The The Social Science Department has been the home of the B.A Economics Program since it was first offered in the then Bukidnon State College in 1976. The Economics Department was created as a separate department in 2020 with Dr. Cleopas Bette R. Jacutin as the pioneering chair.
The department has 10 faculty members, four of which are tenured. In the first semester of 2021, the department has a total of 379 students.
Program Objectives
- Equip students with knowledge in economic theories and their applications needed for undertaking economic analysis.
- Enrich student’s ability to diagnose economic problems using appropriate theories and methodologies.
- Strengthen students’ use of rational, optimal and contingent decision making skills by utilizing economic-related studies.
- Develop students’ efficiency in production of quality researchers and other economic related studies.
- Expose students in the real world of work through enhanced and on-the-job-training program and extension activities.
- Involve students in various socio-economic activities that will encourage them to apply analytical skills.
- Develop students’ active participation in the planning for economic, socio-cultural, and environmental preservation and sustainable development.