Special Options for Majors

A number of special program options are available within the framework of the major requirements listed above.

These special program options and requirements include:

Dual Majors

Students with a dual major including economics must complete at least eight economics courses, distributed as follows:

1. Core Requirement
2. Statistics Skill requirement, Economics 120 or equivalent
3. Electives: three or more economics elective courses of which at least two must be level II electives.
4. Senior Thesis: students with a dual major including economics are encouraged to write their senior thesis on a topic in economics. For further information, see "Senior Thesis in Economics" above.

Please note the restrictions on honors in the major for students with a dual major in "Honors in Economics" below. For further information on dual majors and the requirements for the other discipline of the dual major, please check the appropriate sections of this catalog.

Economics-Mathematics Dual Major

This dual major emphasizes application of mathematical methods for economic analysis. The requirements for the economics portion of the economics-mathematics dual major are:

1. Core Requirement
2. Electives: four or more economics courses, of which at least three must be chosen from level II elective courses.

Students completing an economics-mathematics dual major fulfill the statistics skill requirement for the economics major by completing Mathematics 151. Probability, and 152. Statistical Inference, or 158. Applied Statistics. For the requirements for the mathematics portion of the dual major, please consult the mathematics section of the catalog.