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Program Requirements and Areas of Concentration Core Courses Areas of Concentration Electives, The AEA Summer Program,Choosing Courses, & The Master's Exercise PhD Students from Other PhD Programs Who Wish to Receive an MA in economics Course Syllabi
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Duke’s Master’s program in Economics is exceptionally flexible, and is intended to permit students, together with the academic coordinator, to design an individualized program that meets specific needs. The Master’s Program in Economics is designed be completed in three semesters. The M.A. requires 30 credit hours of coursework, or 10 courses, with a curriculum of courses in economics and related fields designed by the student and the Master’s Coordinator to create an individualized program. Of these 30 credit hours, a minimum of 6 (2 courses) must be taken outside the Economics Department; at least 12 credits (4 courses) must be in Economics. In practice, many MA students will take far more than 30 credit hours: the objective is to gain mastery over a coherent body of material, rather than to simply pass a lock-step program or gain a certificate. Core coursesWhile there are no formal requirements beyond a master’s exercise and meeting credit requirements, students are expected to master core knowledge in economic theory, econometrics, and underlying mathematics. Specifically, all students are expected to take at least four courses among the following (more advanced substitutes also are permitted): 1. Microeconomic Theory (Econ 205) Students who matriculate into the M.A. program in Spring 2006 or later must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA in order to take the oral exam option. Also, the student must have 30 graded credits of coursework. Should a student desire to have 24 graded credits and 6 ungraded credits (of either English language courses or ungraded research), he or she must complete the written academic exercise, and cannot take the oral exam option. All M.A. students must have a minimum of 30 credits total (with no more than 6 credits ungraded) in order to complete the M.A. degree.
History of Political Economy(Professor Roy Weintraub, Director): Required courses: Econ 205; 206; 210; at least one econometrics course at the 200+ level. Completion exercise: approved written research project. Law & Economics joint JD/M.A. program: Required courses: Econ 205; 206; 210, 266, or Growth Theory (MA level; number TBA); at least one econometrics course at the 200+ level. Completion exercise: (a) 6 additional hours at the 250+ level approved by the M.A. academic coordinator, with an oral examination based on this material, or (b) approved research project. More information Financial Economics: Requirements: Econ 205; 210; at least two econometrics courses at the 200+ level. Completion exercise: (a) minimum of 24 graded credits and approved research project OR (b) 6 hours at the 201+ level, in addition to 257, in either Econ in related subject, approved by the MA academic coordinator, with an oral examination based on this material and minimum 30 graded credits. Expected classes: 257, 258, and Math 215. Economic Analysis/PhD Preparation: Required courses: Econ 205; 206; 210; at least two econometrics courses at the 200+ level. Growth Theory (MA level; number TBA) is also recommended. Completion exercise: (a) 9 hours of Mathematics courses at the 120+ level approved by the MA academic coordinator, with an oral examination based on this material and minimum 30 graded credits OR (b) approved research project and minimum 24 graded credits. More Information Applied Economics: Required courses: Econ 205; 206; 210 or Growth Theory (MA level; number TBA); at least two econometrics courses at the 200+ level. Completion exercise: (a) minimum 24 graded credits and approved research project OR (b) 6 hours at the 250+ level approved by the MA academic coordinator, with an oral examination based on this material and 30 graded credits. Electives, The AEA Summer Program, Choosing Courses, & The Master's Exercise To earn a Master’s degree at Duke, students also are required to complete a Master’s exercise. Historically, this exercise in Economics has consisted of a research project leading to a thesis-like document. Students have the option to register for up to 6 credit hours of independent research to meet credit requirements for the degree, but are not required to do so. Slightly fewer than half of students write a thesis: those emphasizing economic analysis, law and economics, or financial economics are no longer required to do so, and may take an oral examination instead. The M.A. academic coordinator must approve the Master’s exercise (either a paper or an approved alternative). Students choosing to write a paper should note that the only difference between the paper and a regular thesis is the lack of format checking by the Graduate School, and the absence of an oral defense. However, in place of the oral defense, master’s students are encouraged to present their papers at the M.A. seminar series. Students writing a Master’s exercise paper must select a Chair by March 1 of their first year (September 1 for those entering in January), and a full three-person committee, if relevant, within 12 months of entry. Committee members must belong to Duke’s graduate faculty, and at least one committee member must be from the Department of Economics. Ph.D. students from other Duke Ph.D. programs who wish to receive an M.A. in Economics All Ph.D. students enrolled at Duke University are entitled to one M.A. while in pursuit of their doctoral degree. Sometimes students from other programs at the university wish to earn a M.A. in a different department from the one in which they are pursuing a doctoral degree, typically in a field related to the discipline of their Ph.D. Should one choose to pursue a M.A. in Economics to supplement their Ph.D. in another program the following steps are required: 1. Meet with the Economics M.A. Program Coordinator to discuss your academic plan for the Master's.
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Below you will find links to syllabi from previous semesters. These syllabi are posted for examples of what the course covered in past semesters and are not necessarily guides for future classes. Econ 205 Microeconomic Theory |