(View NEW RULES for Students Matriculating Fall 2005 and Later)
1. The major in Mathematical Economic Analysis is designed for students who are interested in either graduate work in economics or a business or governmental job in which analytical and quantitative skills are required.
2. Students must choose between the two majors offered by the Economics Department; that is, students may not double major in Economics and Mathematical Economic Analysis. Major requirements are not reduced for students with multiple majors.
3. A minimum of sixteen courses (*) in six areas is required. These courses must include:
(a) Five courses in Economic Principles:
ECON 211, 212, 370, 375, 477.
(b) Three courses in Applied Economics, selected from:
ECON 301, 355, 380, 415, 416, 417, 420, 421, 430, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 445, 446, 448, 450, 451, 452, 455, 461, 472, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486.
(c) One additional 400-level course in Applied Economics as listed in (b) or a course in advanced analysis, selected from:
ECON 475
CAAM 451, 452, 453, 454, 460, 471, 474, 475, 483
STAT 421, 450, 486
or an equivalent or higher-level course approved in advance by the chair of the undergraduate committee.
(d) One course in Econometrics:
ECON 400.
(e) Five course in Mathematics and Statistics:
MATH 101, 102, and
MATH 211 or MATH 355 or CAAM 335, and
MATH 212 or 221, and
ECON 382/STAT 310 or STAT 410 or STAT 431.
(f) One Senior Seminar or Senior Research:
ECON 495/496 or ECON 403/404.
4. No more than three of the required Economics courses and two of the required Mathematics (or Computational and Applied Mathematics or Statistics) may be transferred from other schools. Additional transfer credits in Economics, Mathematics, Computational and Applied Mathematics or Statistics may count toward meeting University graduation requirements, but not toward fulfillment of the departmental major requirements. AP credits do not count as transfer credits. In order to transfer ECON 211, the student must pass a qualifying examination. Students wishing to take the ECON 211 qualifying examination must apply to the Economics Department office in Baker Hall 266A. For additional information on transfer credits, consult “Procedures for Transfer Credit,” available in the Economics Department office.
5. Students may graduate with “Honors in Mathematical Economic Analysis” by achieving a B+ (3.33) average in the sixteen courses required for the major and any other Economics electives taken.
6. For additional course information, consult “Economics Course Descriptions,” compiled by the Rice chapter of the Omicron Delta Epsilon National Economics Honor Society.
7. Please note that it is primarily the responsibility of the student to satisfy all degree requirements, including the “University Credit Requirements” and “University Distribution Requirements” specified in the General Announcements. Students are advised that the relevant departmental requirements are those in effect on the day that the student declares Mathematical Economic Analysis as their major. Consult with the appropriate departmental adviser, who must sign all registration forms for each major.
*Students matriculating Fall 2004 and earlier may follow the new rules, if they prefer.
UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE
James Brown, Chairman
George Zodrow, Senior Adviser
Peter Mieszkowski, Junior Adviser
John Bryant, Sophomore Adviser
Anna Bogomolnaia, Mathematical Economic Analysis
Richard Boylan, Managerial Studies
Peter Mieszkowski, Policy Studies
Anna Bogomolnaia, 5-Year MA Program
Revised: August 5, 2004