For more information, see Professor Getz , Director of Undergraduate Studies, in 406 Calhoun. Every student who majors in economics or who chooses a related minors has an individual faculty advisor. Advisors give counsel about the programs, advice on course selection, and help with academic difficulties. The Department assigns advisors to students when they declare their major or minor. The Director of the Honors Program advises prospective honors candidates.
Advisors are available during their office hours or by appointment.
Advisors expect students to be familiar with this guide. In planning a major, a student should seek breadth early in the career, building prerequisites for later courses, take courses in statistics and theory so as to be able to apply these skills to issues, and then take more advanced courses later in the program. First, it is important to take courses in several departments where a student has some substantial interest. A student who takes introductory courses in three or four departments will be better informed in choosing a major, will have a fall-back position if one major proves to be unrewarding, and will have laid the ground work for considering a second major or a minor. Mathematics is useful for exploring economic theory, political science for economic policy, foreign languages for international perspective, and psychology for insight into human behavior.