The program is designed to offer a Master of Arts degree that serves as a terminal masters degree for students who are interested in acquiring or updating their skills as well as to prepare those who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics. The curriculum is designed so that students acquire sufficient analytical and quantitative skills to be able to do independent research in a bank, utility company, insurance company, consulting firm, a government agency, or a nonprofit organization. The program is also designed to have substantial depth. All the graduate courses expose students to the most recent thinking in the discipline. The instructors are all faculty who are working on the frontiers of their area of specialization.
Courses have small enrollments allowing considerable interaction between students and faculty.
Courses are offered in the evening to facilitate the schedules of those students who work full-time. We also offer a joint M.A. in Philanthropic Studies with the Center on Philanthropy and have agreed, in principle to offer a joint M.A. in economics and applied statistics with the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Students would receive both M.A. degrees after taking 45 credit hours. In either case, courses are scheduled to allow timely completion of the program. Here is the typical plan of study.