{"id":4625,"date":"2012-08-14T01:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=4625"},"modified":"2019-11-07T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:43:56","slug":"potential-careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/potential-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers and Graduate Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A liberal arts degree in economics emphasizes the development of critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, problem-solving and communication skills. Students learn how to gather information relevant to a particular problem, analyze that information, and synthesize it in ways that lead to new levels of understanding.<\/p>\n<h2>Econ Grads Get Jobs<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s a wide range of job possibilities with an economics degree. Graduates go on to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business<\/li>\n<li>Finance<\/li>\n<li>Banking<\/li>\n<li>Consulting<\/li>\n<li>Government<\/li>\n<li>Teaching<\/li>\n<li>International Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A degree in economics builds a foundation for success in a wide range of <strong>careers<\/strong> in finance, banking, business, consulting, government, teaching, international affairs and research. For more information on the worth of an economics major see the American Economics Association (AEA) website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/students\/Careers.php\">AEA : Economics and Careers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Wall Street Journal, economics has become an increasingly popular major for undergraduates and is in high demand by employers.<\/p>\n<h2>Econ Grads go on to Graduate School<\/h2>\n<p>In addition, an economics major serves as ideal preparation for <strong>graduate work<\/strong> in economics, business, public policy, law and other fields.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>ECON GRADS CONDUCT RESEARCH<\/h2>\n<p>Augsburg&#8217;s Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunities (URGO) is a great resource for students interested in working with faculty on research projects and pursuing graduate study. Please see the URGO website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/\">Augsburg URGO &#8212; Graduate Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A liberal arts degree in economics emphasizes the development of critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, problem-solving and communication skills. Students learn how to gather information relevant to a particular problem, analyze that information, and synthesize it in ways that lead to new levels of understanding. Econ Grads Get Jobs There&#8217;s a wide range of job possibilities &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40554,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4625\/revisions\/40554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}