The departmental excellence with the Economics department in UB include: economics of growth and development; industrial organization; international trade; crime and justice; uncertainty and information; urban economics; and applied econometrics.
UB’s Economics program integrates economic theory with applied topics, including finance, international trade, econometrics, education, growth and development, monetary economics, labor economics, urban and regional economics, industrial organization, and regulation.
Students will discuss matters relating to consumers and producers, market equilibrium, investment and savings, employment, money and banking, and government taxation and spending.
You will learn insights and skills in the art and process of the dynamic social systems and issues related to each other and societal issues.
Department of Sociology in UB is a member of the American Sociological Society and the undergraduate Sociology program was founded in 1920.
Sociology is a study of all people, for all people. Sociology is the broadest of the social sciences and can give us an understanding of the social world. This program provides students with the technical and analytic tools, critical thinking skills, and global perspective needed to navigate the 21st century successfully and succeed in many careers.