Summer Minor in Economics

Are you thinking of a minor in economics, but afraid there may not be enough time? Now you can earn a minor in just one summer, and even if you don't finish your minor in the summer, you will be most of the way there!

A variety of electives are offered and almost all courses are offered online.

  • Remember that:
    • ECON minor courses can not be double-counted with any Core Area A-E classes, but they can be used as Free Electives.
    • If you take ECON 2105 or ECON 2106, you can not count ECON 2100 or ECON 2101 towards the minor.

What Are My Options?

  • If you have never had an economics course, you can take:
    • Early and Late Summer Session: ECON 2105 or ECON 2106, plus one 3000/4000-level elective.
    • Late Summer Session:  ECON 2105 or ECON 2106, plus two 3000/4000-level electives. If you took either 2105 or 2106, you could take all five electives offered in the summer. Or, take as many electives as you can this summer and then finish your minor during the regular academic year.
  • If you took either 2105 or 2106 (true for Business Majors), you could take all five electives offered in the summer. Or, take as many electives as you can this summer and then finish your minor during the regular academic year.
  • If you took ECON 2100 or ECON 2101:
    • Choose four of the five electives offered this summer to complete the minor.
    • Students with strong math backgrounds can take Mathematics of Economic Modeling (check with the instructor or with Aselia Urmanbetova).
  • Note, any economics courses used to satisfy Core Area A-E cannot also count toward the minor in economics.  See the Georgia Tech Course Catalog for more details.

 

Danny Hughes teaching / students in a Georgia Tech classroom

Interested?

Declaring our minor consists of four easy steps:

  1. Register for the ECON courses you want.
  2. Fill out the DocuSign Add a Minor Form, it will be automatically sent to your major and minor advisors. Once both minor and major advisors sign the form, the DocuSign form will be automatically submitted to the Registrar's Office.​
    • In the form, make sure to check "Add Minor" and if it is your first minor, in "Primary Minor" include the name of the minor (ECON). For the "Catalog Year" include the current year. Make sure to include the emails for both Major and Minor advisors.
  3. Subscribe to the ECON Minors email list to stay in touch with our awesome ECON Community.​
  4. At the start of your last semester, fill out the Approved Program of Study form and submit it to Davis Palubeski and your major advisor for signatures. The signed form must be submitted to the registrar along with your application to graduate.​

Have questions?

Contact Davis Palubeski at dpalubeski3@gatech.edu.