Advice to current students during the Economics/Business Department curriculum transition
Q: What should someone with only 151 or 152 (but not both) do?
A: Take 201 before they are eligible to take electives requiring 201.
Q: What should someone with BOTH 151 and 152 do?
A: Take 301/302, but meanwhile they can take electives requiring 201.
Q: What should someone with only 207 do?
A: Take 302 or electives requiring 201 and/or 301.
Q: What should someone with only 209 do?
A: Take 301 or electives requiring 201 and/or 302.
Q: What should someone with both 207 and 209 do?
A: Any elective requiring 201 or 301 or 302.
Q: Can students still take Research Methods II instead of Econometrics?
A: No, it won’t be offered in the near future.
Q: How many electives do current majors have to complete?
A: Only what they agreed to when they declared, but we are strongly recommending the new path that involves more electives grouped into the three themes.
Q: How do current students sign up for thesis if they haven’t specialized their electives so far?
A: Think about the themes that matter in the courses that you have taken so far, and ask for supervision in that theme (micro or macro/international or business). We faculty will all supervise in each theme, at least for the first few years.
Q: What about transfer or study-abroad courses that require only principles as prerequisite?
A: Courses taken abroad have to be approved for credit by the Office of International Programs, then approved for credit within the major using the online Summit system. In general, we look for courses that require at least Principles-level prerequisites (for which we would grant EC 210 credit), and upper-level electives might warrant credit for the equivalent of EC 425 (business), 455 (micro) or 485 (macro) depending on their topic.