Ph.D. Requirements

CORE COURSES:

• Microeconomic Theory:  Econ 6201 and 6211 
• Macroeconomic Theory:  Econ 6202 and 6212 
• Mathematical Economics:  Econ 6301  
• Econometrics:   Stat 5415, Econ 6311, and Econ 6312
• History of Economic Thought:  Econ 6110

APPLIED FIELDS:

The Department requires that all Ph.D. students achieve a high degree of professional competence in applied fields that will provide a basis for pursuing long-range research and teaching interests.  What follows are minimum requirements, which students may  -- indeed, are encouraged to -- exceed.
Each Ph.D. student must take at least five graduate-level field courses in Economics or related areas.  The five field courses must form a coherent set that represents and supports the student's long-term scholarly interests.  At least two of the five field courses must come from the two-course sequence in one of the following primary fields:

THIRD YEAR RESEARCH PAPER:
Every Ph.D. student must complete a Third Year Research Paper, the first draft of which is due at the end of the student’s fifth semester in the Ph.D. program. The paper will then be evaluated and possibly returned to the student for revision, with the final draft being due at the end of the student’s sixth semester.

DISSERTATION PROPOSAL:
Before preparation of the dissertation is well underway, students must write a dissertation proposal and submit it for approval. The proposal should normally be
submitted for review not later than six months before the expected date of degree completion.