WKU Graduate Studies
MA Applied Economics Curriculum
- 30 Hour Minimum
- 1 Year to Graduation for full time students
- 12-15 Hour Core—ECON 465G*, 502, 503, 506, 594
- 9-12 Hours of Electives
- A thesis or applied project is required.
- Maximum of 12 Hours of 4XXG Credit
*Students with prior credit for 465 or its equivalent will be required to take 3 additional hours of electives
Courses
- ECON 502 - Applied Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 503 - Applied Macroeconomic Theory
- ECON 506 - Applied Statistical Methods
- ECON 571 - Public Sector Economics
- ECON 581 - Survey of Public Finance (directed study only)
- ECON 582 - Seminar in Economic History (directed study only)
- ECON 583 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory (directed study only)
- ECON 585 - Topics in Macroeconomics (directed study only)
- ECON 591 - International Economics (spring)
- ECON 594 - Forecasting (spring)
- ECON 595 - Labor and Human Resource Economics
- ECON 596 - Applied Economics Project (summer) (New)
- ECON 597 - Practicum in Economics (summer)
- ECON 598 - Directed Studies
- ECON 599 - Thesis and Research Writing
- ECON 600 - Maintaining Matriculation
- ECON 400G - Issues in Capital Market Economics
- ECON 410G - Seminar in Economics
- ECON 430G - Environmental and Resource Economics
- ECON 434G - The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
- ECON 440G - American Industry
- ECON 464G - Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- ECON 465G - Regression and Econometric Analysis
- ECON 475G - Urban and Regional Economics
- ECON 496G - International Monetary Economics
