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Senior Assessment & Major Exams

The senior assessment for Economics and Economics-Combined majors includes the Major Field Test in Economics and an oral exam for Economics majors, and additional requirements for Economics-Environmental Studies and Economics-Mathematics students.  The Senior Assessments of the Major (SAM) for the three Economics major programs are outlined below:

Economics

SAM FormatRequiredDetails
Honors, if eligible Yes  
Senior Seminar No  
Thesis Required No  
Oral Thesis Defense No  
Oral Exam Yes One-hour oral exam includes two faculty and applications and extensions of the material covered in the Major Field Test in Economics (MFT).
Written Exam(s) Yes Written exam is the Major Field Test in Economics (MFT).
Pre-Thesis Oral No  

Economics-Environmental Studies

SAM FormatRequiredDetails
Honors, if eligible Yes  
Senior Seminar Yes EnvS 479 (2 credits) is required, but is not part of senior assessment.
Thesis Required No  
Oral Thesis Defense No  
Oral Exam Yes One-hour oral exam in Economics includes two Economics faculty and some questions over environment-related applications and extensions of the material covered in the Major Field Test in Economics (MFT).

One-hour oral exam in Environmental Studies includes two Environmental Studies faculty.
Written Exam(s) Yes Written exam is the Major Field Test in Economics (MFT).
Pre-Thesis Oral No

Economics-Mathematics

SAM FormatRequiredDetails
Honors, if eligible Yes  
Senior Seminar No  
Thesis Required No  
Oral Thesis Defense No  
Oral Exam Yes One-hour oral exam in Economics-Mathematics includes one Economics and one Mathematics faculty.
Written Exam(s) Yes Written exam in Mathematics.

Written exam in Economics:  the Major Field Test in Economics (MFT).
Pre-Thesis Oral No  

The Major Field Test in Economics

All senior Economics and Economics-Combined major students must take the Major Field Test (MFT) in Economics.  

Information about the content of the Major Field Test in Economics can be found at: http://www.ets.org/s/mft/pdf/mft_testdesc_economics_4emf.pdf, and a small number of sample questions can be found at: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/MFT/pdf/2008/MFT_Economics_Sample_Items_08.pdf

Oral Exams in Economics

Oral exams are administered during the two or three weeks immediately following the Major Field Test.  Each oral exam will be one hour in length with a panel of two professors.  The oral exam schedule will be finalized after seniors have signed up for their one-hour time slots and faculty assignments have been made.  Instructions about sign-ups will be forthcoming.  Economics-Environmental Studies majors should contact Professor Mueller to arrange the separate scheduling of their oral exam. Economics-Math majors should contact Professor Belay.

 

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