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Summary of Undergraduate Economics Program policy changes to aid students affected by COVID-19
Concentration Requirements
For Spring 2020, all courses were graded on an “Emergency Satisfactory/Emergency Unsatisfactory” or “SEM/UEM” basis. All "SEM" grades for required ec courses taken in Spring 2020 will be accepted for Ec concentration and secondary field credit. "SEM"-graded courses do not count towards the limit of econ courses that concentrators can take pass/fail.
Study Away for Econ Concentrators
Ec concentrators in the Classes of 2021-2024 may count up to four approved Study Away courses during the 2020-21 academic year for ec concentration credit. Students in Classes 2021-24 pursuing a secondary field in Ec may take up to two approved Study Away courses during the 2020-21 academic year for ec secondary field credit. For all students, the approval process for counting courses towards ec requirements is the same as for Study Abroad (details on the Ec Study Abroad page).
Harvard Summer School
Ec concentrators (and secondary field students) in the Classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 may take up to four Harvard Summer School courses for ec concentration (or secondary field) credit from the approved list of courses, as long as all courses are taken Summer 2021 or earlier and at most one of the courses is not marked with an asterisk (*). [In other words, the (*) courses are the only courses of which you can take more than one. An approved study abroad course or approved cross-registered ec course at MIT will count as your one non-asterisk course.]
Historic list of (*) summer school courses:
Summer 2020
- ECON S-10ab: Principles of Economics will count as ECON 10A and ECON 10B, Prof. Laibson (*)
- ECON S-1010: Microeconomic Theory will count as ECON 1010A, Prof. Neugeboren (*)
- MATH S-1A: Calculus I, Prof. Bretscher (*)
- MATH S-1B: Calculus II, Prof. Demers (*)
- MATH S-21A: Multivariable Calculus, Prof. Knill (*)
- ECON S-1016: Topics in Labor Economics, Prof. Bruich (*)
- ECON S-1412: Public Finance, Prof. Shoag (*)
- ECON S-1814: Urban Economics, Prof. Shoag (*)
Summer 2021
- ECON S-10ab: Principles of Economics will count as ECON 10A and ECON 10B, Prof. Laibson (*)
- ECON S-1010: Microeconomic Theory will count as ECON 1010A, Prof. Neugeboren (*)
- ECON S-1012: Macroeconomic Theory will count as ECON 1010B, Prof. Baranga (*)
- MATH S-1A: Calculus I, Prof. Gardner-Thomas (*)
- MATH S-1B: Calculus II, Prof. Demers (*)
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MATH S-21A: Multivariable Calculus, Prof. Knill (*)
(note: the Math courses do not count towards Ec Secondary Field requirements) - ECON S-1016: Topics in Labor Economics, Prof. Bruich (*)
- ECON S-1412: Public Finance, Prof. Shoag (*)
- ECON S-1534: International Finance and Macroeconomics, Prof. Baranga (*)
- ECON S-1814: Urban Economics, Prof. Shoag (*)