The departmental honors program provides opportunities for qualified economics students to enrich their undergraduate studies and to receive recognition for academic excellence in economics.
The requirements for departmental honors are:
- Both of the following courses with a combined GPA of 3.5 or higher:
- ECON 311 – Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
- ECON 312 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
- Both of the following courses with a combined GPA of 3.5 or higher:
- ECON 421 – Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON 490 – Analytic Methods in Economics
- instead of taking ECON 490, students can take both of the following with a combined GPA of 3.5:
- MATH 152 – Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
- either MATH 215 – Applied Finite Mathematics or MATH 221 – Introduction to Linear Algebra
- instead of taking ECON 490, students can take both of the following with a combined GPA of 3.5:
- One of the following:
- ECON 493 – Individual Research in Economics
- ECON 495 – Research Seminar
- One of the following:
- ECON 601 – Microeconomic Analysis
- ECON 602 – Macroeconomic Analysis
- ECON 611 – Advanced Econometric Analysis I
- Students must graduate with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher