economics and Finance, Bachelor

The Economics and Finance Program at the Centre integrates a broad background in economics with finance fundamentals. the program offers a major (but no minor) within a liberal arts educational philosophy.

The economics curriculum has four goals: competence in the fundamentals of economic theory; capability in quantitative and communication tools for economic analysis and presentation; familiarity with economic processes, policies, and institutions; and acquaintance with critical perspectives on both economic theory and institutions. Within this framework, students can assemble courses to highlight international economics, finance, and policy analysis concentrations and prepare for graduate programs in business, law, public policy, and economics, among others.

The program encourages majors to consider course work or minors in mathematics, computer science, social studies, modern foreign languages, history, and philosophy. It is strongly recommended that students who are interested in international economics participate in a Centre College off-campus program.

Special Opportunities

In addition to the curriculum, you will be able to participate in several supplemental programs designed to broaden your perspective on the financial world around you. Centre brings in business people and academicians worldwide to provide students with insights into national and international political and economic processes. The centre also allows you to study political and economic systems firsthand in China, England, France, or Mexico.

Centre students work closely on an independent study with faculty members who have academic experience and corporate, small business, and consulting experience.

Further opportunities are available for on-the-job experience through the Centre’s internship program.

Center is a select group of schools with a chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honour society in economics.

Internships

An internship can provide a valuable experience which is necessary for the competitive workforce. Options range from insurance companies and investment firms to commercial banks and the Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce.

Careers

Faculty members are committed to helping you develop a perspective that encourages life pursuits of decision-making rather than decision-taking. Centre’s broad-based preparation provides career options in many fields, including banking, law, business, consulting, and nonprofit organizations.

The curriculum provides a strong foundation for advanced study, especially for business, law, economics, and public policy degrees. Some of the graduate and professional schools attended by recent graduates include Georgetown, Indiana, Johns Hopkins, London School of Economics, Maryland, North Carolina, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest, and Wisconsin.

Centre College offers more than 50 majors, minors, pre-professional and dual-degree programs, and graduate partnerships. You can design your own major in consultation with your advisor. Throughout history, Centre has remained steadfast in its mission of providing superior education in the liberal arts tradition.

Centre College and its people have had much to be proud of and thankful for in the past: outstanding leaders who demonstrated a consistent preference for quality over quantity, generations of devoted teachers and students, and an exceptionally successful body of alumni. But equally important among these qualities is a sense of connection with the past, giving added meaning to the present and providing inspiration for this tradition to be continued in the future.

Centre College students will study abroad, have an internship or research opportunity, and graduate in four years. Both internships and research experiences challenge students to go beyond learning about their chosen academic field by “doing” the discipline they are studying in the classroom. We back our promise of a deeply engaging and intensely personal education with a guarantee. If you meet regular academic and social expectations, you will complete all three parts of the Centre Commitment, or the College will provide up to an additional year of study tuition-free.

Centre College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Science degree.