The M.A. program requires four core courses:
- MATH 6080: Introduction to Statistical Inference or CCC 7300 Quantitative Analysis
- ECON 6223: Econometrics
- PECN 6110: Advanced Positive Political Economy
- PECN 6100: Advanced Seminar for MA Students
Students choose five of the following elective courses:
- SOCI 6130: Race, Crime and Control
- POLS 7116: Graduate Professional Skills
- ECON 6680: Economics of Poverty
- PHIL 6510: Theories of Economic Justice
- ECON 6300: Regulation
- ECON 6330: International Trading Relations
- ECON 6500: Health Economics & Policy
- ECON 6520: Economics of Public Expenditures
- ECON 6530: Economics of Taxation
- ECON 6540: Public Finance & Public Policy
- ECON 6560: Comparative Economic Systems
- ECON 6580: Labor & Population In Latin America
- ECON 6590: Economic Development of Latin America
- ECON 6600: Inequality & Poverty in Latin America
- ECON 6660: Seminar on Latin American Countries
- ECON 6680: Economics of Poverty
- ECON 6710: Economics of Education Policy and Reform