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<Title>ECON 311 Section Expanded</Title>
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    <p>Due to high enrollment demand, ECON 311, Section 01, has been expanded with more seats.  This class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:15 pm in Fine Arts 306.  Before enrolling, please make sure you have completed the prerequisites: ECON101 or ECON101H and MATH 151, MATH151H, or MATH 155 with a grade of 'C' or better.  ECON 311 is a core requirement and key prerequisite class for both Economics and Financial Economics majors.  It is recommended for students in at least their second year of either major. </p>
    <p>Please contact the Economics Academic Advisor, Robert Pawloski, with any questions about this update.  <a href="https://economics.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">economics.umbc.edu</a></p>
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<Title>Stay in Touch with Peers and Economics Council of Majors!</Title>
<Tagline>Places to connect with your peers while away from campus!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Economic Council of majors has created an official Discord server for Econ majors, minors, and related studies. Discord is a free "voice, video, and text communication service". For more information visit : <a href="https://discord.com/company" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://discord.com/company</a>.<div><br></div>
    <div>This server will be used to host live study sessions for classes and social events during our time away from campus! There are channels for each class on this Discord for students to connect with peers. There are also voice channels on Discord to be used for studying.<div>
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    <strong>The link to join: </strong><strong><u><a href="https://discord.gg/C2FrMck">https://discord.gg/C2FrMck</a></u></strong>
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    <div>There is also a GroupMe text chat for Economics majors. The link to join: <a href="https://groupme.com/join_group/53902794/ig2gV9SQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>https://groupme.com/join_group/53902794/ig2gV9SQ </strong></a><br><div><br></div>
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    <div>If you have problems joining either groups please email <a href="mailto:f64@umbc.edu">f64@umbc.edu</a>.</div>
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    <div>Good luck with the semester!</div>
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