bachelor of science major and a minor in Economics. The department also offers a major in Economics and History<\/a> (offered jointly with the Department of History) and a minor in Political Economy<\/a> (offered jointly with the Department of Political Science).<\/p>\r\n

Declaring a Major or Minor<\/h2>\r\n

To declare a major or minor in Economics, please fill out the following form:<\/p>\r\n