The Department of Economics uses the “JEL” classification system to classify undergraduate honors theses. For a complete breakdown of JEL codes (including subcategories), which will be helpful when adding classification codes to your own work, please refer to the American Economic Association.
A | General Economics & Teaching |
B | History of Economic Thought, Methodology, & Heterodox Approaches |
C | Mathematical & Quantitative Methods |
D | Microeconomics |
E | Macroeconomics & Monetary Economics |
F | International Economics |
G | Financial Economics |
H | Public Economics |
I | Health, Education,& Welfare |
J | Labor & Demographic Economics |
K | Law & Economics |
L | Industrial Organization |
M | Business Administration & Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics |
N | Economic History |
O | Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, & Growth |
P | Economic Systems |
Q | Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics; Environmental & Ecological Systems |
R | Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, & Transportation Economics |
Y | Miscellaneous Categories |
Z | Other Special Topics |