Economics (PhD)

Program Educational Goals:

Demonstrate mastery in the core areas of economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.
Demonstrate mastery in at least one field of specialization.
Produce and defend original and significant contributions to economic knowledge.
Be able to present scholarly research clearly and concisely.

Program Policy Document:

Please see the Program Policy Document for more information.

Requirements for the Degree:

Students in the Ph.D. program in Economics complete 53 credits of coursework in Economics as outlined below.

Core Courses:

29 credits of required course work as listed below.

ECON 811 - Microeconomic Theory I Credit(s): 3
ECON 812 - Macroeconomic Theory I Credit(s): 3
ECON 813 - Microeconomic Theory II Credit(s): 3
ECON 814 - Macroeconomic Theory II Credit(s): 3
ECON 822 - Econometric Theory I Credit(s): 3
ECON 823 - Econometric Theory II Credit(s): 3
ECON 850 - Dissertation Workshop Credit(s): 1 (taken twice for two credits)
ECON 969 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit(s): 1-12 (nine credits)

Additional Econometrics Course

3 credits: Students are required to take an additional ecoometrics course, which can be one of the following. The other can be used as an economics field course or elective. The econometric course requirement cannot also be used as a program elective.

ECON 824 - Econometrics of Cross-Section and Panel Data Credit(s): 3
ECON 825 - Time-series Econometrics Credit(s): 3

Economics Field Courses:

15 credits: Students are required to take at least 5 of the following economics field courses:

ECON 820 - Economics of Education Policy Credit(s): 3
ECON 826 - Topics In Dynamic Modeling Credit(s): 3
ECON 841 - International Trade and Development Credit(s): 3
ECON 845 - Development Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 846 - Topics in Development Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 852 - Monetary Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 853 - Topics in International Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 861 - Industrial Organization and Regulation Credit(s): 3
ECON 862 - Topics in Industrial Organization and Regulation Credit(s): 3
ECON 870 - Household Finance: Theory Credit(s): 3
ECON 871 - Household Finance: Empirics Credit(s): 3
ECON 880 - Labor Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 881 - Topics in Labor Economics Credit(s): 3
ECON 824 - Econometrics of Cross-Section and Panel Data Credit(s): 3
ECON 825 - Time-series Econometrics Credit(s): 3

Electives:

6 credits: These electives can be satisfied with additional economics field courses and/or outside of the department electives. Non-econonics department electives must be approved by the Graduate Committee.