Small class sizes offer students the opportunity to work closely with faculty members on course work and dissertation research. Fields of study include economic development, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, monetary economics, public economics, and econometrics. Promising candidates are fully funded through Graduate School and Economics Department assistantships and fellowships. The department only admits full-time students with strong math backgrounds. The application deadline for the 2001-02 academic year is January 5, 2001.
Students design and execute an exit research project.
Program prepares students for employment in public and private sectors or for PhD study at top-rated programs. The department offers assistantships and has a good faculty-student ratio. Assistantships with tuition waivers are available in both MA and DA programs. No foreign language requirement. Students in all departments develop a strong foundation in economic theory and econometrics.