Majoring in Business
Economics or Economics
21 November 2014
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Mankiw’s Take
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe
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Economics Major
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Economics
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Principles of micro & macro
Microeconomic theory
Macro theory or money&banking
5 electives
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Two writing intensive
Senior seminar
31 hours
Business Economics
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Business Economics
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Two accounting courses (Acct 211 & 341)
Finance (Fin 321)
Business elective (marketing or management)
Business Law (Eco 372)
Core Economics (201, 202, 301, 302 or 322, 450)
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2 eco electives
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1 writing intensive
37 hours
Economics Minor
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Principles of microeconomics (Eco 201)
Principles of macroeconomics (Eco 202)
Money & Banking (Eco 322)
Two 300 or 400 level electives
Double Majors & Minors
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Many business economics and economics
students double major
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Finance and accounting
Government
Foreign languages
Less common
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Art history , English, history, religion, ….
Minors
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Fin, acct, bus, gov’t, Engl, hist, art hist.
After School
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Law school
Graduate school
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MBA, MHA, MPA, MAcc
Jobs
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Associate Sales Consultant at Depuy Synthes
Coordination Team Lead - Windows 7 Initiative at
Sempra Energy
Donor Relations Manager at The Nature
Conservancy
Natalie Hahn
2011-2015
Co Founder and Co Director
The Rainbow Fund
May 2002 – Present (13 years 7
months)
Field Engagement Intern
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
January 2015 – February 2015 (2
months)Washington D.C. Metro
Area
Nanny
The Krell Family
May 2012 – August 2014 (2 years 4
months)
Hospital Administration Intern
Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC
January 2014 – February 2014 (2
months)Charleston, South Carolina
Area
Maureen Buff
2011-2014
Associate Relationship Manager
Live Oak Bank
January 2015 – Present (11
months)Wilmington, NC
Intern
Foundation for Economic
Education
May 2013 – August 2013 (4
months)Greater Atlanta Area
Chad Reed
1993-1997
Director of Servicing
Live Oak Banking Company
December 2007 – Present (8
years)wilmington, north carolina
Founder, Owner
Singing Bridge, LLC
June 2009 – January 2012 (2 years
8 months)iPhone Application
Development
Broker Management
National City Mortgage
2003 – 2007 (4 years)
Elizabeth
Satterwhite
2011-2015
Franchise Recruitment Specialist
Pure Barre
July 2015 – Present (5 months)
Internship
The Mohawk Group
January 2015 – January 2015 (1
month)Columbia, SC
Intern
Fab’rik
June 2014 – August 2014 (3
months)
Marketing Intern
SOPRESO
January 2014 – May 2014 (5
months)
Travis Thomas
2010-2014
Finacial Represenative
Northwestern Mutual
July 2015 – Present (5
months)Annapolis, MD
Event Management
DMV Elite
December 2009 – January 2015 (5
years 2 months)
Robert Galloway
2011-2015
Arena Operations Intern
Charlotte Hornets
May 2014 – Present (1 year 7
months)Charlotte, North Carolina
Area
Intern
Sonoco
January 2014 – Present (1 year 11
months)Union, SCInterning at the
Sonoco Plastics plant in Union, SC
Counselor
Mighty Mike's "Bounce Out the
Stigma" Basketball Camp
July 2013 – July 2013 (1
month)Winston Salem, NC
Tarah Taylor
2009-2013
Senior Account Executive at UPS
Greater Los Angeles AreaLogistics
and Supply Chain
Account Executive UPS
August 2013 – Present (2 years 4
months)Greater Los Angeles Area(
Inside Sales Representative UPS
June 2013 – August 2013 (3
months)Phoenix, Arizona
Intern
Merrill Lynch
January 2013 – January 2013 (1
month)Newport Beach, California
Brandon Waring
2004-2015
Inside Account Representative Industrial
Hagemeyer North America
January 2015 – Present (11
months)West Columbia, SC
Professional Baseball Player
Minor League Baseball
June 2007 – November 2014 (7
years 6 months)FL, MT, OH, MD,
AZ, CT, VA
Juan Luis
Sandoval
1988-1992
Experience
Senior Vice Presidentinvestments
UBS
December 2008 – Present (4
years 10 months)
Senior Portfolio Manager,
Wealth Advisor
UBS Wealth Management
December 2008 – Present (4
years 10 months)
Senior Vice PresidentInvestments Portfolio Manager
Wachovia Securities, LLC
January 1994 – December 2008
(15 years)
Mark Combs
1993-1998
Managing Partner
Triune Private Capital
May 2013 – Present (6
months)Greenville, South Carolina
Area
Senior Trade Consultant
Obsidian International
May 2012 – May 2013 (1 year 1
month)Charleston, South Carolina
Area
Owner/Senior Consultant
Blue Water Benefits / Arthur J.
Gallagher and Co.
September 2002 – October 2011 (9
years 2 months)Charleston, SC
Employee Benefit Specialist
Marsh & McLennan Companies,
Inc.
January 2001 – September 2002 (1
year 9 months)
Carolyn Laffitte
1999-2003
Vice President , SCBA Services,
Inc.
South Carolina Bankers
Association
October 2004 – Present (9 years 5
months)
N/A
Homeowners Mortgage, A
subsidiary of CoastalStates Bank
October 2003 – October 2004 (1
year 1 month)
Chauncey Regan
2001 – 2005
Co-Founder of Vizible & Twizgrid;
Co-Founder of AJP Apps
San Francisco Bay AreaInformation
Technology and Services
Assistant Vice President - Asset
Backed Securities Trading
Cantor Fitzgerald
2007 – 2008 (1 year)New York City
Structured Products Trader
Ferris, Baker Watts
2005 – 2007 (2 years)Charlotte, NC
Diana Toney
2001-2005
Project Manager, Physician
Practice Operations
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
September 2015 – Present (3
months)Atlanta, GA
Administrative Resource Nurse
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
March 2014 – September 2015 (1
year 7 months)Atlanta, GA
Implementation Services/Project
Manager
Epic
November 2013 – March 2014 (5
months)Madison, WIRadiant and
Cupid certified
Registered Nurse
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
January 2009 – October 2013 (4
years 10 months)Emergency
Department, Egleston Campus
Wendi Nix
1992-1996
ESPN sportscaster
August 2006-Present
Dennis Moore
2010-2014
Realtor
Coldwell Banker Paradise
Realtors
November 2014 – Present (1 year 1
month)232 Fifth Avenue Indialantic,
FL 32903
http://flcoldwellbanker.com/agent/D
ennis-Moore/3311133/
Jennifer Tatelman
2007-2011
Account Executive
Ebben Zall Group
September 2011 – Present (4 years
3 months)Work with clients to
develop and execute media
strategies that help gain the right
kind of exposure for their specific
needs. Greater Boston Area
Social Media and Public
Relations Intern
Mammoth Advertising
June 2011 – August 2011 (3
months) Brooklyn, New York
Molly McCrory
2007-2011
Marketing Administrator
Saussy Burbank
April 2014 – Present (1 year 8
months)Responsible for option
pricing;
(Sales Consultant & Assistant
Saussy Burbank
August 2011 – March 2014 (2 years
8 months)Charlotte, Raleigh, &
Charleston
Intern
Cottingham Chalk Hayes
June 2010 – August 2010 (3
months)Charlotte, North Carolina
Grace Yunis
2003-2007
Business Systems Analyst
Lead/Project Lead
CACI International Inc
November 2011 – Present (1 year
11 months)Greater Atlanta Area
Business Analyst Senior
Professional
CSC
May 2008 – November 2012 (4
years 7 months)Blythewood, SC
Technical Account Manager
Zeus
August 2007 – May 2008 (10
months) Orangeburg, SC
Georgia State University - J.
Mack Robinson College of
Business
Master of Business
Administration (MBA)
2013 – 2014 (expected)
Ty Colpini
2003-2007
CEO / Managing Director
The Kenan-Flagler Private Equity
Fund
December 2012 – Present (1 year 4
months)Chapel Hill,
www.kfpefund.com
MBA Candidate
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business
School
August 2012 – Present (1 year 8
months)
Summer Associate
Edgeview Partners
May 2013 – August 2013 (4
months)Charlotte, North Carolina
Area
Associate - Real Estate
Harvard Management Company
November 2010 – July 2012 (1 year
9 months)Boston, MA
Amanda Jarvis
2006-2010
Account Executive, School
Solutions Blackbaud
February 2013 – Present (9
months)Charleston, South Carolina
Area
Associate Account Manager,
Arts and Cultural Solutions
Blackbaud
August 2011 – January 2013 (1
year 6 months)Charleston, South
Carolina Area•
Account Development
Representative
Blackbaud
August 2010 – July 2011 (1 year)•
Sales, Marketing &
Communications Intern
Spartanburg Area Chamber of
Commerce
February 2010 – May 2010 (4 mo)
Stephanie
Fontenot
2004-2008
Deputy Digital Director
DC London, Inc.
August 2013 – Present (2 months)
New Media Manager
Americans for Prosperity
February 2012 – Present (1 year 8
months)
Scheduler
U.S. Representative Steve
Womack
January 2011 – February 2012 (1
year 2 months)
Associate
Story Partners
January 2010 – July 2010 (7 mo)
Executive Director
The Daily Caller
May 2009 – November 2009 (7 mo)
Victoria Gadient
2008-2012
Assistant Project Accountant Wheatstone Project
Chevron
September 2013 – Present (2
months) Houston, Texas AreaDownstream Business Resource
Planning Assistant - Wheatstone
Project
Chevron
August 2012 – September 2013 (1
year 2 months)Houston, Texas
AreaSummer Intern
Grimes & Company
Danish Institute for Study Abroad
International Business Program
2011 – 2011
Marissa Kmonicek
2007-2010
Funding Supervisor
American Credit Acceptance
September 2011 – Present (2
years 1 month)
Resident Director
2010-2011 Wofford College
August 2010 – August 2011 (1
year 1 month)
Patrick Hobi
2003-2007
Launch & Change Coordinator
BMW Manufacturing
December 2012 – Present (10
months)Greenville, South Carolina
AreaRecently accepted a long-term
position with the Engineering group as
a Launch & Change Coordinator. I am
now responsible for coordinating
powertrain changes on existing X3
models and introducing powertrain
content on the upcoming new X6, X5
M, and X6 M models.
Launch Material Control Specialist
BMW Manufacturing
April 2012 – December 2012 (9
months)
Simmons
Swanson
2004-2008
Apollo Management, Marketing
New York, New York
Investment Management
Experience
Marketing
Apollo Global Management
November 2009 – Present (3 years
11 months)
Will Tiller
2005-2009
Project Manager
Bonitz Contracting
September 2011 – Present (2 years
6 months)
Assistant Project Manager
Bonitz Contracting
January 2010 – August 2011 (1
year 8 months)
Sports Writer
The State Newspaper
Sadler Walker
2006-2010
Financial Analyst at BAE Systems
Washington, District Of Columbia
Financial Services
Financial Analyst
BAE Systems
November 2012 – Present (11
months)Washington, DC
Licensed Personal
Banker/Financial Specialist
Wells Fargo
June 2010 – November 2012 (2
years 6 months)Columbia, SC
Charlotte Gantt
2008-2012
Experience
Retail Sales Representative
BlueCross BlueShield of SC
June 2012 – Present (1 year 4 months)•
Worked in retail settings including Retail
Merchandising Unit and South Carolina
Blue Store
to provide sales and service to members
and prospective members.
Intern
Clayton Construction Company, Inc.
October 2010 – May 2012 (1 year 8
months)Greenville, South Carolina Area•
Put together bid requests and scopes of
work for subcontractors.
Sabrina Smyers
2007-2011
IT Project Specialist, Coordination
Team Lead at Sempra Energy
Carlsbad, California
Experience
Project Specialist, Coordination
Team Lead
Sempra Energy
October 2011 – Present (2 years)
Business Systems Analyst
Sempra Energy
July 2011 – October 2011 (4 mo)
Renewable Energy Intern
WhiteHawk Capital, LLC
July 2010 – July 2011 (1 year 1
month)Greater St. Louis Area
Cam Guthrie
2000-2004
Territory Sales and Marketing
Consultant for Independent Gold
Crown Retailers at Hallmark
Cards
Hallmark Cards
January 2012 – Present (1 year 11
months)Wilmington, NC
Territory Representative for
Team Wal-Mart in NC, SC and GA
Hallmark Cards
October 2008 – January 2012 (3
years 4 months)Aiken,
Captain, Signal Corps
US Army
September 2004 – October 2008 (4
years 2 months)
Matthew Tobin
2008-2012
Business Analyst
Spartan Financial Partners
June 2012 – Present (1 year 5
months)Spartanburg, South
Carolina
Intern UBS
June 2011 – August 2011 (3
months)Greater Atlanta Area
Market Researcher
Boston Terrier Consulting Group
September 2010 – May 2011 (9
months)Spartanburg, SC
Meg Morrison
2003-2007
Operations Associate
Global Endowment Management
October 2010 – Present (3 years)
Investor Relations Coordinator
Global Endowment Management
March 2009 – October 2010 (1
year 8 months)Charlotte, North
Carolina Area
Private Investments Coordinator
Global Endowment Management
October 2007 – March 2009 (1
year 6 months)Charlotte, North
Carolina Area
Intern
Luther King Capital
Management
2006 – 2006 (less than a year)
Sarah Burns
2006-2010
Senior Research Associate
CoStar Group
September 2012 – Present (1 year
1 month) San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Research Associate
CoStar Group
June 2012 – Present (1 year 4
months) Washington D.C. Metro
Area
Research Associate II
CoStar Group
October 2010 – June 2012 (1 year
9 months)Washington D.C. Metro
Ar
Chris Littlejohn Jr.
2000-2004
Territory Sales Manager
Appalachian Sales Group
January 2006 – Present (7 years 9
months)We are manufacture reps
in the Heating and Air condition
industry and sell strictly to
distributors. I manage the Virginia,
Maryland and Eastern
Pennsylvania markets.
Commercial Real Estate Agent
Prudential C. Dan Joyner
January 2005 – January 2006 (1
year 1 month)
Ellen Smith
2008-2012
Consultant, Strategy and
Transformation, Global Business
Services
IBM
October 2012 – Present (1 year 1
month)Greater New York City
Summer Development Associate
The Aspen Institute
June 2012 – August 2012 (3
months) Aspen, CO
Development Intern
The Aspen Institute
June 2011 – August 2011 (3
months) Aspen, Colorado
Bethany Swift
2005-2009
Third Grade Assistant Teacher
Providence Day School
December 2014 – Present (8
months)
Assistant Kindergarten Teacher
Hammond School
July 2011 – Present (2 years 4
months)Columbia, South Carolina
Student Teacher
Pine Street Elementary School
February 2011 – July 2011 (6
months)
Clinical Student
Pine Street Elementary
September 2009 – May 2010 (9
months)
Josh Hillard
2009-2013
Experience
Mortgage Specialist
JPMorgan Chase
August 2013 – Present (4 months)
Student Athlete
Wofford College
August 2009 – Present (4 years 4
months)
Civil Engineers Assistant
Steeger USA
May 2011 – August 2011 (4
months)
Gym Assistant
Anytime Fitness
January 2009 – August 2009 (8
months)
Guinn Garcia
2009-2013
Director of Sales and Marketing
Bari Life Bariatric Supplements
May 2013 – Present (7
months)Knoxville, Tennessee Area
Tennis Teaching Professional
Knoxville Racquet Club
May 2011 – August 2012 (1 year 4
months)
Joe Ready
2008-2012
Personal Banker
Wells Fargo
October 2013 – Present (5
months)Charlotte, North Carolina
Customer Service and Sales
Representative
Wells Fargo
February 2013 – October 2013 (9
months)Charlotte,
Sales Specialist
Solstice Sunglass Boutique
Meredith Few
2007-2011
Experience
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Tool and Gage House, Inc.
November 2013 – Present (1
month) Charlotte, North Carolina
Store Manager
Finish Line
May 2012 – November 2013 (1
year 7 months) myrtle beach, south
carolina
Manager In Training
Finish Line
September 2012 – February 2013
(6 months) charleston area, south
carolina
Kenny Barns
2009-2013
Experience
Assistant District Manager
ADP
December 2012 – Present (1
year)Greater Atlanta Area
Dock Hand
Park Marine Boating Centers
June 2010 – August 2010 (3
months)
Rental agent, customer service,
dock hand
2010 Port Royal Marina/Paradise
Boat Rental
June 2010 – August 2010 (3
months)
Taylor Hucks
2004-2008
Experience
Account Executive
Joie, Current/Elliott, and
Equipment
July 2013 – Present (2 years 1
month)Greater New York City Area
Account Executive
Tibi New York
January 2012 – Present (1 year 9
months)
Junior Account Executive
Tibi New York
August 2011 – January 2012 (6
months)
Sales Assistant
Tibi New York
August 2010 – August 2011 (1 year
1 month
McClain Goodwin
2000-2004
Regional Sales Manager
Allstate Benefits
October 2012 – Present (1
year)Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Special Rep
Rogers Benefit Group
September 2010 – October 2012 (2
years 2 months)
Account Manager
SRC, AN AETNA COMPANY
April 2007 – September 2010 (3
years 6 months)
Sales Representative
PIEDMONT BEVERAGE
December 2004 – April 2007 (2
years 5 months)
Nicole Sowers
2008-2012
Audit Intern
Grant Thornton LLP
January 2015 – April 2015 (4
months)Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Accounting Tutor
Schnabel Learning Center
August 2013 – November 2013 (4
months)Delray Beach, FL
Rosemary
DeAntonio
1997-2001
Smarter Commerce Consultant
IBM
May 2013 – Present (7 months)
Managing Consultant, Strategy &
Transformation
IBM Global Business Services
2012 – 2013 (1 year)
Senior Consultant, Strategy &
Transformation
IBM Global Business Services
2010 – July 2012 (2 years)
Regional Operations Manager
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
2001 – 2009 (8 years)
Emory University - Goizueta
Business School
MBA
2006 – 2009
Drew Digby
2006-2010
Assurance Experienced Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers
September 2011 – Present (2 years 1
month)Successfully completed an
Assurance internship with
PricewaterhouseCoopers during the
Winter/Spring of 2011. Began work as an
Assurance Associate in the Fall of 2011.
Became an Assurance Experienced
Associate in June of 2012.
Masters in Accountancy Graduate
Student
Vanderbilt University- Owen Graduate
School of Management
August 2010 – May 2011 (10
months)Coursework included: Auditing,
Audit Internship, Financial Reporting,
Taxation, Advanced Management
Accounting, Law and Business,
Managerial Finance, Managerial
Economics, Strategy.
James Sauter
2004-2008
Attorney at Law
Morgan, Akins & Clark, PLLC
January 2013 – Present (2 years 11
months) Nashville, Tennessee Law
Practice
Law Clerk
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
May 2011 – August 2011 (4
months)Bluffton, SC•
Law Clerk
Laughlin & Bowen, P.C.
May 2010 – August 2010 (4
months)Hilton Head Island, SC
Deputy Campaign Manager
Joe Wilson for U.S. Congress
May 2008 – November 2008 (7
months)Beaufort, SC
Kristin Simons, JD
1999-2003
Assistant Attorney General
South Carolina Office of the Attorney
General
July 2012 – Present (3 years 4
months)Columbia, South Carolina Area
General Civil Litigation
Associate Attorney- Civil litigation
practice
Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins, LLC
January 2008 – Present (5 years 9
months)Investigated and evaluated
potential claims, including thorough legal
and fact-specific research, and cost/benefit
analysis
Lauren Satterfield,
J.D.
2004- 2008
Legal Assistant
James D. Calmes III Attorney at
Law
November 2012 – Present (11
months)
Intern/Research Assistant
The Law Office of John
Kachmarsky
March 2012 – April 2012 (2
months)
Income Tax Preparer
(VITA) Urban League of
Charleston, SC
January 2012 – April 2012 (4
months)
McKenzie Carson
2006-2010
Corporate Associate
Hunton & Williams LLP
September 2013 – Present (3
months)Richmond, Virginia
Summer Associate
Hunton & Williams LLP
May 2012 – July 2012 (3 months)
Law Clerk
Virginia Office of the Attorney
General
May 2011 – July 2011 (3 months)
Financial Services Intern
UBS
May 2010 – July 2010 (3 months)
Katie Sobczyk
Player
2002-2006
Assistant Professor of
Business and
Accounting at Furman
University
Chelsea Dowell
2008-2011
Graduate Student in
Economics
University of Kentucky
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Why Economics?
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Valuable skills:
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Alison said, “I hope things are going well this
semester. I am enjoying my new job a great deal.
I am working for a company called Destum
Partners as an Analyst. I work on the financials of
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Economics Is the 'Just Right'
Liberal-Arts Major by David Colander
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As an economist I like to think that economics
has become so popular because of its
intellectual rigor, broad appeal, and
importance to understanding the world.
Companies like to hire economics majors
from liberal-arts colleges not because the
students have been trained in business, but
because they have a solid background in the
liberal arts.
Colander Cont’d
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We asked students to identify majors as hard,
moderate, or easy…33 percent viewed
economics as hard, 3 percent said sociology
was hard, 7 percent saw psychology as hard,
and 13 percent thought political science was
hard.
Students likely reasoned that taking a "too easy“
major would signal to potential employers that
the student had chosen an easy path through
college, thereby hurting their chances of being
hired.
Most Important Reason
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Economics is fun!