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Harvard. Economics Honors Exams, 2002-2016

 

Departmental websites are valuable to visitors for providing up-to-date information but the future needs of historians of economics are of no consequence for the informational calculus of working webmeisters. We all hate it when we encounter dead links in our internet searches. Fortunately, the internet archive WaybackMachine often provides us a time tunnel needed to take on our mission to resuscitate expired web pages for the “old” content we seek. 

Today’s post is a simple listing of archived links to Harvard’s undergraduate honors examinations in economics from the period 2002-2016. The only gap is for the year 2015. Maybe a copy of the 2015 exams has survived as hard-copy in someone’s literal files? Peeps, don’t fail me now!

To see how the honors examinations fit into the economics concentration requirements at Harvard in the early 21st century, I have provided a copy of the 2003/2004 requirements, followed by a link to the requirements 2015/2016.

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Concentration requirements rev. Sept. 2003

COURSES REQUIRED OF ALL ECONOMICS CONCENTRATORS

• Math 1a or equivalent knowledge
• Social Analysis 10
• Econ 970 (Sophomore Tutorial)
• Stat 100 or Stat 104; or both Stat 110 and 111; or both Stat 110 and econometrics
• Econ 1010a or 1011a
• Econ 1010b or 1011b
(except for Math, none of the above may be taken pass/fail)
• 3 related field courses
• (1 econometrics course – Econ 1123 or 1126 – for students entering Harvard in fall 2003 or thereafter)

NON-HONORS REQUIREMENTS

• 4 additional half courses (3, for students entering Harvard in fall 2003 or thereafter) that include:

1 course with a writing requirement
1 course with intermediate theory as prerequisite

HONORS REQUIREMENTS

A. With Thesis: The following are required for Summa or Magna degrees:

• 1 econometrics course (Econ 1123 or 1126)
• 3 additional half courses that include:

1 course with a writing requirement
1 course with intermediate theory as prerequisite

• Econ 985 (Senior Thesis Seminar)
• Successful completion of senior thesis
• Honors general examination

B. Advanced Course Track: Department honors without thesis – cum degree only

• 1 econometrics course (Econ 1123 or 1126)
• 5 additional half courses that include:

2 courses with a writing requirement
2 courses with intermediate theory as prerequisite

• Honors general examination

C. Joint Concentration

• Same as Honors requirements with thesis with one exception:

4 courses in joint field instead of the 3 related field courses

ECONOMICS AS THE ALLIED FIELD

• Social Analysis 10
• 4 additional half courses in economics, including at least one intermediate theory course (1010a, 1011a, 1010b, 1011b – these may not be taken pass/fail)
• Thesis required combining both areas of study
• Honors general examination – answer either the micro, macro, or econometrics question

Note: Courses may count for more than one requirement – one course could satisfy a writing and prerequisite requirement. However, you still must take the required overall number of economics courses.

Source: Oct 9, 2003 capture by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

Cf. the economics concentration requirements at Harvard as of October 2015.

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2015

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2016