Before becoming a financial advisor with Emerson Equity in San Mateo, California, Darrach Bourke attended Santa Barbara City College, where he achieved placement on the Presidential Honor Roll. Darrach Bourke went on to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating with a bachelor of arts in business economics.
Founded in 1909 as the State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics, the Department of Economics at UC Santa Barbara is home to a number of majors, including business economics. The study of economics provides a better understanding about how we make decisions in a global environment. The bachelor of arts program in business economics introduces students to a broad spectrum of economic areas, through courses such as “History of Economic Thought,” “Microeconomic Theory,” and “Economic Development.” Students who graduate with a degree in this area have gone on to work for entities ranging from government agencies and corporations to financial and educational institutions.
