Declaration of Preference

Senior Thesis in Economics

Submit signed form to Nancy Heinecke, Palmer 114C or

Gerri Anne Reed, Palmer 114J

by 2pm on Friday, March 4, 2016

Name______Phone: ______

(Please print)

I. Indicate below your progress toward completion of these prerequisites to Senior Thesis:

Course Name / I have completed this course with a grade of C- or better / I am enrolled in/will enroll in this course in [Block/Year]
Micro Theory II
Macro Theory II
Econometrics

II. THEME: Indicate below the theme of your thesis: Business (Financial Accounting is required), Microeconomics or Macroeconomics/International theme.

Business ____ Micro ____ Macro/International ____

III. List the economics electives you have taken or will take within the theme prior to starting senior thesis. Include a brief statement of what topic you would be interested in writing your thesis on within that elective class. List electives in order of preference with your top choice first.

III. List the blocks in which you would you prefer to take senior thesis. NOTE: Blocks 1 though 6 only; thesis is not offered Blocks 7 and 8. We recommend that you do not take your thesis blocks one right after the other.

First Choice: Blocks ______and ______

Second Choice: Blocks ______and ______

IV. If you can have only your choice of topic or of blocks, which is more important to you?

Check one: _____Topic _____Blocks

V. While there is no guarantee that a specific faculty member will be your thesis advisor, is there a faculty member that you would prefer to work on your thesis with?

VI. In the event that you cannot be granted your first choice of blocks, we need to know about other courses you must complete during your senior year.

Courses you must take to graduate (excluding thesis) / Blocks this course is offered next year

Please complete all lines on this form! You do yourself a disservice by not filling in all options for topics and blocks so that we can effectively match your advisor with your interests.

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Signature of student /date Signature of academic advisor /date