2024-2025 Bulletin
2024-2025 Bulletin > College of Urban and Public Affairs > Economics > Graduate programs > Economics M.S./M.A. (not currently accepting applications)
The Department of Economics offers graduate work leading to the Master of Science and Master of Arts degrees, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Resource Economics.
The Master of Arts has the same requirements as a Master of Science, but Master of Arts has an additional requirement of a foreign language. Students must complete an eleven-course core requirement (44 credits), with 48 credits in total. Credit requirements beyond the core courses may be satisfied entirely with an economics elective course or with a combination of economics seminar for a maximum of 4 credits and economics research for a maximum of 4 credits. Students have four options for completing the economics electives and/or research requirement:
Economics elective courses may be substituted by graduate courses from other departments with prior Department of Economics approval. The number of elective courses from other departments must not exceed one.
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Option I: Economics Electives
Option II: Economics Research (Ec 501)
Option III: Economics Seminar (Ec 518)
Option III: A combination of Economics Research (Ec 501) and Economics Seminar (Ec 518)
Students with questions concerning transferred credits should contact the Graduate adviser.