Oregon State University's Applied Economics Graduate Program provides curricula leading to the MA, MS, and PhD degrees in Applied Economics. The curricula provide, at both master's and doctoral levels, a foundation of rigorous courses in economic theory, and econometrics and other quantitative methods. Areas of concentration are available in resource and environmental economics, trade and development, public health economics, and (for the MA/MS only) transportation economics. Students employ economic theories, principles, and methods to examine real-world problems with significant attention to data and institutions
The program is offered by distinguished economists distributed across many academic departments at Oregon State University, including the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the Department of Economics, the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, the Department of Forest Resources, Engineering and Management, and the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences. Many students are supported by graduate teaching or graduate research assistantships. Applicants to the program may indicate interests in those assistantships. The Graduate School also provides information related to financing your graduate education.
Master's Degree: Prerequisites to the Master's degree include intermediate courses in microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, calculus, linear algebra, and statistics. Master's students complete graduate courses in microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, econometrics/quantitative methods, an area of concentration in resource and environmental economics or trade and development or public health economics or transportation economics, and a thesis. MA, MS
Doctoral Degree: Prerequisites to the Doctoral degree include the requirements from the Master's degree or its equivalence. Doctoral students complete additional coursework in economic theory, econometrics and other quantitative methods, and two areas of concentration. PhD
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