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Pre-Registration Academic Advising

Pre-Registration Academic Advising

To receive help the quickest, please email the general econadvising@tamu.edu inbox using your TAMU email and include your full name and UIN. 

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Q Drop
Drop Ins
Appointments
Contacting the Advising Team
Registration Reminders- Overrides, Forcing, Prerequisites, Restrictions, etc
ACCT 210 ANNOUNCEMENT
Change of Major to Economics

Q Drop

The official Q Drop deadline is Tuesday, April 14 according to the Texas A&M Academic Calendar. To have your Q Drop request processed by the 5:00 pm deadline, please submit your request in Howdy no later than 4:00 pm on April 14. 

The Advising Team will host special drop ins for students who would like to chat about their drop before submitting. 

  • Tuesday, April 14: 9–11 am and 2–4 pm
  • Via Zoom only, not in person

Drop Ins

All students currently enrolled at Texas A&M may attend drop ins, regardless of major.   

Via Zoom only, not in person

Dates and Times

Week of April 13   

  • Monday, April 13: 9:30-11 am and 2–4 pm
  • Tuesday, April 14: 9–11 am and 2–4 pm
  • Thursday, April 16: 9–11 am and 2–4 pm  

Be sure to review the Zoom Reminders prior to joining Drop Ins. 

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Appointments

Due to the large caseload of students, appointments are reserved for students currently enrolled as an Economics major at Texas A&M University.

Advising appointments must be made through the Navigate student app or by logging in to the Navigate website through your Howdy Portal.

  • Location: AT - ECON
  • Appointments book fast during busy times
  • If  “AT - ECON” does not appear: ECON advisors are completely booked for the next 14 days. Continue to check regularly for availability, or attend drop ins. If desired date and time do not appear: choose a few more options or check again later
  • Write a comment of appointment discussion topics before saving appointment 

Be sure to review the Late Policy when scheduling an appointment. Additionally, PLEASE attend any scheduled appointment. 

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Contacting the Advising Team

Email us at econadvising@tamu.edu – we are always available by email and reply quickly!

  • You are required to use your OFFICIAL Texas A&M email when corresponding with advisors/professors. 
  • Emails must include student first and last names and UIN 
  • Students should allow 24 – 48 hours, weekends and holidays not included, before following up on any email.  
  • Missed emails are not considered a legitimate reason for deadline extensions.  

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Registration Reminders

Please use Aggie Schedule Builder to confirm your eligibility to enroll in every preferred course

  • Economics Advisors will not force force students into courses
  • At time of registration, the courses in your shopping cart must reflect that:
    • You meet all listed prerequisites
      • Prerequisites are enforced. The Department of Economics does not enter prerequisite overrides for planned or in-progress prerequisites from other institutions. Once you have completed the prerequisite course with the required grade, you may send an unofficial transcript that clearly shows your name, the institution, course, and final grade to econadvising@tamu.edu from your TAMU email account. The email must include your first name, last name and UIN and indicate the Economics course you are seeking a prerequisite override for. We will enter the prerequisite override but will not force students into closed sections. 
    • You meet all listed restrictions
    • Seats are available – if the course is full, then it is full
      • All seats in Economics and Econometrics courses have been released to fire code capacity. Economics Advisors will not force/push/squeeze [whatever synonym you come up with] you into any course that shows it is full. 
  • Economics does not utilize a waitlist

Economics Minors: Seats in popular Economics upper-level electives are initially prioritized for Economics Majors. Should seats remain during open registration, the restrictions may be lifted but it is not a guarantee. Use Aggie Schedule Builder to find Economics courses without the Economics major restriction, there are several. Economics Advisors will not force non-Economics students into major-restricted courses. 

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ACCT 210 Announcement

Mays Business School informed us ACCT 210 will no longer be offered after Fall 2026. Economics students enrolled in BS ECON will have summer 2026 and fall 2026 to complete the ACCT 210 requirement. Please plan accordingly. 

  • If you took ACCT 209 at A&M be aware that most, if not all, community colleges will NOT accept this course as a prerequisite for ACCT 2302 
  • For questions regarding the ACCT 210 class, please contact Mays Business School 

Change of Major to Economics

During this busy time, we will not be taking change of major appointments. All information regarding change of major into Economics is located on the change of major section of our website. Additionally, we offer a Change of Major Info Session on Wednesday, April 8 from 3 until 4 pm in MSC 2501. 

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