Minors

Minoring in Economics at MIT
Minor Advisor:
Prof. Jeffrey Harris
E52-252f X3-2677

Office Hours: Mondays 12 noon - 3:30 p.m.
Other times by appt. only: jeffrey@mit.edu
The Economics minor consists of six subjects arranged into three levels of study and chosen as follows:

Frequently Asked Questions about Economics Minors


Tier I
Three subjects, including:
-14.01 - Principles of Microeconomics;
-14.02 - Principles of Macroeconomics;
-14.30 - Introduction to Statistical Method in Economics or
-18.05 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics *

Tier II
One of the following subjects:
-14.03 - Micro Theory and Public Policy
-14.04 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory or
-14.05 - Intermediate Applied Macroeconomics

Tier III
Two of the following subjects:
-14.06 Advanced Macroeconomics (Not offered 07-08)
-14.11 Topics in Economics (Not offered 07-08)
-14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory
-14.13 Psychology and Economics (Prereq. 14.03/14.04)
-14.16 Strategy and Information (Prereq. 14.03/14.04)
-14.20 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
-14.21J Health Economics
-14.23 Government Regulation of Industry (Not offered 07-08)
-14.27 Economics & E-Commerce (Prereq. 14.03,18.06; OR 14.12,6.840. ) (Not offered 07-08)
-14.28 Competition in Telecommunications (Not offered 07-08)
-14.29 Topics in Political Economy (Not offered 07-08)
-14.41 Public Economics
-14.42 Environmental Policy and Economics
-14.44 Energy Economics
-14.48J Economics of Education
-14.49 Information Technology and the US Labor Market (Not offered 07-08)
-14.54 International Trade
-14.63 The American Labor Force in a Changing Economy (HASS-D) **
-14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy
-14.70J The Development of Medieval Economies (HASS-D) **
-14.71 Economic History (Not offered 07-08)
-14.72 Capitalism and Its Critics (HASS-D) **
-14.73 World Poverty
-14.74 Foundations of Development Economics
-15.401 Finance Theory I AND 15.402 Finance Theory II***

* The only acceptable substitutes are the following: 6.041 or 18.440 AND one of these four: 14.32, 15.075, 18.441, or 18.443. For example, 6.041 and 15.075 is an accepatable pair. ANY of these courses ALONE is not a substitute for 14.30 or 18.05.

** One HASS-D (14.63, 14.70 or 14.72) may be used to fulfill one of the two tier three subjects.

***BOTH subjects may be taken to satisfy ONE tier III elective. Neither subject alone or with another subject will count toward the minor. There will be no exceptions to this rule

Please NOTE: The junior/senior pass/fail option may not be used to fulfill a minor program in HASS.

Selecting two subjects from Tier II and one from Tier III is not permitted.

Under no circumstances may a student complete a minor with fewer than six subjects. Any student who receives permission from the Economics Department to skip 14.01 and/or 14.02 and take a higher-level subject must take replacement subject(s) for 14.01/14.02.