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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

ECON 4990 - Senior Seminar in Economics 3 s.h.


As the capstone of the Economics major, this seminar challenges students to apply economic theory to analyze real-world issues. Guided by a faculty mentor, students learn advanced research methods and use them to investigate a research question of their choice. The seminar culminates in a research paper that integrates economic theory with empirical analysis and an oral presentation of the findings. A-E Only. Offered Spring only.
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Prerequisite(s): ECON 3211  or ECON 3212 , and SrS.