{"id":2208,"date":"2024-05-22T16:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:10:57","slug":"%f0%9f%86%95-take-the-economics-proficiency-exam-for-course-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/%f0%9f%86%95-take-the-economics-proficiency-exam-for-course-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Economics Proficiency Exam for Course Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>All first-time freshman and new transfer students at OWU have the\u00a0<strong>option\u00a0<\/strong>of taking the\u00a0<strong>Economics\u00a0Proficiency\u00a0Exam<\/strong>\u00a0offered by\u00a0the\u00a0Department of\u00a0Economics\u00a0and Business.\u00a0The online, proctored\u00a0exam\u00a0is offered during the summer.<strong>\u00a0It is designed for incoming students who have a firm grasp of college-level introductory\u00a0economics\u00a0but do not have formal credentials (through AP, IB, A-Level\u00a0exams, and transfer coursework) for automatic\u00a0ECON\u00a0110 credit.\u00a0<\/strong>Primary topics covered in\u00a0the\u00a0exam\u00a0are: Demand-supply graphs, marginal cost-benefit calculations, market structure and firm behavior, GDP analysis, inflation and unemployment calculations, and macroeconomic policy tools.\u00a0<strong>Students who pass\u00a0the\u00a0proficiency\u00a0exam\u00a0receive\u00a0ECON\u00a0110 credit on their OWU transcript<\/strong>\u00a0and become eligible to enroll in more advanced courses in\u00a0the\u00a0discipline.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>**<strong>ACTION STEP:<\/strong>\u00a0If you intend to take the\u00a0exam, then contact Dr. Saif Rahman at<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:msrahman@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>msrahman@owu.edu<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(with the subject line:\u00a0<em>Economics\u00a0Proficiency\u00a0Exam\u00a0&#8211; Registration<\/em>)\u00a0<strong>by June 5<\/strong>, indicating your intention to take\u00a0the\u00a0exam.** You will then receive follow-up communication with the online\u00a0exam\u00a0location and logistics. To take the online exam,\u00a0you will need to have a primary audio\/video feed, a clear workspace, and a second device with an alternate-angle video feed.<\/div>\n<div><u>Note<\/u>: The\u00a0Economics\u00a0Proficiency\u00a0Exam\u00a0is<strong>\u00a0not a required\u00a0exam<\/strong>. It is\u00a0<u>not<\/u>\u00a0meant for students who have received or are in the process of receiving\u00a0ECON\u00a0110 transfer credit on\u00a0the\u00a0basis of prior credentials. It is also\u00a0<u>not<\/u>\u00a0meant for students who do not have a firm grasp of college-level introductory\u00a0economics.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Summer Registration<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Lauren Hensley at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:msrahman@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">msrahman@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All first-time freshman and new transfer students at OWU have the\u00a0option\u00a0of taking the\u00a0Economics\u00a0Proficiency\u00a0Exam\u00a0offered by\u00a0the\u00a0Department of\u00a0Economics\u00a0and Business.\u00a0The online, proctored\u00a0exam\u00a0is offered during the summer.\u00a0It is designed for incoming students who have a firm grasp of college-level introductory\u00a0economics\u00a0but do not have formal credentials (through AP, IB, A-Level\u00a0exams, and transfer coursework) for automatic\u00a0ECON\u00a0110 credit.\u00a0Primary topics covered in\u00a0the\u00a0exam\u00a0are: Demand-supply graphs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,312,72,73],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-students","tag-course","tag-credit","tag-economics","tag-proficiency"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}