Congratulations on your new job, Abdullah. One question, although it's very early days: do you have any mixed feelings about the fact that there isn't an economics program at Haile?
You know, I am a 'de facto' director of the economics courses at my uni, but we don't have a major in our discipline (nor a masters program either). Though I definitely do not see it this way, I feel many students (of management, marketing, entrepreneurship, etc) see economics as a peripheral subject, not the centre of their attention and not up there in their list of interests. And I can't but think that it'd be different if I were teaching economics to students majoring in economics. I wouldn't need to "sell" them economics and in some sense that's what I do: try to let them discover how big the opportunity costs of their choice of major are :)
Do you share the feeling?
All the very best and keep it on!
Jose
Prof Jose Iparraguirre
Full Professor of Economics
German International University of Applied Sciences in Cairo, Egypt
We do not have a graduate program in economics. Sometimes I wish we did but I am not sure the market can handle so many econ graduate programs in our region.
As far as the concern of having to “sell” students on economics, I think that happened at every school. Somehow, we have developed a reputation for being irrelevant or complicated for no good reason. While, I expect both of us, believe that a good understanding of economics is necessary for success in all fields and occupations.
We need to continue to educate about the importance of economics. Wishing you the best.
Congratulations on your new job, Abdullah. One question, although it's very early days: do you have any mixed feelings about the fact that there isn't an economics program at Haile?
You know, I am a 'de facto' director of the economics courses at my uni, but we don't have a major in our discipline (nor a masters program either). Though I definitely do not see it this way, I feel many students (of management, marketing, entrepreneurship, etc) see economics as a peripheral subject, not the centre of their attention and not up there in their list of interests. And I can't but think that it'd be different if I were teaching economics to students majoring in economics. I wouldn't need to "sell" them economics and in some sense that's what I do: try to let them discover how big the opportunity costs of their choice of major are :)
Do you share the feeling?
All the very best and keep it on!
Jose
Prof Jose Iparraguirre
Full Professor of Economics
German International University of Applied Sciences in Cairo, Egypt
Hi Jose! Thanks for reading and for your comment.
We do have an undergraduate major in economics. https://www.nku.edu/academics/cob/programs/undergraduate/economics.html
We do not have a graduate program in economics. Sometimes I wish we did but I am not sure the market can handle so many econ graduate programs in our region.
As far as the concern of having to “sell” students on economics, I think that happened at every school. Somehow, we have developed a reputation for being irrelevant or complicated for no good reason. While, I expect both of us, believe that a good understanding of economics is necessary for success in all fields and occupations.
We need to continue to educate about the importance of economics. Wishing you the best.