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Psychology + Economics (PSY+ECO) Bachelor of Arts is a multidisciplinary degree program jointly offered by the Psychology and Economics Departments within the Colleges of Science and Health and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. This program offers students a comprehensive and integrated education in both disciplines, providing the theoretical and methodological tools necessary to analyze human behavior and economic outcomes from multiple perspectives.
The PSY+ECO program merges psychology's insights on human behavior with economic analysis, providing graduates with an understanding of not just “why” people make economic choices and “how” these individual choices aggregate up and lead to the outcomes we see in the world around us. This unique combination of disciplines provides students with a robust framework for analyzing how psychological principles influence economic decisions, as well as how economic systems and policies affect psychological well-being.
Through integrated coursework in research methods, statistics, psychometrics, cognitive and affective theory, and core economic domains including microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and behavioral economics, students develop the ability to:
- Describe key concepts, principles, themes, and applications across a variety of psychology content domains;
- Use scientific reasoning and critical thinking to interpret psychological and economic phenomena;
- Apply an economic framework of behavior to analyze consumer and business behavior; and
- Employ economic and psychological theories to analyze the mechanisms of markets, the distribution of wealth, and the impact of economic policies on societal well-being.
This unique academic pathway prepares graduates for careers in public policy, law, business, health care, finance, marketing, social work, and beyond. By equipping students to understand both the cognitive and systemic factors that influence decision-making, the PSY+ECO BA cultivates analytical thinkers capable of addressing complex challenges at the intersection of human behavior and economic systems.