Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Study Group - California State University San Marcos
USA,California
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48 Months
Duration
CAD 18,160/year
Tuition Fee
CAD 70 FREE
Application Fee
Aug 2025
Apply Date
USA, California
Type: University
Location Type: Semi-Urban
Founded: 1989
Total Students: 16,000 +
Campus Detail
Main Campus Address
333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Program Overview
The student majoring in economics will acquire a set of analytical tools and a way of thinking that will help him or her to better understand and predict the behavior of individuals, groups, and societies. Learning economics does for the undergraduate student what corrective lenses do for the person with impaired eyesight: it brings the world into focus. Things that were invisible become visible, the complex and hard-to-understand become simple and easily understood.
Economics is the study of human behavior as it relates to the condition of scarcity: that is, the condition where resources are limited in relation to human wants. An important part of economics is the study of how individuals, groups, and societies deal with scarcity through markets or exchange-like institutions. Economic theory is sufficiently powerful to explain many varieties of exchange relationships. This is evident in the number of fields in which economic analysis is currently utilized, such as business, history, law, psychology, political science, and sociology.
Economics has always been a highly respected field of study, but in the past three decades its reputation has soared. There are perhaps three major reasons for this change. First, many people have come to realize that economics plays an important role in their everyday lives. Recession, inflation, the exchange value of the dollar, the savings rate, interest rates, taxes, mergers, government expenditures, and economic growth all matter. These economic factors touch lives; they affect dreams. Second, economists have developed better tools and more refined methods of analysis: they have successfully extended their analytical apparatus and the economic way of thinking beyond the traditional confines of the science. Third, the one language that is becoming increasingly more universal is the language of economics. The American business person may not speak Japanese, and the Japanese business person may not speak English, but both of them know the language of supply and demand, profits, production, costs, international trade, and competition. Both of them know the language of economics.
A student graduating from the Economics Department at Cal State San Marcos is expected to be proficient in the following areas:
- Define, describe, interpret and apply the choice calculus of different economic entities (individuals, firms, groups, government).
- Describe, explain, and employ the economic way of thinking.
- Explain and analyze how markets work.
- Define, describe, and employ the scientific method to answering economic questions.
- Explain and analyze how the economy works.
- Apply the knowledge and methods in PSLOs 1-5 to both formulate and answer economic questions.
Application Fee
Application Fee: CAD 70 FREE Tuition Fee
CAD 18,160 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
Living Cost in Study Group - California State University San Marcos
CAD 14,000 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Check program website for more information about funding options.
