Wittenberg's Economics Department offers two majors, an Economics major and a Financial Economics major. Both majors teach analytical thinking as a way to investigate the use of scarce resources to satisfy human needs, providing the breadth of a liberal arts education along with sufficient depth to prepare students for a wide range of careers in finance, banking, government policy, international business, and nonprofit enterprises. The Economicas major provides a solid foundation in core economic theory, supplemented by application in such areas as money, banking, international trade, the role of governmenr in the economy, economic history and labor economics. Financial Economics is an interdisciplinary major that is quantitative in nature and combines a core of finance-oriented economics courses with accounting and finance courses from the Management Department, emphasizing the areas of interconnection between the two disciplines. Internship and study abroad options complement classroom instruction on economic decision-making.