approved programs
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.
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*
Italy Universita' Bocconi
*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.
