ECON 490 cannot be used to satisfy the seminar requirement except in unusual circumstances with the permission of the department chair. Students with these interests should also consider the mathematical concentration described below. This exam is typically taken in the spring of the junior year. Students also present their projects to the seminar and act as discussants of their projects. Certification of honors and high honors will be based mainly on the quality of the honors paper.
Special rules apply to honors in mathematical economics.
The special program under this heading is designed to encourage a student with strong interests in the two areas to develop a deeper understanding of economics by viewing it, in part, as an area of applied mathematics. The concentration should be considered seriously by those intending to pursue graduate studies in economics, business, or quantitative social science, and also by those desiring a more flexible committment to the programs for concentration in these two departments. Interested students should discuss their plans with Professors Baldani or Turner as early as possible, certaintly before the end of the fall term of the sophomore year. Students with special backrounds or program schedules may petition for reasonable course substitutions in the requirements. Students who intend to pursue graduate study are encouraged to take additional mathematics courses.