Analytics Track, M.A.

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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 the topic of their required analytic capstone paper (program total 33 credit hours). 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 credit hours of coursework have been completed.

The Program of Study form is available at:

Program of Study Form

Degree Requirements

This degree requires 33 credit hours of graduate coursework, as approved by the Faculty Program Director through an approved Program of Study plan (described above), and an analytic capstone paper must be completed.

Required Courses (9 Credit Hours)

ECON 8100 - Applied Microeconomic Analysis 3 Credit Hours
ECON 8110 - Macroeconomic Analysis 3 Credit Hours

Choose:

Choose one of the following two courses:

ECON 8740 - Applied Statistics and Econometrics 3 Credit Hours
MATH 6751 - Mathematical Statistics I 3 Credit Hours

Research Skill Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

Select one of the following:

ECON 8840 - Applied Statistics and Econometrics II 3 Credit Hours
MATH 6752 - Mathematical Statistics II 3 Credit Hours
A course chosen in consultation with the Faculty Program Director

Analytic Elective Fields (9 Credit Hours)

A minimum of three courses from the following list of analytic courses must be completed:

ECON 8720 - Introduction to Data Management and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
ECON 8730 - Coding in R for Policy Analytics 3.0 Credit Hours
ECON 8780 - Financial Econometrics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 8899 - Causal Inference and Evidence-based Policy 3 Credit Hours
ECON 8980 - Research in Economics 3 Credit Hours
MGT 8040 - Data Mining 3 Credit Hours
MGT 8150 - Business Modeling 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8551 - Data Analysis and Visualization 3 Credit Hours
Other related courses with approval from the Faculty Program Director.

Four Economic Courses (12 Credit Hours)

Choose four economic courses (12 credit hours), chosen in consultation with the Faculty Program Director and approved on your Program of Study.

Analytic Capstone Paper

A high-quality paper, approved by the student’s major professor and the department’s Faculty Program Director, demonstrating that the student has the ability to examine an economic problem at a level consistent with advanced graduate coursework in economics and data analytics.

Graduate Assistant Requirement

Please note, graduate assistants are required to enroll for a minimum of 12 credit hours each Fall and Spring semester and 9 credit hours each Summer semester. These credit hours consist of courses required for the prescribed 33 credit hours program of study, as well as additional hours in ECON 8999 - Masters Research in Economics .