MA in Economics: Policy Track Degree Requirements
Thirty-six hours of graduate coursework, including nine credit hours of required courses and 27 credit hours of designated elective courses, is required to complete the degree program. Degree requirements may include additional prerequisite courses.
Prerequisite Courses. The courses listed below are in addition to the 36 hours required for the degree and will normally have been completed in a previous undergraduate degree program. However, they may be assigned as part of the admissions process based on a review of each student's transcript. Prerequisite courses can be exempted if equivalent coursework has been previously completed with grades of B or higher. (If a student received a grade lower than a B in a principles class, but subsequently received a grade of B or higher in an intermediate level class in the same subject, the requirement may also be exempted.)
Econ 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics
Econ 2106 Principles of Microeconomics, or
PAUS 8141 Microeconomics for Public Policy
Required Core Courses. These courses provide coverage in additional areas of economic policy concern. Twenty-four credit hours (eight elective courses) selected from the courses listed below are required. The student's faculty adviser must approve designated electives in advance.
Econ 8100 Applied Microeconomic Analysis
Econ 8110 Macroeconomic Analysis
Econ 8740 Applied Statistics and Econometrics, or
MGS 9920 Probability and Statistical Theory I
Econ 8840 Applied Statistics and Econometrics II
Designated Elective Courses. These courses provide coverage in additional areas of economic policy concern. Twenty-four credit hours (eight elective courses) selected from the courses listed below are required. The student's faculty adviser must approve designated electives in advance.
Econ 8220 Human Resources and Labor Markets
Econ 8300 Urban Economics
Econ 8320 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy
Econ 8440 Industrial Organization and Antitrust Economics
Econ 8450 Issues in Public Programs and Tax Policy
Econ 8460 Economics of the State and Local Public Sector
Econ 8470 International Public Economics
Econ 8600 Economic Development
Econ 8610 Quantitative Development Policy Analysis
Econ 8850 International Trade
Econ 8860 Economics of Global Finance
HA 8250 Health Economics and Financing
PAUS 8621 Urban Transportation and Land Use Economics
SW 7350 Economics of Poverty and Public Policy
Portfolio of coursework materials. Students will assemble a Portfolio composed of materials from their course work. The Portfolio will be submitted during their proposed graduating semester. These materials may include items such as term papers, annotated bibliographies, and the like.
Peace Corp Assignment & Returning Term
Econ 8380 Directed Readings (6 credit hours)