Honors and Awards

Economics Department Student Awards

Departmental Honors

The department grants honors on graduation to economics majors who:

• attain a cumulative GPA of 3.500 or higher

• attain a GPA of 3.75 or higher in all economics courses

• complete at least one 400-level elective chosen from the following:
  ECON 434 Mathematical Economics
  ECON 491 Advanced Macroeconomics
  ECON 492 Advanced Microeconomics

Recipients

Departmental Honors in academic year 2023-2024: Grace Elkhal, Lena Essak and Caelan Wilkie-Rogers.

Winner of the World Philosopher Award in academic year 2023-2024 is Grace Elkhal, Lena Essak and Caelan Wilkie-Rogers.

The Worldly Philosopher Award

The Worldly Philosopher Award is given annually by the economics department to the economics major who, in the opinion of the department faculty, has made the greatest overall academic and service contributions to the department.