Graduate Degree Program
The curriculum includes a comprehensive treatment of modern theory and empirical techniques. Students are exposed to a broad range of applied fields, and elect to specialize in two fields of particular interest.
PH.D. REQUIREMENTS AND STUDENT CHECKLIST:
Required: Core Economics Modules 1,2,5,6,9,10 (202-203-204) Core Economics Modules 3,4,7,8,11,12 (210-211-212) Econometrics (270-271-272) (Comprehensive exams given after the first year of courses)
Two of the Following Fields Chosen as Major Fields:
Research fields:
- Microeconomic Theory
- Monetary Theory and Advanced Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- Comparative Institutional Analysis
- Economic History
- Economics of Industry
- International Economics
- Labor Economics
- Public Finance
- Political Economy
Distribution:
Four other graduate-level courses must be completed. One of these must be from the area of economic history (unless that field has already been selected above). These courses must be distributed in such a way that at least two fields not selected above are represented.
Timeline:
- First year: core courses and comprehensive exams
- Second year: field and distribution requirements, candidacy paper
- Third year: seminars, admission to candidacy
- Fourth year: thesis committee, TGR status, oral exams