The first course in economics at UNCG was offered in 1912 under the newly renamed Department of History and Economics. In 1917, the economics portion of the department was merged with sociology to create the Department of Sociology and Economics. When the Department of Social Sciences was introduced in 1924, economics was taught as a concentration within the Department. In 1936, the Department of Economics was formed out of the Department of Social Sciences and expanded become the Department of Economics and Business Administration in 1963. The Department of Business Administration assimilated into the Administration and Management Science Department in 1971, leaving Economics to be an independent department. Today, the Department of Economics offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees.
School Deans:
Walter Clinton Jackson (1912-1916)
Herman Beneke (1916-1918)
Eric Lindeman (1918-1922)
Glenn Johnson (1922-1954)
Albert Keister (1924-1956)
John Wesley Kennedy (1956-1973)
John Formby (1973-1976, 1977-1978, 1980-1982)
David Shelton (1976-1977,1988-1993)
Terry Seaks (1978-1980, 1982-1983)
Albert Link (1983-1988)
Stuart Allen (1993-2013)
Jeremy Bray (2013-current)
School Names:
Department of History and Economics (1912-1917)
Department of Economics and Sociology (1917-1920)
Department of Sociology and Economics (1920-1924)
Economics in the Department of the Social Sciences (1924-1936)
Department of Economics (1936-1963)
Department of Economics and Business Administration (1963-1971)
Department of Economics (1971-present)