The department recommends at least three 300-level courses, and at least ten economics courses for the major. More than half of one's 300-level courses must be taken at Wellesley unless permission from the Chair is secured in advance.
Statistical inference provides a formal link between economic theory and the world.
That is, majors or minors who place out of the QR199 requirement in this way must take an additional elective course in Economics to reach the minimum of 9 courses for a major or 5 for a minor. With a solid base in theory and statistics, students move on to applied courses offered at the 200 and 300 levels. The department includes faculty members with specialties in each of the major fields within economics who teach courses in those specialties using the tools developed in the core courses.