Bachelor of Arts - BA in Economics The University of Alabama

The B.A. in Economics program at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, is a course focused on training students on how economics impacts the world at large. The program provides students with analytical skills and a broad understanding of how household, business, and government decisions interplay to shape the domestic and international economic environment. It also trains on the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, economic theory, statistics, and econometrics, along with relevant mathematical foundations. Moreover, students will acquire skills beneficial to diverse career fields like business, law, public policy, urban planning, and international affairs. It allows a selection of electives to tailor the program according to individual career aspirations. Extensive research opportunities and seminars with distinguished economists enhance students' learning experience.

The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

The university offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctoral degrees. The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA. Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work.

The school was a center of activity during the American Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. The University of Alabama varsity football program (nicknamed the Crimson Tide), inaugurated in 1892, ranks as one of the ten best in US history. In a 1913 speech president George H. Denny extolled the university as the "capstone of the public school system in the state", thereby establishing the university's current nickname, The Capstone. Alumni and faculty include 59 Goldwater Scholars, 15 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 36 Hollings Scholars, and 16 Boren Scholars.