Department of Economics

Mission Statement and Learning Outcomes

The Department of Economics plays a very significant role in a complete liberal arts education at Tougaloo College. The Department of Economics has set the following goals and objectives: 1) to assist students in understanding the role that economics plays in modem societies and its impact on their lives, 2) to help students in understanding the role of accounting procedures in the computer age, 3) to inform students of the vast opportunities that are open to them in the business world, 4) to train and equip students with the tools necessary to make them strong managers and successful executives, and 5) to lay a firm foundation for further study in Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, and Management Science.

The Department’s programs are formulated to serve several types of students: non-majors wishing to add an Economics, Accounting, Business or Management orientation to their fields of study; or majors pursuing graduate work in fields such as economics, business accounting, urban planning, statistics, law and operational research.