Fall 2026

Honors Tutorial in Research Project Design

ECON 580 is an honors tutorial teaching students to critique research, draft proposals, and conduct original research projects.

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Historical reviews of Corina Mommaerts: Previous economic coding requirements may not adequately prepare students for the course material.

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(ECON 301 or 311), (ECON 302 or 312), and ECON 410

ECON 580

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Fall 2026

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Historical reviews of Corina Mommaerts: Corina Mommaerts is described as a flexible, encouraging, and knowledgeable instructor who asks questions to understand student needs and refers them to outside resources. Reviewers note that previous economic coding requirements were insufficient preparation for the course.

CORINA MOMMAERTS is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Historical reviews of Corina Mommaerts: Corina Mommaerts is a flexible, encouraging, and knowledgeable instructor who provides appropriate outside resources.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.87 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Corina Mommaerts: Previous economic coding requirements may not adequately prepare students for the course material.

Historical reviews of Corina Mommaerts: The professor asks questions to understand student needs and refers students to outside resources when appropriate.

Topics

  • Research criticism
  • Research proposal design
  • Original research projects

Skills

  • Critiquing existing research
  • Drafting research proposals
  • Conducting original research

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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