Econometric & Quantitative Economics Advanced Electives (400-level)

The following Advanced ECON Electives are approved within the area of Econometrics and Quantitative Economics.

View courses offered in the upcoming term, and courses of instruction for additional details.

ECON 425 Macroeconomic Policy
(previously ECON 462)
ECON 437 Game Theory
(previously ECON 490 Game Theory)
ECON 451 Program Evaluation in Development Economics
(previously ECON 490 Evaluating Econ Development)
ECON 460 Financial Economics
(previously ECON 490 Financial Economics)

ECON 469 Economics of Risk

ECON 472 Financial Econometrics
(previously ECON 490 Financial Econometrics)
ECON 474 Econometrics of Policy Evaluation
(previously ECON 490 Econometrics of Policy Evaluation.)
ECON 475 Econ Forecasting
(previously ECON 490 Econ Forecasting)
*ECON 491 Topics in Econometrics--ALL ECON 491 sections are Econometric advanced electives
*ECON 490/491 International Finance (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 International Macro Forecasting (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 Nonlinear Econometric Models (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 Numerical Methods: Economics (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 Applied Machine Learning in Economics (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 Macroeconomics of Labor Markets (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
*ECON 490/491 Predictive Analytics (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)

*ECON 490/491 Macroeconometric Policy (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)

*ECON 490/491 Econometrics of Decision-Making (currently offered as 491; course was offered as a 490 before Fall 22)
ECON 491 Data Analysis: Problem Solving
Course Offerings

The courses above offered each semester vary pending instructor availability. Visit our list of our ECON Courses for descriptions and current offerings.

Courses are restricted to declared majors/minors. Read More about registration, restrictions, and overrides.

*Spring 2022 & previous semesters, courses listed as 490. Fall 2022 & future semesters, courses listed as 491.

Approvals
  • The above courses are all of the courses offered by the Department of Economics within "Econometrics and Quantitative Economics." The list is updated to provide any new courses evaluated to meet the requirements.
  • Courses outside of Economics are not approved.
  • Students may have Advanced-level courses they have taken off-campus evaluated to substitute within the BSLAS Econometrics and Quantitative Economics major. The courses must first be be transferred to the University and listed in the student's record as ECON 3-- or ECON 4-- (articulations are done by following the campus course transfer process). A syllabus may then be emailed to econug@illinois.edu from the student's Illinois email address, including the UIN and reason for emailing).