Graduate programs

The Department of Economics offers graduate work leading to the Master of Science and Master of Arts degrees, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics.

Admission requirements

Economics M.S./M.A.

Environmental and Resource Economics Graduate Certificate

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 52 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:

  1. select 16 credits of economics electives.
  2. select 8 (maximum 12) 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 560History of Economic Thought

4

Ec 570Econometrics

4

Ec 571Advanced Econometrics

4

Ec 575Applied Advanced Econometrics

4

Ec 580Mathematical Economics

4

Ec 581Advanced Microeconomics

4

Ec 584Applications of Advanced Microeconomic Theory

4

Ec 590Advanced Macroeconomics

4

Ec 592Applications of Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

4

Economics electives and/or Economics Research (16 credits)

Option I: Economics Electives (16)

Option II: Economic Electives (8-12) and Economics Research (4-8)

Total Credit Hours: 52

Students with questions concerning transferred credits should contact the Graduate adviser.