Department of Economics
Departmental Honors
Students on Summer 2025, Fall 2025, or Spring 2026 requirements ECON-HON
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Economics have two options for earning departmental honors and should choose either the requirements for Option I or Option II below. Depending upon availability, students seeking an honors diploma are encouraged to take additional 300–400 level courses designated as honors sections.
Requirements
- GPA Requirements.
- College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.500 is required.
- Major GPA. An Economics major grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.700 is required.
- Advanced Courses*. Six (6) credit hours:
- ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
- ECON-E 392 Seminar in Computational Methods and Econometrics
- ECON-E 401 Machine Learning for Economic Data
- ECON-E 402 Computational Methods In Macroeconomics
- ECON-E 411 Economics of Networks and Market Design
- ECON-E 425
- ECON-E 427
- ECON-E 471 Econometric Theory and Practice I
- ECON-E 472 Econometric Theory and Practice II
- ECON-E 490 Advanced Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
- Thesis.
- Course Requirement. Six (6) credit hours over two (2) consecutive semesters:
- ECON-E 499 Honors Thesis
- Topic Approval. Research topic must be approved by an economics faculty mentor and the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies prior to the beginning of the first semester in which student is enrolled in ECON-E 499.
- Course Requirement. Six (6) credit hours over two (2) consecutive semesters:
Exceptions to and substitutions for honors requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.