The Economics Department’s mission is to enhance the quality of economic literacy among students and the community, enhance the productivity of economics faculty through the development of effective teaching methodologies and pedagogies and effective advocacy for faculty professional development.

More specifically, we shall strive to:

·   Maintain our momentum to increasing the number of economics majors and minors.

·   Increase the number of tenure-track faculty by one.

·   Continue to support and encourage faculty to publish in peer-reviewed journals and participate at national and international conferences.

·   Support students’ extra curricular activities and leadership training by further energizing the students economic association (ESA), and the Omicron, Delta, Epsilon—the Honor Society in Economics.

·   Make serious attempts to improve fund raising.

·   Be a full participant with COBE in establishing a major/minor in entrepreneurship.

·   Enhance the involvement of our Center for Economic Education in the region and the state.