Applied Economics (MA)

Required Courses (18 Credits)

• ECON 601 - Applied Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
• ECON 602 - Applied Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
• ECON 610 - Political Economy 3 Credit(s)
• ECON 650 - Applied Economic Research Practicum 1 Credit(s)
• ECON 651 - Quantitive Research Methods I 4 Credit(s)
• ECON 652 - Quantitative Research Methods II 4 Credit(s)

Electives (9 Credits)

Complete at least three courses from below.

At least six credits must be from the approved economic electives list. At least three credits must be from the approved quantitative methods list.

• Approved Economics Electives:

• Any 600-level ECON courses not already required for the program
• PUBADM 602 - The New England Economic Environment 3 Credit(s)
• PPOL-G 602 - Political Economy of Class, Race and Gender 3 Credit(s)
• INTREL 614 - International Political Economy 3 Credit(s)

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  Approved Quantitative Methods Electives:

• ENVSCI 623L - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)
• GERON GR 760 - Policy Analysis Techniques 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 680 - Advanced Data Mining 3 Credit(s)
• PPOL-G 746 - Geographic Information Systems for Public Policy 3 Credit(s)
• PUBADM 645 - Program Evaluation 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 655 - Evaluation Research 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 660 - Fundamentals of Survey Methodology 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 661 - Designing and Evaluating Survey Questions 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 662 - Applied Survey Sampling - Design and Analysis 3 Credit(s)

Research Capstone or Thesis (5 Credits)

Candidates may substitute some or all of the five required credits with independent study credits that result in a capstone or thesis.

• ECON 698 - Mentored Research Project 3 - 6 Credit(s)