Declaring Economics as
Your Major
To declare an Economics major, just stop by
326 of Monteith during regular business hours. The
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, will sign you on as a major.
The department holds informational
meetings for prospective or current majors. Watch for
announcements posted around the department, or check our website, www.econ.uconn.edu.
Meetings provide information about completing major and minor
requirements, fields within economics, and careers available to
economists.
Working With Your
Advisor
When you declare your major you will be
assigned an Academic Advisor. You may ask for a particular
Economics faculty member as your advisor, or we will choose one for you.
The role of your advisor is to help you
to meet your academic goals and complete the major or minor
requirements. Thus, it is important that you take the time to
discuss your goals and concerns with your advisor, so that he/she can
provide you with the best advice on meeting these goals. You,
however, are ultimately responsible for your academic progress.
Before meeting with your advisor, read
through this handbook and the Course Descriptions Catalog. The advising
session will be more productive the better informed and prepared you are
beforehand. The first time you meet with your advisor, complete a Preliminary
Plan of Study to help plan your course of study.
Discuss this with your advisor at subsequent meetings and keep it
updated with any changes.
At the beginning of your last semester,
you must file with the Degree Auditor’s Office of the Registrar a
Final Plan of Study as an indication of your intent to graduate.
(Your advisor has to sign this before submitting it). You may give
this Final Plan of Study to the Undergraduate Program Coordinator, who
will make the appropriate copies and forward the original to the Degree
Auditor.
In order to register for courses each
semester, your advisor must sign a "bar slip" for you,
authorizing the Department to lift your bar and allow you to use the
touch-tone registration system. It is best not to wait until the
last minute to register, just in case your advisor is unavailable that
day. Only your Faculty Advisor can sign a bar slip for you.
For
additional information, contact:
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
326 Monteith Building
341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1063
USA
Phone 860-486-0615
Fax 860-486-4463
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