Degree Requirements
Prerequisite Courses: The courses listed below are in addition to the 36 hours required for the degree and will normally have been completed in a previous undergraduate degree program. However, they may be assigned as part of the admissions process based on a review of each student’s transcript. Prerequisite courses can be exempted if equivalent coursework has been previously completed with grades of B or higher. (If a student received a grade lower than a B in a principles class, but subsequently received a grade of B or higher in an intermediate level class in the same subject, the requirement may also be exempted).
- ECON 3900 Macroeconomics
- ECON 3910 Microeconomics
Program of Study
A program of study plan must be completed by the student in consultation with and approved by the department’s Faculty Program Director. The Program of Study plan lists the required and elective courses to be taken by the graduate student to meet the degree requirements of the master’s degree program. The student also must declare whether s/he will take the thesis or the nonthesis option. The Program of Study must be approved by the department’s Faculty Program Director and submitted to Office of Academic Assistance by the end of the first year or after eighteen (18) semester hours of coursework have been completed. The Program of Study form for the Thesis Track, Nonthesis Track, and Policy Track are available at: https://aysps.gsu.edu/program/economics-ma/.
Thirty-six hours of graduate coursework, including 12 credit hours of required courses and 24 credit hours of designated elective courses and submission of a portfolio are required to complete the degree program.
Required Core Courses (12 Hours)
Twelve semester hours of course work that provides coverage of areas essential to economic policy concerns, such as the private sector, the public sector, and essential quantitative analysis skills.
Choose One Additional Course
Designated Elective Courses (18 Hours)
These courses provide coverage in additional areas of economic policy concern. Eighteen credit hours (six elective courses) selected from the courses listed below are required. The student’s Faculty Program Director must approve designated electives in advance.
Elective Fields (6 Hours)
A minimum of two courses in one of the following areas must be completed:
- Environmental, Urban, and Regional Economics (EURE)
- Experimental Economics
- International Economics
- Labor Economics
- Public Finance
- Program Evaluation
- Quantitative Methods
The list of courses available for each of these fields is provided below. The list is not exhaustive as in many cases there may be several different courses that could satisfy the field requirement. Students should consult and obtain approval for the courses that will constitute their field from the Faculty Program Director as part of the Program of Study plan.
Portfolio of Coursework Materials
Students will assemble a Portfolio composed of materials from their course work. The Portfolio will be submitted during their proposed graduating semester. These materials may include items such as term papers, annotated bibliographies, and the like.
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