MA in Applied Economics - Mathematical Methods Concentration
| This concentration is intended for students with strong mathematics backgrounds. In
this concentration, majority of the electives are graduate-level MATH and STAT courses. Some of the coursework may count toward the Graduate Certificate in Economic Data Analytics |
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| CORE COURSES (15 hours) | |
| ECON 465G1 | Regression and Econometrics (fall/spring) |
| ECON 502 | Applied Microeconomic Theory (fall) |
| ECON 503 | Applied Macroeconomic Theory (fall) |
| ECON 506 | Applied Statistical Methods (fall) |
| ECON 594 | Forecasting (spring) |
| ELECTIVES2 (9-12 hours) | |
| ECON 400G | Issues in Capital Market Economics |
| ECON 420G | Public Sector Economics |
| ECON 430G | Environmental and Resource Economics |
| ECON 434G | Economics of Poverty and Discrimination |
| ECON 445G | Economics of Healthcare |
| ECON 464G | Introduction to Mathematical Economics |
| ECON 496G | International Monetary Economics |
| ECON 507 | Data Methods in Economics |
| ECON 598 | Directed Studies |
| MATH 405G | Numerical Analysis I |
| MATH 406G | Numerical Analysis II |
| MATH 431G | Intermediate Analysis I |
| MATH 470G | Introduction to Operations Res |
| MATH 482G | Probability and Statistics-II |
| MATH 529 | Applied Probability |
| MATH 531 | Advanced Differential Equations |
| MATH 532 | Real Analysis |
| MATH 540 | Stochastic Processes |
| MATH 541 | Graph Theory |
| MATH 542 | Advanced Topics in Discrete Mat |
| MATH 570 | Topics in Operations Research |
| MATH 590 | Special Topics in Mathematics |
| MATH 598 | Graduate Seminar: Communicating |
| STAT 549 | Statistical Methods I |
| STAT 550 | Statistical Methods II |
| APPLIED PROJECT (3-6 hours) | |
| ECON 596 | Applied Economics Project |
| 1 Students with prior credit for ECON 465 or its equivalent will be required to take
3 additional hours of electives. 2 If only 9 hours of electives are completed, students must sign up for the 6-hour ECON 596. If 12 hours of electives are taken, students may register for the 3-hour ECON 596. Electives shown are based on recently offered courses. Not all courses may be available and other electives may be offered. At least 9 hours of electives must be MATH or STAT courses. Up to 6 hours of graduate coursework can be taken outside the Economics department, subject to approval by the program director. |
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Department of Economics
Grise Hall 431
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11059
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270.745.2249
econ@wku.edu
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