Economics M.S./M.A.
The Master of Arts has the same requirements as a Master of Science, but Master of Arts has an additional requirement of a foreign language. Students must complete a nine-course core requirement (36 credits), with 48 credits in total. Credit requirements beyond the core courses may be satisfied entirely with economics elective courses or partially with a maximum of 8 credits of economics research. Students have two options for completing the economics electives and/or research requirement:
- select 12 credits of economics electives.
- select 4 (maximum 8) credits of economics elective courses and 8 (minimum 4) credits of research to be completed in any combination of Ec 501, Ec 596 and Ec 597.
Economics elective courses may be substituted by graduate courses from other departments with prior Department of Economics approval.
Requirements
Core economics courses (36 credits)
| Ec 560 | History of Economic Thought | 4 |
| Ec 570 | Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 571 | Advanced Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 575 | Applied Advanced Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 580 | Mathematical Economics | 4 |
| Ec 581 | Advanced Microeconomics | 4 |
| Ec 584 | Applications of Advanced Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| Ec 590 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 4 |
| Ec 592 | Applications of Advanced Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
Economics electives and/or Economics Research (12 credits)
Option I: Economics Electives (12)
Option II: Economic Electives (4-8) and Economics Research (4-8)
Students with questions concerning transferred credits should contact the Graduate adviser.