School of Economics

We will not begin issuing overloads until Phase II registration begins. Overloads will be processed each Wednesday of Phase II registration. You cannot request an overload from the professor teaching the course. The OSCAR Web Site is the ONLY way to request an overload.

The majority of students that request overloads get them, but not everyone will. Requests are granted in the following order of preference: graduating seniors, Econ majors, Econ minors, Econ certificate students, seniors, juniors, sophomores. Freshmen are rarely, if ever, granted overloads.

Please email your advisor, Dr. Derek Tittle, to request a prerequisite override.

We have recently hired some new faculty who will be starting this fall. As soon as they are in the system we will update the OSCAR. We will post details about the new hires here soon.

Yes, but you will need a prerequisite override under the current catalog. Please email Dr. Tittle.

No. You can NOT receive credit for both 2100 and 2101.

No. Econ 2101 is for students who are not Economics majors.

No. High school economics is not sufficient for an Advance Standing Exam. Please note that if you have passed the AP exam or the Baccalaureate HL exam in Economics, your credentials have already been evaluated by Georgia Tech for transfer of credit at the time of admission.

Please contact Dr. Tittle to discuss your options.

Please visit the UROP website for general information about the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. You may also contact Professor Tibor Besedes for an appointment to discuss the Research Option in the School of Economics. If you know the topic you are interested in writing your senior paper on, or the area you are interested in, please contact faculty members working in that field. You can begin by looking at the research interests of faculty members in the School. If you need help with a research topic, please contact Professor Besedes. If you are unable to find a faculty member to work with, please email Dr. Derek Tittle for assistance.

PURA stands for the President's Undergraduate Research Awards. Please visit the PURA website for more details about this program and the application process. The PURA application deadlines are announced each semester. Please contact the professor you are interested in working with directly to discuss your potential research project.

Georgia Tech has recently started a refereed undergraduate research journal, The Tower. You can submit your research paper to The Tower.

You should first refer to the Transfer Equivalencies Table that can be accessed from Oscar to see if your course is listed there as being approved for transfer of credit. If it is approved in the Transfer Equivalencies Table, then please contact Dr. Tittle after you take the class with documentation regarding the grade you earned in the class to complete the transfer of credit. If it is not an approved course, please email Professor Tibor Besedes a detailed syllabus for the course. A course catalog description is insufficient to evaluate whether credit for a course taken abroad can be transferred. (Please note that online courses will not be accepted for transfer of credit.) You will be informed by email whether the transfer of credit is approved or not. Once you receive the approval, please contact Dr. Tittle to complete the documentation and paperwork required for the transfer of credit.

Visit the Division of Professional Practices "Undergraduate Professional Internships" website and contact Professor Tibor Besedes for more information.