Enhance Your Studies with an Economics Minors
Discover opportunities for economic analysis and decision-making through our School of Economics minors. Our minors cater to various disciplines and interests, including engineering, sciences, law, public policy, and business administration. Our innovative STEM-related minor program is open to all students at Georgia Tech.
Students can choose between a general minor in economics or a specialized minor in microeconomics of strategic analysis (MESA). They can also collaborate with the School of Public Policy for joint minors in health policy and economics (HPE) and economics and policy of environmental sustainability (EPES). Additionally, students can explore interdisciplinary minors in African studies, energy systems, and global development, for which the School of Economics serves as an Institute partner.
Students have access to popular courses such as Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, International Trade Theory and Policy, Law and Economics of the World Trading System, Urban Economics, Environmental Economics, and more.
Available Minors
- African Studies
- Economics
- Economics and Policy of Environmental Sustainability (coming Fall 2024)
- Energy Systems
- Global Development
- Health Policy and Economics
- Microeconomics of Strategic Analysis
Graduate Course Option for Economics Minors
Economics minors can apply minor credits toward a Master's in Economics with the Graduate Course Option. The graduate course option allows you to take up to two M.S. economics courses as an undergraduate. They can complete an M.S. in Economics in just two semesters post-undergraduate degree. For inquiries on double-count coursework, please contact Davis Palubeski.
Declaring a Minor
Declaring our minor consists of four easy steps:
- Register for the ECON courses you want!
- ECON Minor courses can not be double-counted with any Core Area A-E classes, but they can be used as Free Electives.
- If you take ECON 2105 or ECON 2106, you can not count ECON 2100 or ECON 2101 towards the minor.
- Fill out the DocuSign Add a Minor Form, it will be automatically sent to your major and minor advisors. Once both minor and major advisors sign the form, the DocuSign form will be automatically submitted to the Registrar's Office.
- In the form, make sure to check "Add Minor" and if it is your first minor, in "Primary Minor" include the name of the minor (ECON or MESA). For the "Catalog Year" include the current year. Make sure to include the emails for both Major and Minor advisors.
- Subscribe to Econ Minors email list to stay in touch with our awesome ECON Community.
- At the start of your last semester, fill out the last form—Approved Program of Study—and submit it to Davis Palubeski and your major advisor for signatures. The signed form must be submitted to the registrar along with your application to graduate.
Please contact Davis Palubeski with any questions.