Economics - Hamilton College Clinton

Economics from Hamilton College Clinton is a Campus Bachelor Economics degree that prepares you for a Business career. Students who concentrate in economics are learn to identify economic issues and problems, to form hypotheses and to gather and use data to test these hypotheses. They also learn how to formulate policies to deal with economic problems and how to analyze both the intended and unintended effects of these policies. A concentration in economics requires the completion of five required courses and four electives within the department. There are no formal prerequisites for studying economics at Hamilton. In particular, a student does not need to have taken any economics in high school; however, since most of the courses make extensive use of graphical analysis and of simple algebra, a math background is helpful. To earn a minor in economics , a student must complete four required courses and one additional economics course of her or his choice. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES Students at Hamilton have a great deal of access to their professors both in and out of the classroom. Selected economics concentrators work as tutors in the Quantitative Literacy Center and as graders (of problem sets or labs) for professors in the department. Some concentrators work during the academic year and in the summer as research assistants with faculty members, and the results of their collaborations have appeared in co-authored papers in professional journals. Some of this research is available online through a faculty-maintained working paper series. THE SENIOR PROGRAM The Senior Project in economics can be satisfied either by a project in a designated 400 level course or by a Senior Thesis. Projects require a paper or a series of papers demonstrating a mastery of advanced methods, an understanding of the scholarly literature on a topic or an understanding of the evolution of important issues in the discipline. The Senior Thesis is a written report of an original research project undertaken in the department's Research Seminar (Economics 560). Students participating in this seminar make a number of presentations of their work in progress during the semester and usually submit their theses to the department for consideration for department honors. On several occasions, these theses have become the basis for collaborative work with faculty supervisors that has resulted in collaborative publications in professional journals. RESOURCES The Economics Department is headquartered in the newly renovated Kirner-Johnson Building. Classrooms are "technology-enhanced," including either a projection screen and data projector or a LCD screen on the wall, and are equipped with large flat-screen computer monitors that allow students to collaborate. "Annotation screens" allow students and professors to add comments to computer displays. Four tiered "case study" classrooms have two rows of seats in a horseshoe configuration to further encourage student-teacher and student-student interaction. The Economics Department regularly sponsors guest lecturers, and, for the past several years, has held a joint seminar series with the Economics Department at Colgate University for faculty and students. The department also regularly receives funds from Procter & Gamble for academic needs. View more details on Hamilton College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Economics courses.