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- Economics
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Additional Academic Opportunities
- Internships
- Study Abroad
- FPI Abroad: International Study Program
- Honors Program
- Pi Gamma Mu
The Department of Business and Economics
ThunderPitch 2024
The 3rd Annual ThunderPitch will be held on Monday, April 22nd in Barrows Auditorium at Wheaton College. This is an opportunity where Wheaton College students pitch their best business ideas to a live audience.
Courses and Requirements
Visit the Course Catalog for courses and requirement information.
Honors Program
The department offers an honors program for eligible junior and senior majors who want to undertake independent research. The honors program requires 4 hours of a research methods course (ECON 375 Econometrics) and four hours of honors thesis (B EC 499 or ECON 499). Additional details about the honors program are available from the department office.
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Department Events
Check here to find out the latest events for Business and Economics majors, like department chapels and opportunities to hang out for fun and learning opportunities together.
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Department Opportunities
Get involved with the department through internships, mentoring, study abroad, clubs and more!
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Wheaton Center for Faith and Innovation
The Wheaton Center for Faith & Innovation provides opportunities for Wheaton students to apply and participate in the Innovation Scholars program. Innovation Scholars are trained in cutting edge Agile project management and design thinking and are given opportunities to participate in Innovation Lab projects. Innovation Lab projects are sponsored by corporations and provide opportunities for students to work on "wicked problems" to provide innovation solutions.
Innovation Scholars have opportunity to lead and participate in CFI events throughout the school year:
- Annual Fall Executive Forum
- Spring Redemptive Entrepreneurship Workshop
- Wheaton Global Christian Business Conference (launching spring 2021)
- Monthly Flourishing in the Marketplace Breakfasts (held every third Thursday)
Choosing Better Podcast
Interested to know what Wheaton Professors think about in their spare time? Why not listen in as Professors Timothy Taylor (International Relations) and Enoch Hill (Economics) converse about wacky ideas, economics, and the art of living well.
Listen to the Choosing Better podcast
Meet Our Faculty Business and Economics Faculty
Teaching and mentoring are priorities for our professors. Wheaton has 12 tenure-track business and economics professors, including specialists in all four major sub-disciplines of business — accounting, finance, management, and marketing – and both areas of economics – microeconomics and macroeconomics.
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Stephen Bretsen, J.D.
William Volkman Professor of Business and Law, Associate Professor of Business and Law, Pre-Law Advisor/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/IMG_2220-cook-200X300.jpg)
Jeremy Cook, Ph.D.
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Denise Daniels, Ph.D.
Hudson T. Harrison Professor of Entrepreneurship/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/Nick-Lei-Guo-T4-200X300.jpg)
Nick Lei Guo, Ph.D.
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Enoch Hill, Ph.D.
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Robert Knisley, D.B.A., C.P.A.
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Min-Dong Paul Lee, Ph.D.
Co-Director of M.A. in Leadership; Norris A. Aldeen Professor of Business, Department Chair/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/Long-Jason.jpg)
Jason Long, Ph.D.
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Seth Norton, Ph.D.
Carl R. Hendrickson Distinguished Chair in Business/Professor of Business & Economics/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/alex-ho-lun-wong.jpg)
Ho Lun (Alex) Wong, Ph.D.
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Location and Contact Info
Visit us in the
Memorial Student Center
Third Floor
501 College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
630.752.5035
business.economics@wheaton.edu
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Charity Fort '12
"I cannot begin to say how much I appreciate possessing a liberal arts degree. The training that I received at Wheaton in a variety of fields, with a theological perspective, was invaluable. While various classes in one's chosen field provide advantageous information, there is nothing more important than being introduced to new perspectives and approaches to work and life."
Charity graduated from Harvard Law School in 2015.
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Contact Us
Have a question? Need more information? Contact the Business and Economics Department
630.752.5035 | business.economics@wheaton.edu