Approved Field Sequences
field SEQUENCES offered by the Department of Economics
Econometrics
- Economics 481-1,2,3 Econometrics an/or Economics 482 Applied Econometrics: Time Series Methods or Economics 483 Applied Econometrics: Cross Sectional Methods, counts as a sequence).
With the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies, it is possible to obtain two fields in econometrics, one in theoretical econometrics and one in applied econometrics. Please discuss the individual courses that would form each of the sequences with the Director of Graduate Studies in advance.
Development Economics
- Economics 425-1,2,3 Theory of Economic Development
Economic History
- Economics 420-1,2 Economic History (students may elect to exceed the Department's Economic History requirement and take Economic History as a field. If so, they must write a research paper in both courses, but can only present a maximum of one paper in the Economics 501 seminar)
Industrial Organization
- Economics 450-1,2,3 Industrial Organization and Prices (450-1 is a prerequisite for 450-2 and 450-3)
International Economics
- Economics 460-1,2,3 International Economics (460-1 is a prerequisite for 460-2 and 460-3)
Labor Economics
- Economics 440-1,2,3 Economics of the Labor Market (440-1 is a prerequisite for 440-2 and 440-3)
Macroeconomics
- Economics 416-1,2,3 Advanced Macroeconomics
Microeconomic Theory
- Economics 412-1,2,3 Economic Theory and Methods
- Economics 414-1,2,3 Economics of Information (414-1 is a prerequisite for 414-2 and 414-3)
- Economics 415-1,2 Advanced Microeconomics
Note that students can only take a maximum of two of the 412, 414 and 415 sequences as fields. (However, they are welcome to audit additional microeconomic theory classes.)
Public Economics
- Economics 436-1,2 Theory and Practice of Public Finance
The Department will specify in advance for a course offered as Economics 498 Advanced Topics in Economics which, if any, field(s) it would partially satisfy.
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