Master of Arts in Applied Economics

Advisor:
Mark Wheeler,
Room 5453, Friedmann Hall

The M.A. in Applied Economics is designed for those who expect to pursue a career in business or government and prefer a course of study leading to a terminal degree that emphasizes the applications of economics to the problems of these areas. The degree is awarded on the basis of the satisfactory completion of thirty hours in a planned program prepared in consultation with the graduate advisor. Some graduates continue their formal training in economics, pursuing the Ph.D. degree at WMU or at another university.

Admission Requirements

Satisfactory completion of a minimum of twelve undergraduate hours in economics or in equivalents approved by the graduate advisor.
Satisfactory completion of intermediate level courses in microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. Students not meeting this requirement will be admitted with reservation and be required to complete satisfactorily ECON 4030 and 4060.
Satisfactory completion of at least one course in calculus.

Program Requirements

1.

The satisfactory completion of either twenty-four hours of courses plus a master’s thesis or thirty hours, if additional courses are submitted lieu of the thesis, in a planned program prepared in consultation with the graduate advisor.

2.

At least an overall “B” average in the graduate courses that the student takes in an advisor-approved program of study.

3.

ECON 5030 - Economic Computing Credits: 3 hrs.
ECON 5040 - Mathematics for Economists Credits: 3 hrs.
ECON 6030 - Advanced Price Theory Credits: 3 hours
ECON 6070 - Uncertainty and Information Credits: 3 hours
ECON 6190 - Introduction to Econometrics Credits: 3 hrs.
ECON 6220 - Economic Statistics Credits: 3 hours
ECON 6620 - National Income Analysis Credits: 3 hrs.