Explore whether economics can be considered a science, analyzing its classification, testability, and consensus within social science debates.

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Mark Witte, Department of Economics Professor of Instruction; Director of Undergraduate Studies “You can learn a lot in study abroad economics classes, and also a lot when you’re outside of class as ...

A new independent economic study assessing the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Surface Transportation ...

For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of ...

First Solar forecast to support over 30,000 direct, indirect, and induced jobs representing approximately $2.8 bn in labor income in 2026. Study reveals that every First Solar job in 2026 is expected ...

Of the four core courses for the major, Economics 250, 255, 260 and 270, only one may be taken off-campus and counted towards the major. Note that these courses are taught at a more advanced level at ...