Department of Economics
AUM is the only institution in the Montgomery/River Region that offers a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Applied Economics. The Economics department offers various scholarship opportunities to help students pay for school. Our study abroad program includes travel to New York City to visit Wall Street and the stock exchanges, Germany to visit the Borse Frankfurt Stock Exchange, France to visit the France Stock Market, and London to explore the London Stock Exchange.
The Department of Economics includes seven professors with their doctorates, and one distinguished lecturer. The faculty has been involved in high-level scholarly lectures and has published in top journals, including the American Economic Review and the Southern Economic Journal. The faculty are also very involved in public policy issues and consulting.
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences offers students a traditional liberal arts education to meet the needs of the 21st century, allowing them to compete for a variety of careers in an increasingly complex and evolving world.
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Degree Programs
Undergraduate Degree Programs
Economics
Economics analyzes how individuals, businesses and governments choose to use resources. Such resources include availability, land, buildings, equipment and the knowledge of how to combine them to create useful products and services. This degree combines a strong combination of theory and the practical, hands-on learning you need to hit the ground running in your career.
International Economics and Commerce
The International Economics and Commerce degree prepares students to work in multinational corporations, and also allows for concentration on forecasting sales, understanding the importance of exchange rates, arbitrage and speculation, and trade policies. Partnership with the Study Abroad Program allows students to also study the European Union economy in London, Paris and Frankfurt.
Political Economy
Political Economy studies the relationship between politics and economics in modern societies, focusing on problems of both domestic and international policy. The curriculum is both multi and interdisciplinary and is based on the assumption that political-economic relationships are affected by society, culture, geography and demographics.
Graduate Degree Programs
Applied Economics
The Master of Science in Applied Economics is a carefully designed program which offers rigorous training in quantitative analysis, economic modeling and econometrics. It prepares graduates to seek employment as program or policy analysts who are skilled in evidence-based quantitative methods.
Meet the Faculty
James Francisco
Department Chair, Associate Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Francisco teaches courses on Micro and Macroeconomics, Sports Economics, Law and Economics, Economic Data and Statistics, and International Trade. His research has covered sports economics, sports gambling, education, international economics, and the economics of law and policy. He has been at AUM since 2013, and served as Chair of the Economics Department since 2022. Prior to becoming an Economist, he earned a JD, and practiced law.
Simon Lan
Associate Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Lan is an Associate Professor of Economics. Dr. Lan teaches a wide range of economics courses, with a primary focus on Macroeconomics at undergraduate level and Applied Macroeconomics and Financial Economics at graduate level. He emphasized applying Economic theories to real -world issues. His research explores International Finance and the Chinese Economy, and his current research focuses on the effects of Fiscal spending and income inequality in the United States. His work has been published in reputable peer-reviewed journals such as China Economic Review and Journal of Asian Economics among others.
Evan Moore
Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Evan Moore is Professor of Economics at Auburn University at Montgomery. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. He has published articles in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economics and Finance, and the International Review of Economics Education. He previously served as Head of the Economics Department, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, and editor of the Southern Business and Economic Journal. Dr. Moore has presented research at national and international conferences. Finally, he has received funding support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Swedish Competition Authority.
Agnitra Roy Choudhury
Associate Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Agnitra Roy Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Economics department. Dr. Roy Choudhury received his PhD and MA in Economics from Binghamton University. His training is in applied microeconomics and applied econometrics. His research interests include studying the impact of regulations on health care, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently Dr. Roy Choudhury’s research includes analyzing scope of practice regulations, Certificate of Need laws, and determinants of promoting entrepreneurship. His research papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals like Vaccine, Economic Letters, Applied Economics Letters, Health Policy, and Journal of Risk & Financial Management.
Mariano Runco
Associate Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Runco has been at AUM since 2009, after finishing his Ph.D. in economics at Arizona State University. He specializes in Microeconomic Theory and Empirical Economics and he teaches the econometrics sequence in the Master’s in Applied Economics program. He has also worked in the area of the Economics of Regulation. He is also actively involved in the business community as the president and owner of a real estate company in Montgomery, Alabama.
