{"id":454,"date":"2018-07-15T18:25:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T18:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-economics\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:44:00","slug":"declaring-econ","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/home\/declaring-econ\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaring a Major in Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted that you are interested in declaring an Economics major!  Here are the necessary steps to declare.\u00a0 This process is to ensure that you have identified a course\u00a0of study that meets both your academic goals and the requirements of the major and that you have chosen an economics advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Look through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/majorsminors\/\">major requirements<\/a>\u00a0and create a plan to complete these requirements using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1usKFaUPmjG6ghjZ03s23E5dCOyx0B5eM\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=108669545250209983272&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">this planning sheet<\/a>\u00a0(Make sure you make a new copy).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/facultystaff\/\">the website<\/a>\u00a0to see who might be a possible adviser and then make an appointment with\u00a0an economics faculty to discuss\u00a0this sheet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> After meeting\u00a0with your economics adviser, fill out this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScn6q957VEbgb_KLLOs3nGkVQF57RXEh8WK6koBs2PiyyvSSQ\/viewform?usp=header\">major declaration form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted that you are interested in declaring an Economics major! Here are the necessary steps to declare.\u00a0 This process is to ensure that you have identified a course\u00a0of study that meets both your academic goals and the requirements of the major and that you have chosen an economics advisor.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2073,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/2073"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}