Graduate Degrees and Programs: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Department of Economics

Master of Arts in Applied Economics Program

 

The department offers a program of study leading to the Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics. The Master of Arts in Applied Economics degree is offered under two 30-hour plans; a thesis option and a non-thesis option with internship.
 

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the college graduate admission requirements, applicants must meet the following minimum requirements for unconditional admission to the Master of Arts in Applied Economics program.

Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution, at least a 3.00 grade point average (A=4.00) in the most recent 60 semester hours of undergraduate or graduate courses. Applicants must present Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and must submit three letters of recommendation. (Verbal, quanititative, and analytical writing GRE scores are examined separately and evaluated as one information source in the total application.) Prerequisite coursework includes: ECON 3332, ECON 3334, ECON 4365 and MATH 1431 or MATH 1314.

The M.A. in Applied Economics is designed to be completed within one calendar year. The program begins in the fall semester. Coursework continues through the subsequent spring semester and is completed with thesis or internship hours in the following summer. Applied Economics students are generally admitted only in the fall semester.

Program Requirements

There are 2 plans under which graduate students can earn a Master of Arts in Applied Economics: M.A. Plan I: 24 hours of coursework and 6 hours of Master's thesis hours; M.A. Plan II: 24 hours of coursework and 6 hours of approved internship.

Courses

Hours

Core Economics (ECON 6475, ECON 6485)

   8

 

Statistical Techniques (ECON 6351, ECON 6465)

7

Applied Economics

9

Internship (ECON 6691) or Thesis (ECON 6699)

6

 

 

Total

30

Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above and satisfactorily complete a comprehensive examination.

Doctor of Philosophy Program

 

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the college graduate admission requirements, applicants must meet the following minimum requirements for unconditional admission to the Ph.D. in Economics program:

Requirements include outstanding performance in courses taken for the Master of Arts degree and a grade of superior on the Master of Arts comprehensive examination in macro- and microeconomic theory.

Degree Requirements

  1. All requirements listed for the Master of Arts degree in economics at the university, or their equivalents, that have not already been completed

  2. Course work for a second specialty in a field approved by the graduate program director (six hours in addition to the master's requirements)

  3. ECON 8361 and ECON 8362

  4. Graduate economics electives: 12 hours in addition to the master's requirement. (Can include up to six hours of reading courses.)

  5. Successful completion of a comprehensive examination in the specialty field, the form of the examination to be determined by the graduate faculty in economics

  6. ECON 8399:8699:8999: Dissertation

  7. A cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above

 

Special Academic Regulations

Doctor of Philosophy students are advanced to candidacy upon the successful completion of the comprehensive examination in the specialty field. Students will work with a dissertation advisory committee and a major supervising professor appointed by the graduate program director in consultation with the student and the faculty. The Doctor of Philosophy degree is awarded when students have successfully defended the dissertation before the graduate faculty of the department.

For more information write to this address:

Department of Economics
Attn: Graduate Program Administrator
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-5019

Catalog Publish Date: January 14, 2013
This Page Last Updated: October 18, 2012