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Yes. ECON 202 is only offered in an online format at Texas A&M. The ECON 202 professor has curated this class to be top notch. Aside from ECON 202, all other Economics courses at Texas A&M are in-person. No additional online Economics courses are offered.
*Occasionally there is a VERY small in-person ECON 202 section.
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Once you have registered for your classes you will be able to see the building locations on your schedule. Typically, core curriculum courses will be on main campus while your upper-level classes in your final years will be at other various locations spread between main campus and west campus. You can find all building locations on the Aggie Map.
The Department of Economics Faculty and Staff are located in the West Campus Social Sciences Building.
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You will meet with an Economics Advisor on Day 2 of your New Student Conference. Please do not schedule an appointment prior to your NSC. During that time advisors are busy prepping to work with you during Day 2 of your NSC, meeting with current students and finishing graduation clearance.
After classes begin you may schedule your first individual advising appointment.
In the meantime, look over our Newly Admitted page to see if the answers to your questions can be found there, or send us an email at econadvising@tamu.edu.
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The Department of Economics strictly adheres to FERPA guidelines, therefore we will only allow newly admitted Economics students who are registering to be in the room with the Academic Advisors.
Additionally, there is not enough physical space to accommodate everyone.
Lastly, your New Student Conference registration is your time to start your academic journey on your own.
While you register with the assistance of the Economics Academic Advisors your guests will hear a presentation on the various resources Texas A&M offers and how to partner with you to be successful in this journey.
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The main difference between Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS) is that BA requires 14 hours of foreign language and BS requires additional mathematics components (ACCT 210 and ECMT 463). BA students will not take ECMT 463 but will instead use an ECON elective for a writing intensive course and will not take ACCT 210. BA students take 13 hours of general electives while BS students take 21 hours.
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Yes. Use your Official Texas A&M Email to send an email to econadvising@tamu.edu with the following information
- UIN
- First and Last Name
- Request to change from BS/BA to BS/BA
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You do not need a business degree to be successful in business.
Many of our students from the Department of Economics are hired by the same companies that recruit at the Mays Business School career fair at a higher salary. You can and will be successful as an ECON major.
Please contact Mays Business School on what is required to change majors. The Department of Economics advisors cannot advise you on how to change your major.
Economics Alumni in Business Fields
Using Find An Aggie on the Association of Former Students website, we compiled this list of former Economics students working or retired from business jobs
- Senior Vice President- Retired, Enterprise Bank
- First VP and COO Retired, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Highly Successful Aggies in Business Without Business Undergraduate Degrees
- Arch H. "Beaver" Aplin III- Owner of Bucees, Construction
- Bob Jordan- CEO Southwest Airlines, Computer Science
- Darren W. Woods- Chairman & CEO Exxon Mobil Corporation, Electrical Engineering
- Greg Garland- Former Executive Chairman of Philips 66, Chemical Engineering
- Anthony Wood- Creator of Roku, Electrical Engineering
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Degree Evaluation
This is the only tool academic advisors use, as it is official and what clears you for graduation. It pulls what you have completed, courses that are in progress at Texas A&M, and shows what you have left to complete to earn an Economics degree.
If you are missing credit that you know you have completed at another institution or by AP/IB credit, then you need to request to have an official transcript sent to A&M and/or have your test scores sent. This is not done for you automatically.
To Access: Log into Howdy and search for the "Degree Evaluation" card
Degree Planner
Only a planning tool. Contains a degree evaluation within the tool, but is not official, does not clear you for graduation, and in many cases can be inaccurate if you are not deleting courses not taking and keeping up with it semester by semester. Degree Planner can be useful when trying to decide if you need to do summer school or take 12 vs 15 hours per semester in order to graduate on time or early [depending on your preference].
To Access: Log into Howdy and search for the "Degree Planner" card