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STUDY ABROAD FOR CONCENTRATORS IN ECONOMICS

Economics Study Abroad Advisor: Emily Neill eneill@fas

The economics concentration encourages you to study abroad! We will do what we can to help you make it the best possible experience!

To count as an economics elective, a course must:
     - Have substantial economic content
     - Employ primarily an economic methodology (ie, use tools from intro and intermediate economics, not primarily case studies, interviews, etc.)
     - Have mostly readings with economic content and economic methodology

For the most part, any course that sounds pretty much like a course you could take at Harvard (e.g., game theory, econometrics, international monetary economics, etc.) would count, as long as the course is not taught at a much lower level. However, it is great to take advantage of being abroad by taking unique courses, such as The Spanish Economy, Economic History of Latin American, or The Economics of the EU. These will count, as long as they meet the above criteria.

You can get prerequisite credit for a course if it counts as an economics elective and prerequires intermediate microeconomics or intermediate macroeconomics.

You can get writing credit for a course if it counts as an economics elective and requires a 15+ page paper. To get writing credit, show me the graded paper when you return to Harvard. As long as the paper has substantial economic content and employs primarily an economic methodology, you will get credit.

To count as a related field, a course must be in a neighboring discipline, such as another social science (sociology, anthropology, psychology), math, history, computer science, statistics, etc. Business and public policy courses are always related fields. Also, courses about culture count as related fields.

The economics concentration does not grant credit for internships.

Visit the Ec department's study abroad info page.

Some Possible Programs for Economics Concentrators:

Consider the Harvard Summer School Program in
Venice, Italy!
Econ-related courses at Universita Ca' Foscari will include:
Economics and Psychology
Dispute Resolution
Tourism Economics and Cities of Art
Growth and Fiscal Policy
International Corporate Finance
Economics of Education
Economic Activities and the Lagoon
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Latin America
Brazil Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, direct enroll or through Brown
for intermediate to advanced speakers of Portuguese

Chile Harvard College Study Abroad Program in Santiago, Chile
         U Chile's Economics dept. course listings
*note that DRCLAS program students can also take courses at Pontifícia Universidad Católica and Univ. Adolfo Ibáñez*
(program requires intermediate or higher proficiency in Spanish)

Asia
China Int'l Business in China, Shanghai Univ. of Finance and Economics beginning - advanced levels; courses tuaght in English and Chinese

China CIEE Business, Economics and International Relations no language pre-requisite; courses taught in English and Chinese

Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong courses taught in English and Chinese

Korea Ewha Women's University (for women and men) courses taught in English and Korean

United Kingdom
England London School of Economics full academic year or summer only

England Cambridge University, Pembroke College spring or full acad yr only
click here for more info about study abroad at Cambridge

England University of Oxford spring or full acad yr only
click here for more info about study abroad at Oxford

England Queen Mary, University of London fall, spring or full acad yr

England University College London fall, spring or full acad yr
               UCL Economics dept. course listings

England University of Essex spring or full acad yr only

England University of Exeter spring or full acad yr only

England University of Warwick spring or full acad yr only

England University of York spring or full acad yr only

Europe
Denmark Denmark’s International Study Program (DIS) International Business and Economics track, courses taught in English

France Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po)
*If you are interested in studying at this institution through Harvard's direct exchange agreement, contact the OIP*

Netherlands Universiteit Maastricht
courses taught in English

Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra through the Consortium for International Studies

Australia and Oceania
Australia Australian National University (Canberra)

Australia University of Melbourne

Australia University of Sydney
                Sydney's Economics dept. course listings

Australia University of New South Wales (Sydney)

Australia University of Western Australia (Perth)

New Zealand Victoria University (Wellington)

Africa
South Africa University of Cape Town


Those interested in international development may want to consider
School for International Training and
Minnesota Studies in International Development.
Please be aware that these programs are not generally recognized for Economics concentration credit.