A Boston College Chronicle story on October 4 noted that the most popular majors chosen by College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) students are communications (826 students), English, political science, biology and history, while 855 students in the Carroll School of Management (CSOM) are concentrating in finance: an all-time high. The most recent figures for the Department of Economics show a marked increase in interest in the major, with a total of 689 students in A&S and CSOM declaring the major. CSOM students have the option of choosing economics as a concentration (in which 127 students are presently enrolled) or doing the full 10-course economics major. The 689 declared majors exceeds the number of declared biology majors (662). In addition, 45 students have declared the six-course departmental minor in economics.
13 October 2007