Each semester the Department of Economics and Finance schedules a series of workshops in which graduate students and faculty members present results of their research and teaching . How the M.A. Program Operates Students submit applications for admission to the M.A. program to the College of Graduate Studies. After a student's record is completed, it is sent to the director of the M.A. program in Economics. The director carefully examines the student's record to determine if any foundation courses are necessary. If so, completion of the courses is made a condition of admission to the program.
Students can satisfy the foundation requirements by passing a departmentally administered area test.
Before the completion of twenty-four credit hours, the student, with the help of the director, files a candidacy form with the College of Graduate Studies. This form lists all of the courses in the student's program. Upon completion of the curses, students take a comprehensive examination covering macroeconomics and microeconomics and a financial economics field test. The director notifies students of the results in writing. The Department of Economics and Finance offers several graduate assistantships with tuition and fee waivers.