The economics faculty have voted to strengthen the requirements for the highly popular economics major, raising the number of required courses for the major to 11 for the Class of 2014 and those following. Last year, the faculty voted to make EC 228, Econometric Methods, a required course for the major, effective for the Class of 2013. That reduced the number of required elective courses to four, with six required courses. The new requirement will restore the fifth elective course. A concurrent change in regulations mandates that both intermediate theory courses (EC 201-202 or EC 203-204) must be completed by the end of the junior year. Current students must also fulfill a one semester calculus co-requisite prior to enrolling in intermediate theory courses (two semesters for the honors sections of those courses). These revisions to economics major requirements bring Economics into line with many other Arts and Sciences majors that require 11 or 12 courses. Full details of requirements for the major are available on the economics website.