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.