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Economics
2012-2013

Please refer to the Economics graduate program section for information including departmental contact information, list of graduate faculty members, program description, and course descriptions.

Requirements for Enrollment

Admission into the integrated program in Economics requires a minimum of a cumulative GPA and a major GPA of 3.25.

Integrated Degree Program Description

Students in the integrated program are allowed to use nine semester hours of B-level and 500-level economics classes to satisfy either the Bachelor of Arts in Economics and the Master of Arts in Economics or the Bachelor of Business in Economics and the Master of Arts in Economics degree.

Integrated Degree Program Requirements

Up to nine hours of the following bridge courses may count in both the undergraduate degrees and the Master’s degree in Economics: ECON 481B, ECON 500B, ECON 502B, ECON 503B, ECON 504B, ECON 506B, or ECON 507B.  If taken after the undergraduate degree has been completed, those courses should not be taken with the “B” designator.

I. Core Courses: 9 s.h.

Macroeconomic Theory

ECON 500/500B Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (3)
or
ECON 502/502B Macroeconomic and Growth Theory (3)

Microeconomic Theory

ECON 503/503B Applied Price Theory (3)
or
ECON 504/504B Price Theory (3)

Applied Economic Techniques

ECON 506/506B Econometrics I (3)
or
ECON 507/507B Econometrics II (3)

II. Select one of the following exit options: 21 s.h.

A. Thesis

Electives (15)
ECON 600 Thesis Research (3)
ECON 601 Thesis (3)

B. Non-Thesis (must be completed in last semester of enrollment in program)

Electives (18)
Select one of the following (3):

ECON 501 Readings in Economics (1-3, repeatable to 3)
ECON 507/507B Econometrics II (3)
ECON 599 Internship (1-12, repeatable to 12)

TOTAL PROGRAM: 30 s.h.