Sophomore Tutorial

Please see the ECON 970 Spring 2024 Canvas Site and ECON 970 Fall 2024 Canvas Site (coming soon) for information on Sophomore Tutorials.

The Sophomore Tutorial (ECON 970) applies the tools learned in previous Economic courses and helps students become consumers and producers of economic research. Tutorials are offered on a wide variety of topics, ranging from education to the determinants of stock price fluctuations, from international trade to law and economics, from the role of women in the labor market to antitrust, from game theory to development economics.

All Economic concentrators are required to take ECON 970. Many students take it during Sophomore year, but you are also allowed to take it Junior year instead (and many juniors take Ec 970 each semester--especially in the Fall). At the start of each semester, you can see one minute videos from each ECON 970 instructor with a summary of their course and receive instructions on how to lottery on the Canvas Page. If you have any questions, contact Justine Johnson at econundergrad@fas.harvard.edu.

The prerequisites for ECON 970 are STAT 104 (or equivalent such as STAT 100, 110, or ECON 20; see complete list here) and ECON 1010A/1011A. Many of the tutorials recommend or require prior or concurrent enrollment in econometrics (ECON 1123 or 1126); however, each year we offer a few tutorials that do not have this requirement.

Our Writing Economics guide is a great reference for students taking ECON 970, as well as for anyone doing any writing in economics (course paper, thesis, RAship, etc.).

Need help with Stata or R? See the Stata/R Canvas Page for more details!