Undergraduate Program
Contact: Qazi Azam, Undergraduate Registrar
Economics concerns the wealth of nations, its origins in production and exchange, its allocation among competing uses, its distribution among individuals, its accumulation or decline. Economics seeks to discern both the common features and the differences in the institutions by which societies throughout the world, today and in the past, have organized economic life. The approach is descriptive and analytical; many issues of national and international policy are considered; the focus is on social institutions and social outcomes rather than on individual economic performance. Thus economics at Yale is regarded and taught as part of a liberal education, not as a preparation for any particular vocation. Nonetheless, economics provides an especially relevant background for several professions. To learn about the major, see the online bluebook description: Overview
and Requirements Official Yale College program and course information is found in Yale College Programs of Study, available on line at http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publications/ycps/ If you have questions about the undergraduate major, contact the
department's Undergraduate Registrar (432-3574), or see the Director of Undergraduate
Studies (DUS) during his office hours, or talk with your college
Economics Advisor (see table below).
For schedule signing and to get answers to routine questions please see your college's Economics Advisor during regular office hours and additional special office hours the first two weeks of the term. |
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| DUS: | Prof. Benjamin Polak 28 Hlh, Room 313 |
2-3594 (Undergraduate Studies Office) |
Monday; 2:00-4:00 PM |
| DUS, Econ & Math: | Prof. Herbert Scarf 30 Hlh, Room 22B |
2-3693 | By appointment. Please email. |