Step 1) Fill out the New Student Questionnaire

Step 2) Understand the term "liberal arts" and the umw degree requirements

Step 3) Understand AP, IB, Dual Enrollment, and Cambridge Credit

Step 4) Understand Prerequisites & Vertically Building Coursework

Step 5) Consider Pre-Professional Interests

Step 6) Tips and other considerations when planning a schedule

Step 7) First-Year Seminar

Step 8) Choose Possible Courses

Step 9) Fill Out the Course Registration Request Form

Step 10) Video Guides & How to Register

Step 8) Choose Possible Courses

Economics

Please refer to the current University Catalog to see the course descriptions and a major description with requirements for economics.

First-year students considering a major in economics should take either ECON 201B or ECON 202B.  Both are also prerequisites or options for the business administration, international affairs, and environmental science majors.  Students with AP credits for microeconomics should select ECON 201B. 

Below please find some examples of first semester schedules for an economics major. There are many variations of a first semester schedule; the examples are just meant to help you see that there are many ways to reach the same goals.

Example 1:

Course (credits)	Requirement(s) Met
ECON 201B - Prin. of Macroeconomics (3) ARTH 114A - History of Western Art I(3) MATH 115A - Intr Math Modeling (3) GERM 102 (if have exp.)** - Beginning German (3) FSEM 100A4 - Autism Contemp Lit & Film (3)	Major, HES ALPA QR, SI* FL FSEM

Example 2:

Course	Requirement(s) Met
ECON 202B - Prin. of Microeconomics (3) FSEM 100D3 - Escher Math (3) MATH 200 - Intro to Statistic (3) HIST 142 - Asian Civilaztn II (3)	Major, HES FSEM QR GI

Please note that certain sequence courses begin in the fall. Examples of this can be found in all of the sciences and some of the foreign languages. If you are unable to start at the correct place in the sequence, we recommend that you try to do so in the following fall semester.

*Please note that not all sections of a course may have the Across-the-Curriculum (ATC) attribute(s). Across-the-Curriculum designations for a course are dependent on instructor and semester. ATC designations for each course are listed in the Banner description for the semester in which you are registering.
**This particular course is in a discipline that allows students with demonstrated competence upon admission to UMW (such as AP/IB credit, dual enrollment, etc.) to begin courses at a higher level. Please read the Academic Planning Guide carefully to see if you meet the requirements. For example: students may begin at any level language course for which they feel prepared (101, 102, 201, or 202), but must then complete the rest of the sequence in order without skipping any levels.