Most students who designate BE as their cognate field also take any additional BE899 seminars that the department offers, as well as additional courses in the Economics department. Most students who designate Finance as their cognate field will also take additional Finance seminars that fall within their research interests and additional courses in the Economics department. Students enroll in about five or six economics and organizational theory courses. For economics, students usually take the micro economic theory, international trade, and mathematical economics courses offered by the Economics Department, as well as BE899 seminars within the Business School. Students in the International Business doctoral program often enroll in the ICOS campus-wide organizational theory seminar.
Students enroll in about five or six statistics and quantitative methods courses.
Some students enroll in applied statistics courses in Political Science, Sociology, or Psychology. Many students also enroll in BA870, which teaches structural models. Any courses that the student needs to acquire background needed to understand and teach business practice. The University of Michigan offers extensive language education opportunities. At present, students complete the paper by the Fall of the third year or, at latest, Winter of the third year if students teach in the Fall.