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Declaring Your Economics Major

To declare an Economics major, just stop by room 345 of Monteith during regular business hours. Marjorie Aston, the Undergraduate Program Coordinator will sign you on as a major. If you are in ACES, you may also declare the major at www.ppc.uconn.edu.

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 to be your advisor, or we will chose one for you.

The role of your advisor is to help you 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. Of course you are ultimately responsible for your own academic progress.

Before meeting with your advisor, you should peruse this website. The advising session will be more productive the better informed and prepared you are beforehand. You should also read through the student handbook that you received from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at orientation.

Another useful resource is the College’s Academic Services Center, which is staffed with professional advisors knowledgeable about the intricacies of the University bureaucracy. They are located at 423 Whitney Road, just up the street from Monteith. The number is 486-2822, and the website is www.services.clas.uconn.edu/

During the first four weeks of your last semester, you must file with the Degree Auditor’s Office (in Wilbur Cross) a Final Plan of Study as an indication of your intent to graduate. (Your advisor has to sign this before submission).

Here’s the Drill.

  • The first time you meet with your advisor, you will complete a Preliminary Plan of Study.

  • You and your advisor will update that Plan as you progress through the program.

  • File your Final Plan of Study within the first four weeks of the semester in which you plan to graduate. The Plan you submit must be for your “Catalog Year,” or the academic year you were last admitted to the CLAS.

  • Before filing your Final Plan at Wilbur Cross, please give a copy to the Economics Department Office. Keep a copy for yourself as well.