Economics With Honors

The Department of Economics enables its outstanding undergraduate students to graduate with 'Honors in Economics' or with 'High Honors in Economics'. In order to qualify for one of these accolades, the following requirements must be satisfied at the time of graduation:

  1. Completion of all Arts and Sciences and Economics Major requirements. For more information, see the A&S College Office, McMicken Hall or the Department of Economics.
  2. Completion of two quarters of Honors Seminars, 15-ECON-431, 432. The Honors Seminar courses are offered each quarter. No other course can be used as a substitute for the seminar requirement.
  3. Completion of 'Quantitative Economics' as one of the Fields for the B.A. in Economics. The remaining field(s) can be chosen from the fields requirement list for the B.A. in Economics.
  4. Satisfactory Completion of the Senior Thesis. In general, the thesis is the end-product of the work done in the Honors Seminars.
  5. Minimum grade point average of:
    • 3.5 in Economics and 3.3 overall for Honors
    • 3.8 in Economics and 3.5 overall for High Honors

The GPAs must be attained at graduation time. In order to qualify for 'Honors Standing' before graduation, the student does not necessarily have to maintain the required averages at all times. As long as there is good reason to believe that the minimum GPAs will be reached at graduation time, the 'Honors Standing' will be maintained. The decision about 'Honors Standing' will be made by the Departmental Honors Committee at appropriate intervals. 'Honors Standing' provides students with the benefit of being informed of all College Honors activities, of being designated as an Honors students in recommendation letters and other correspondence regarding the students, and of being able to take the Honors Seminar courses.

If you intend to graduate with Honors or High Honors and you want to be given Honors standing within the Department of Economics, you should complete and return departmental Honors registration form. Upon completion of the requirements for graduation with honors, you should complete and return a departmental Honors checklist.

In addition to the Departmental Honors accolades there are also the 'College Honors' and 'College High Honors' accolades. For information on the requirements contact the Director of the University Honors Scholars Program, 556-6252.