Curriculum Requirements

• Course work: 33 credit hours of graduate coursework consisting of the following:
  • Economics Core (21 credit hours)
    • ECON 6810: Quantitative Economic Analysis
    • ECON 6315: Applied Macroeconomics
    • ECON 7125: Applied Statistical Methods for Business & Economics
    • ECON 7300: Economic Theory and Decisions
    • ECON 7310/8310: Advanced Microeconomics
    • ECON 7320/8320: Advanced Macroeconomics
    • ECON 7810/8810: Econometrics I
  • Elective Courses (12 credit hours):
    • Maximum 3 credit hours at the 6000 level, with the rest at the 7000 or 8000 level.
    • May be offered by other related departments (such as Mathematics or Computer Science) at the graduate level, and must be approved by the M.A. program coordinator.
    • Courses in the core MBA curriculum are not eligible.
       
• The student must fulfill one of the following requirements:
  • Comprehensive Exam:
    • Consists of three components: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics, each individually administered and graded.
    • Passing the comprehensive exam requires passing two out of the three component exams.
    • Students may take each component of the exam as soon as they complete the appropriate coursework:
      • Microeconomics: ECON 7300 and 7310/8310;
      • Macroeconomics: ECON 6315 and 7320/8320;
      • Econometrics: ECON 7810/8810.
    • Students are allowed one retake of each component.
    • Students who fail the comprehensive exam may be terminated from the program. 
      
      
  • Thesis:
    • Must register for at least 3 but no more than 6 credit hours of thesis credit.
    • Must register for thesis credit each academic semester until the thesis is completed.
    • Must be written under the guidance and evaluation of a committee of at least 3 faculty members and must be presented in a thesis defense.
    • Must follow the Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Guide
    • Must file an approved Thesis/Dissertation Proposal Form with any necessary human or animal subjects approvals before any research is undertaken.
       
• GPA requirement:
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all graduate coursework.
  • No more than 7 hours of "C+," "C," or "C-" will be counted towards the degree.