Welcome to the Department of Economics! You have made the right choice. The Department of Economics was established in 1955. Back then it was actually in the Faculty of Arts. Several well-known national, and international, leaders have walked along the paths that you will be travelling on for the next three years and sat in the same classrooms gazing at the same black/white boards. These include our very own Dr. Andre Haughton who was recently appointed to the opposition shadow cabinet, as well as Dr.