Department of Economics
Departmental Honors
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements ECON-HON
Requirements
- Option I.
- 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
- Any ECON-E 400–499
ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
- Notes
- Additional prerequisites may be required depending on the seminar topic
- Description
- Intensive study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ECON-E 392 Seminar in Computational Methods and Econometrics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321; Additional prerequisites may be required depending on the seminar topic
- Description
- Intensive study of a topic area in computational methods or econometrics. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Thesis.
- Course Requirement. Six (6) credit hours over two (2) consecutive semesters:
- ECON-E 499 Honors Thesis
ECON-E 499 Honors Thesis
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 322 or ECON-S 322; and ECON-E 370 or ECON-S 370; Economics majors or interdepartmental major (ECON/POLS or ECON/MATH); minimum 3.300 economics GPA
- Notes
- Additional prerequisites may be required by the faculty mentor. Honors course; A maximum of 3 credit hours in ECON-E 499 may count toward the major in economics
- Description
- Honors thesis research by special arrangement with an economics faculty mentor and the director of undergraduate studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated up to 2 times for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Topic Approval. Research topic must be approved by a tenure-track 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:
- GPA Requirements.
- Option II.
- GPA Requirements. Students must have the following at the time of graduation:
- 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.
- Courses.
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
- ECON-S 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory: Honors
ECON-S 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory: Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-B 251 or ECON-E 251; and MATH-J 113, MATH-M 119, MATH-V 119, MATH-M 211, or MATH-S 211
- Description
- Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 321.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory. One (1) course:
- ECON-S 322 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory: Honors
ECON-S 322 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory: Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252 and ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321; Hutton Honors student
- Description
- Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 322 and substitutes for ECON-E 322 as a prerequisite for other courses.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-S 322 or ECON-E 322.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics. One (1) course:
- ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 118, MATH-S 118, or MATH-V 118; and Hutton Honors student
- Notes
- R: MATH-M 119 and ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
- Description
- Honors course. Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 370.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Summer 2025CASE NMcourseSpring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Econometric Theory and Practice I. One (1) course:
- ECON-E 471 Econometric Theory and Practice I
ECON-E 471 Econometric Theory and Practice I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, or MATH-M 365; and MATH-M 301, MATH-M 303, or MATH-S 303; and MATH-M 311 or MATH-S 311
- Notes
- Only 9 credit hours from ECON-E 371, ECON-S 371, ECON-E 471, and ECON-E 472 may be counted toward a major in economics
- Description
- Emphasis is on the classical linear regression model and its applications. Special topics include finite and asymptotic properties of least squares, hypothesis testing, model specification, dummy variables, proxies, multicollinearity and heteroscedasticity.
- Econometric Theory and Practice II. One (1) course:
- ECON-E 472 Econometric Theory and Practice II
ECON-E 472 Econometric Theory and Practice II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 471
- Notes
- Only 9 credit hours from ECON-E 371, ECON-S 371, ECON-E 471, and ECON-E 472 may be counted toward a major in economics
- Description
- Emphasizes extensions of the classical linear-regression model such as: limited dependent variables, instrumental variables, stationary and nonstationary data, fixed-effect and random-effect models, multiple-equation models, censored regression, and sample selection.
- Honors Elective. One (1) course:
- Any ECON-E 390–399
- Any ECON-E 400–499 except ECON-E 471; ECON-E 472
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
- GPA Requirements. Students must have the following at the time of graduation:
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.