Students who successfully complete an undergraduate degree in Economics or Financial Economics at the University of Maine will be able to demonstrate:
Economic reasoning and critical thinking skills:
Use economic reasoning and critical thinking skills to analyze problems, reach conclusions, understand tradeoffs, and develop solutions — including applications of economics in interdisciplinary settings.
Data analysis skills:
Analyze data using appropriate graphical, statistical, and econometric techniques with proper interpretation of the results.
Communication skills:
Accurately and effectively communicate — on your own and/or part of a team — economic concepts and arguments to a wide variety of audiences in writing, verbally, and through presentations.
Economic modeling skills:
Use appropriate economic theory to construct and solve models of a wide range of topics and questions.
Research skills:
Articulate a research study’s purpose and motivation, develop hypotheses, design and carry out a research plan, interpret and communicate results and conclusions.
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