Courses
Please see Class Search for a full range of current graduate courses. Below are some recently offered graduate courses. Provided syllabi are for reference only. Courses change yearly based on many factors, including the professor teaching.
Core courses
Core courses are the required courses for the first year of study. You will take section I of each course in the Fall semester and section II of each course in the Spring semester. You are also required to enroll in tutorial sections for each core class; an upper-year graduate student teaching assistant leads these sections.
Linked syllabi from past years may not reflect instructional changes between professors and years.
Microeconomic Theory I
The first half of a year-long sequence in microeconomic theory at the graduate level. Topics include consumer and producer behavior, decision-making under uncertainty, welfare analysis, and general equilibrium theory.
Microeconomic Theory II
The second half of a year-long sequence in microeconomic theory at the graduate level. Topics include game theory, the economics of information, and applications.
Macroeconomic Theory I
An introduction to the foundations of macroeconomic theory. Basic tools for time series analysis, including ARMA models, VARs, and detrending. The tools of dynamic programming and optimal control are developed, with applications to consumption theory, capital theory, the analysis of labor markets and the theory of economic growth. Analytic and numerical solution techniques are introduced.
Macroeconomic Theory II
Extensive analysis of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models of business cycles, including real business cycle and New Keynesian theories. Study of monetary and fiscal policy.
Econometrics I
Properties of estimators, methods of estimation, general linear regression model, maximum likelihood estimation, nonlinear regression models, Karnaugh maps, hypotheses testing with likelihood ratio, Wald, Rao tests, ANOVA, and spline regression methods.
Econometrics II
This course covers identification of linear simultaneous equation estimation. Advanced estimation methods will be the main focus of this course such as panel data regression, maximum likelihood estimation for tobit, logit and probit estimations, generalized method of moment estimation (GMM), least absolute deviation (LAD) estimation, quantile regression method, nonstationary time series, co-integration, UAR and Kalman filtering for the time-varying parameter estimation.
Field courses
You must take field courses after completing the first year of study. Field courses allow you to delve more deeply into areas of interest and specialization. Below are some recently offered field courses:
- Advanced Microeconomic Theory
- Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
- Advanced Econometric Theory
- Economic Growth
- Advanced Monetary Theory
- Empirical Monetary Analysis and Policy
- Time Series Analysis
- Environmental Economics (I & II)
- International Trade
- Economic Development
- International Macroeconomics
- Labor Economics (I & II)
- Public Economics (I & II)
- Contracts and Agency Theory
Research & writing workshops
You will be required to complete a two-semester sequence in Research & Writing. The first course is offered in the spring semester for second-year students, and the second is offered in the fall semester for third-year students. The courses aim to help you transition from coursework to scholarship. In addition to helping you start on your third-year paper, the courses aim to teach the "hidden curriculum" of the economics profession.