Thrive in a Big Data World! Today’s economic and business world is all about big data. The B.S. in Analytical Economics (BSAE) is designed to help you thrive in this world. It emphasizes the three main areas of knowledge that you are going to need: economic theory, statistics, and data analytics. The Analytics major at other schools typically focuses on statistics and computer science. But, as economist and business consultant Steve Levitt (author of Freakonomics) recently pointed out, “Big Data alone are not enough, you need to understand human behavior and incentives for most of the applications.” The analytical economics major provides this balance of technical skills and economic reasoning. With this interdisciplinary background, you will understand how to tackle many of the economic and big data problems facing today’s businesses and other organizations. This is the background that today’s competitive job market rewards highly.

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