DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE ACADEMIC DEAN AND PROVOST
UNITED STATES NAVALACADEMY
121 BLAKE ROAD
ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND 21402-5000
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ACADEMIC DEAN AND PROVOST INS-TRUCTION 1531.65
From: Academic Dean and Provost
Subj: ADMlhllSTRATlON OF INTERDISCIPI-INARY MAJOR IN
QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS (SQE)
1. Purpose. To establish procedures for administration and governance of the
Quantitative Eco~iomics(SQE) major, offered jointly by the Economics Department and
the Mathematics Department.
2. Discussion:
a. The goal of the SQE major is to produce graduates who are adept at using
ma.thematics to understand and evaluate problems in economics. The major requires
students to take approximately equal numbers of courses from the Economics and
Mathematics Departments and a capstone research seminar course taught jointly by
members of both departments.
b. The SQE major is administered by a standing committee, the Quantitative
Economics Committee, consisting of six faculty members - three from the Mathematics
Department and .three from the Economics Department. The Chair is a faculty member
from the Economics Department. The Senior Academic Advisor is a faculty member
from the Mathematics Department.
c. The SQE major is a Group II major. The Quantitative Economics Committee
reports to the Academic Dean and Provost through the Division Director, Division of
Mathematics and Science.
d. Proposals for curl-icularchanges are submitted by the SQE Committee Chair via
the Group II Curriculum Committee.
e. The Chairs of Economics and Mathematics each nominate committee members
from their departments for approval by the Academic Dean and Provost via their division
directors. The Economics Department Chair nominates the SQE Committee Chair
through the Division Directors of Humanities and Social Sciences and Mathematics and
Science. The Senior Academic Advisor for SQE is chosen by members of the SQE
Committee from among those members of the SQE Committee who are faculty
members in the Mathematics Department.
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f. The committee Chair is normally appointed for a four-year term. Reappointment
beyond four years will be considered when such reappointment is deemed in the best
interest of .the Naval Academy. SQE Committee members serve four year terms and
may be reappointed to subsequent terms.
3. Action
a. SQE Committee Chair
(1) Will establish times and locations of committee meetings and determine the
rules of procedures to be used during meetings.
(2) Will inform the Chairs of Mathematics and Econo~iiicswhen vaca~icieson the
committee occur and request replacements.
(3) Will perform other such tasks as are necessary to assure the smooth
functioning of the SQE program.
b. SQE Senior Academic Advisor will assign academic advisors to SQE majors and
will counsel students considering the major.
c. Department Chairs of Mathematics and Economics
(1) Will submit nominations for membership of the SQE Committee to the
Acaderr~icDean and Provost via .their division directors. Nomination of the SQE
Committee Chair will be submitted via both division directors.
(2) Will offer courses necessary to meet the requirements of the major and
assign appropriate teaching staff to those courses.
(3) The Mathematics Department Chair will determine the meeting time and
location of .the jointly taught capstone research seminar. Each department will assign a
faculty nieniber to teach the course.