Microeconomics. Macroeconomics. Experimental economics. Econometrics. By understanding these key areas and emerging trends in economics, you'll acquire critical knowledge that shareholders, stakeholders, business leaders and policy makers really care about. You'll be prepared to work on bottom-line economic issues facing today's global marketplace.

But economics isn't just about crunching numbers and analyzing markets.

Today, economists are looking far beyond Wall Street and applying economic principles to help illuminate some of today's pressing social issues, such as unemployment, poverty and provision of health care.

And as a top-10 program among public universities, Ohio State's Department of Economics is helping to lead that charge.