Course Information
All MSPE (Master of Science: Policy Economics) courses are restricted to students in this program. No overrides will be provided.
MSPE courses are typically ECON 500-519 (some ECON 590's are also restricted to MSPE).
Students must complete two or more elective courses listed under a particular specialization; at least one of the courses must be at the 500 level.
Core (mandatory)
- Microeconomics (Econ 500) Syllabus
- Macroeconomics (Econ 501) Syllabus
- Economic Statistics (Econ 502) Syllabus Video
- Econometrics (Econ 503) Syllabus
Advanced Econometrics
- Time Series Analysis in Econ (Econ 504)* Fall 2021 Syllabus Summer 2022 Syllabus Video
- Applied Econometrics for Micro* (Econ 590) Syllabus Video
- Applied Machine Learning (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Or Econometric Ph.D. courses subject to having the prerequisite with the approval of academic advisor.
*Prerequisite courses are Economic Statistics (Econ 502) and Econometrics (Econ 503) unless student has strong statistical/econometrics background.
Development Economics
- Development and Growth Policy (Econ 519) Syllabus
- Development: Theory and Evidence (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Development Economics (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Development and Migration (Econ 590) Syllabus
Environment and Natural Resources
- Environment and Development (Ace 411) Syllabus
- Advanced Natural Resource Economics (Econ 548/Ace 510) Syllabus
- Environmental Economics (Econ 549/Ace 516)
- Environmental Economics (Econ 415) Syllabus
Industrial Organization
- Introduction to Game Theory (Econ 505) Fall 2021 Syllabus Fall 2022 Syllabus
- Industrial Organization (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Industrial Competition & Monopoly (Econ 480) Syllabus
- Government Regulation of Economic Activity (Econ 481) Syllabus
- Economics of the Digital Economy (Econ 482) Syllabus
- Economics of Innovation and Technology (Econ 483) Syllabus
- Technology and the Future of Jobs (Econ 490) Syllabus
International Economics
Labor Economics
- Labor Market Regulations Around the World (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Economics of Labor Markets (Econ 440) Syllabus
- Collective Bargaining (Econ 542) Syllabus
- Economics of the Workplace (Econ 447) Syllabus
- Employee Compensation and Incentives (Econ 448) Syllabus
Law and Economics
- Law and Economics (Econ 484) Syllabus
- Consumer and Investor Protection (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Corporate Law and Economics (Econ 590) Syllabus Topics Video
Monetary Economics
- Monetary Theory (Econ 516) Fall 2022 Syllabus Summer 2022 Syllabus
- Monetary Policy (Econ 517) Syllabus
Public Economics
- Environmental Economics (Econ 415) Syllabus
- Economics of Taxation (Econ 510) Syllabus
- Public Goods Theory (Econ 511) Syllabus
- Social Insurance (Econ 590) Syllabus
Urban and Regional Economics
- Regional Economics (Econ 590) Syllabus
- Urban Economics (Econ 414) Syllabus
- Economics for Planners (UP 509) Syllabus
In addition to above fields, it is possible to construct new fields. You need the approval of your academic advisor.
Other Recommended Electives
- Public Sector Economics (Econ 411) Syllabus
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (Econ 417) Syllabus
- Health Economics (Econ 418) Syllabus
- Economics of Coordination (Econ 436) Syllabus
- Women in the Economy (Econ 442) Syllabus
- Economics of Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries (455) Syllabus
- Financial Economics (Econ 460) Syllabus
- Financial Econometrics (Econ 472) Syllabus
- Econometrics of Policy Evaluation (Econ 474) Syllabus
- Economic Forecasting (Econ 475) Syllabus
- Business Cycles & Economic Growth (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Economic Growth (Econ 490) Syllabus
- International Environmental Policy (Econ 490) Syllabus
- International Macroeconomic Forecasting (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Macroeconometric Policy Analysis (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Macro Labor Markets (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Nonlinear Econometric Models (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Political Economy (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Topics in Econometrics (Econ 490) Syllabus
- Predictive Analytics (Econ 491) Syllabus
- Introduction to Finance (Fin 500, MSPE Section) Syllabus
- Investments (Fin 511) Syllabus
- Financial Derivatives (Fin 512) Syllabus
- Methods in Surveys and Experiments for Business and Economics (Fin 580) Syllabus
- Linear Algebra related courses (Math 410/415/416/417--any of these)
- Real Analysis related courses (Math 444/447--either of these)
- Applied Regression and Design (Stat 425)
- Statistical Data Management (Stat 440)
- Advanced Data Analysis (Stat 448)