Master the principles of economics and you gain an essential understanding of our world. You prepare yourself to be a valuable contributor in the modern, knowledge-based, global economy. The finance program offers a thorough preparation for career opportunities in the areas of corporate and personal financial management, banking, insurance, and investments.
The MBA program offers a concentration in finance for those who want to further their understanding of financial concepts and analysis.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s 2025–26 Justice Research Fellows—Lauren Connor, Reia Sanchez, Kelly Szolek, and Jackson White—presented their original research to Indiana County officials at the Indiana County Courthouse on April 29.
The Department of Finance and Economics is very pleased that numerous students participated in the twenty-first annual Scholars Forum held at the IUP KCAC on April 8, 2026. We wish to thank volunteer judges, faculty mentors, and the Scholars Forum planning committee who organized this event and gave of their own time and talent to afford our students this exceptional opportunity to participate in a professional conference atmosphere.
The Department of Finance and Economics is pleased that several students attended the Curt Roberts “Step Up to the Plate” event held at PNC Park on April 15. Among the 12 IUP students selected to attend, six have declared majors in finance and/or economics.
Yaya Sissoko has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Garvin-Kort Faculty Award for Research in Economics. Generous donations from 1981 IUP Distinguished Alumni Award recipient John Kort ’74 and the late Alexander Garvin, economics faculty 1969–98, provide support for faculty research.
On March 27, Yaya Sissoko hosted economics and finance alumnus Caleb Moore ’07, M’18 in his Monetary Economics course. On April 6 and 8, Jim Jozefowicz hosted IUP economics alumna Angel Alcantara ’23, M‘25 in his Advanced Econometrics course.