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Senior Honors Project

Course #: ECON 489

Description:
Closely supervised individual research on a topic chosen by a student in consultation with a faculty supervisor. The course's aim is to enable highly qualified students to undertake the preliminary exploration-reading, thinking, data-gathering-necessary for the successful undertaking of writing a senior honors thesis during the following term. The thesis prospectus must be completed and accepted by the student's proposed thesis supervisor before enrollment.

Notes:
Enrollment is limited to economics majors with at least 80 credits and an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25 who have completed at least 7 economics courses with a GPA of 3.5; permission of both a faculty supervisor and the department chairperson is required. (Fulfills the capstone requirement.)

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2026 Fall

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 1433
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Carr,Michael
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/08/2026 - 12/11/2026
Capacity: 13
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites:
Course Attributes: Non-degree exclude from list

2026 Spring

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 2512
-
Carr,Michael
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/26/2026 - 05/13/2026
Capacity: 5
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes: The course material costs for this course are unknown
Pre Requisites:
Course Attributes: Non-degree exclude from list, Course Material Costs Unknown