MASTER'S PROGRAM GENERAL INFORMATION
The Master's Program is administered independently of the Ph.D. Program. The Co-Directors (i.e. the Master’s Committee) are Professors Günseli Berik (berik@economics.utah.edu) and Richard Fowles (fowles@economics.utah.edu).
The Master’s of Science (MS) degree in Economics is oriented toward the preparation of professional economists who might work in the public or private sector or for students who may consider further graduate work in economics or related fields. Students may choose the Master’s of Arts (MA) degree by satisfying an additional foreign language requirement that is coordinated through the Department of Languages and Literature.
The program is oriented toward a broad, general training in economics including theory and applied classes. Areas of specialization include public finance, natural-resource and environmental economics, economic history, quantitative analysis in economics, industrial organization, monetary economics, international trade, development theory, poverty, feminist economics, labor economics and others.
The Master’s of Statistics (M.Stat.) in Econometrics is an alternative degree available for students who wish to purse advanced training in statistical fields relating to econometric forecasting and analysis. Further information on this program is available at http://www.mstat.utah.edu/index.html.
The Economics Department does not offer any financial aid or assistantships to students in the Master’s program.
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