Grades received in courses taken outside the University’s Economics Department, such as transfer courses or direct credit courses offered through study abroad programs, are not included in the economics GPA.

If a student is granted economics elective credit for a course taken in another school or department at the University of Virginia, the grade received in that course is not included in the student’s economics GPA.

HIUS 2061 is cross-listed as ECON 2060, and HIEU 2051 was cross-listed as ECON 2050 until Spring 2015. ECON 2060 is (and ECON 2050 was) the same whether taught under the History or Economics numbers A grade in HIUS 2061 (or HIEU 2051 taken before Spring 2015), therefore, would be included in the economics GPA.

If a student fails a course and then retakes it, both grades – the failing grade and the grade received on the retake – enter into the computation of the economics GPA.  If a student has taken and passed a course, grades received on any subsequent retake(s) are not included in the student’s economics GPA.

Students who have transfer credit for ECON 3010 at the time that they matriculate at the University are exempt from this prerequisite.

ECON 2010 and ECON 2020 are the only courses for the minor that may be taken outside the University after matriculation.

Students who matriculate at the University with AP or transfer credit for Calculus II are exempt from both parts of this prerequisite.

Students who matriculate at the University with AP or transfer credit for Calculus I are considered to have met the minimum grade requirement.

Students who fail to obtain a C+ in Calc I are permitted one retake of Calc I, provided they do so before they take Calc II. No additional Calc I or Calc II retakes are permitted to meet the minimum grade requirement. 

Transfer credit cannot be used to satisfy the grade requirement after one has begun taking classes at the University.

Students who complete Intermediate Microeconomics before Spring 2016 are not required to complete Calculus II but must still meet the minimum grade requirement.

Students who fail to obtain a C+ on their first attempt are permitted to try to meet the prerequisite a second time. Students who twice fail to obtain a grade of at least C+ in the statistics courses listed above, whether in the same or different courses, are ineligible to declare the economics minor.

Students who matriculate at the University with AP or transfer credit for one of these courses are exempt from this prerequisite. Transfer credit cannot be used to satisfy this requirement after one has begun taking classes at the University.

Complete all the prerequisite courses for declaring a minor; ECON 2010, 2020, 3010 (or 3110), Calculus, and Statistics.

Of the economics elective courses used to satisfy this requirement, no more than one can be numbered below 2999.

At least two of the three Economics elective courses must be completed at the University.

ECON 3720, ECON 4720, and ECON 3020 can count as electives in the minor.

Students entering the University with transfer credit for ECON 3010 (or 3020) on their transcript, but who do not have credit for ECON 2010 (or 2020), are exempt from ECON 2010 or 2020, respectively. However, they will be required to complete one additional ECON elective; in other words a total of 4 ECON electives must be completed for the minor.

Review your transcript to make sure you have completed all the prerequisites.

The Undergraduate Program Coordinator will provide the required form, which will be filled at the meeting. When this has been finished, you will take the completed paperwork to the College of Arts and Sciences in Monroe 101 (or to your school of enrollment, if it is not Arts and Sciences) where it will be entered into your student record.

The minor must stand on its own. Students may not share minor courses with other major or minor courses.