Applied Learning

Economics & Finance Economics & Finance

The departments offers many opportunities to take your classroom education into the business community via trips to New York and Prague as well as honors projects.

New York Experience

The New York Experience class is organized as an experiential learning opportunity by the Departments of Economics and Finance and Marketing.

During the class, Economics and Finance students will visit major financial institutions to learn more about cutting-edge issues involving the global economy and financial system; past visits include Bank of America, Black Stone, JP Morgan, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Barclay’s, Moody's, Fast Money live show.

Marketing and International Business students will visit major corporations to learn more about the various aspects of working in these industries in different capacities. Companies visited in past years include: Interbrand, Viacom, Facebook, Bloomberg, SAKS 5th Avenue, NBC Universal and Spotify.In addition to company tours, students will have the opportunity to meet a growing cadre of Cameron School alumni working in New York at a mixer to be held in Midtown. Be on the lookout for details regarding interest meetings, and reserve your spot to take part in this opportunity!

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Economics & Finance

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Prague Consulting Class

This three-credit course gives 3rd and 4th year finance and marketing students an opportunity to complete a business consulting project for a real client in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Recent Honors Project

Alex Paplazaros: Impact of Public Debt on Growth Consequences of U.S. State Debt
Banks Osborne: The Co-movement of and International Spillover Effects of Economics Policy Uncertainty
Rebekah Banks: Corruption, Development and Economic Growth: A Country-Level Analysis
Patricia Ripoll Martinez: Has Bank Debt Been Replaced By High Yield Bonds for Medium to Low Credit Barrowers
Cole Langlois: Sectoral Financial Cycles and Monetary Policy
Caleb Kuhne and Garrett Wade did an Economics research project under the Koch Fellowship
Ashton Russell traveled to the ESP conference to serve as a discussant

Students participating in the Student Managed Investment Fund (through FIN 440) actively manage the Truist Capitalism Center’s $2 million endowment. Each semester the students in the program analyze the state of the US economy, the fund’s current holdings, and make recommendations to the fund’s board. The investment fund allows students to truly be analysts and help manage a real endowment.