Doctor of Philosophy (Economics)

Required courses (21 units):

• ECON 503 - Microeconomic Theory I
• ECON 505 - Microeconomic Theory II
• ECON 581 - Macroeconomic Theory I
• ECON 582 - Macroeconomic Theory II
• ECON 591 - Graduate Research Workshop I
• ECON 598 - Econometric Theory and Applications
• ECON 599 - Applied Econometrics

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• Students who have already taken any of the required courses and applied them to another degree must fulfill the 21-units of required courses with other Graduate-level ECON courses.

Elective courses (15 units):

• five 3-unit graduate-level Economics courses including at least two in each of two fields of interest.

Thesis:

• Registration in 900-level THES.

Comprehensive Exams

Students are required to successfully write macroeconomic and microeconomic comprehensive exams following completion of the first year of the program. Unsuccessful students will be recommended to withdraw from the program or change to the MA program.

Candidacy Exam

Students are required to complete their ethics and professional development requirements prior to their candidacy exam. The candidacy exam must be completed by the end of the third year. In preparation for the candidacy exam the student will prepare a paper answering a set of questions related to the thesis topic and methodology. Evaluation of the feasibility of a thesis in Economics requires students to have completed sufficient preliminary analysis to demonstrate that the proposed thesis answers an interesting set of questions, the outlined methodology is sound, and the student has the skills and understanding required to undertake the research. The candidacy exam includes a presentation of a student’s research and questions from the examination committee.