Forms

Please use the following forms for our undergraduate program.

• Declare a Major or Minor
• Directed Study
• Internship Course
• Policies

Declaration of Major or Minor

You can declare a major or minor as early as the second semester of your first year.

• The Declaration of Major/Minor form is accessible in OPUS under the Course Planning and Enrollment Tile.
• The OPUS form will display your current academic plan, and you may request to add or remove a major, minor, or concentration from that page.
• Your request is subject to department review. Within 24 hours, you will receive an automated email with guidance on contacting the appropriate undergraduate staff member for next steps.
• If you have any questions about the form or the process, please contact econungrad@emory.edu

ECONOMICS 397R-496R-496RW (Directed Study)

Independent Study Non-Lecture Courses – Econ 397R/496R/496RW

• Can be used to satisfy an economics elective requirement (must be for 3 or more credits) but no more than 2 of the 4 elective requirements can be fulfilled with directed study courses.
• Can be used to satisfy the continuing writing requirement – Econ 496RW (must be for 4 or more credits).

To enroll the following is necessary:

• A topic (an original idea) must be selected that is not included in a course that would normally be offered/available to you. A written description of the project should be included on the Directed Study form.
• A faculty advisor among the Economics Department faculty must agree to supervise the study program.
• The completed and signed form should be submitted to our Undergraduate Program Coordinator at econungrad@emory.edu , in the semester preceding the one you intend to participate.

ECONOMICS 449 (INTERNSHIP COURSE)

Economics 449 is an internship offered to economics majors and minors only and must be taken on a pass/fail (S/U) basis. This counts for only 2 credit hours and will not count toward the major or minor.

Permission is required to enroll in this course: Internship Request Form

In order to obtain permission to enroll in Econ 449, please complete the Internship Request Form and email it to our Undergraduate Program Coordinator at econungrad@emory.edu.

More information can be found here: Internships

• All classes applied towards an Economics major/minor must be taken for a letter grade.
• Students must earn an average GPA of 2.0 in the Economics major/minor to graduate.
• The Department will only accept Econ 101 Principles of Microeconomics and Econ 112 Principles of Macroeconomics as transfer credit from other institutions and AP/IB tests.
• Econ 449 Internship is 2 credit hours, graded pass/fail and does not count towards major/minor requirements.
• Directed study (ECON 397, 496, or 496RW) can be used to satisfy up to 2 elective requirements (must be for 3 or more credits, 4 for ECON 496RW)
• Course overloads are made at the discretion of the Department. Please contact our Undergraduate Program Coordinator for more information.