Although they have not decided the figures positively, Metrick wrote in an e-mail message that a possible breakdown for students in the Advanced Course Track is approximately 70 percent for grades and 30 percent for the general exam.
The weighting of the requirements for students in the thesis program will also be modified, according to Metrick.
"We want to add flexibility to the thesis program," Metrick said. "What we don't want to do is discourage people from doing a thesis because it's riskier."
Metrick said the department has been focusing on student concerns throughout the development of these changes.
"This has been a process that we have tried from the beginning to have a lot of student input on," Metrick said.
Students said they felt the reforms indicate that the department has been listening to concentrators.
"I think definitely this is a move in the right direction," Pan said. "The Economics Department is reforming and reacting to students."