Degree requirements
The requirements for the PhD include:
- Academic integrity milestone
- Thirteen courses: eight core requirements (ECON 600, 601, 602, 607, 621, 701, one of {702/703/704}, 721), and five electives, two of which are in a chosen area of concentration
- An area of concentration consists of two non-core courses. Students may take electives outside the department for credit with the approval of the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, or a reading course designed by the supervisor/thesis committee.
- Students must maintain an 80% average to receive their scholarships.
- Qualifying exam in microeconomics and econometrics
- Second Year PhD Paper
- Thesis Proposal Guidelines
- Two seminar milestones
- First seminar milestone - In both years 2 and 3, attend 50% of the department's seminars offered in the fall and winter terms, and write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) explaining about the presentation. Include the seminar date and the name of the presenter. This document will be attached to your Annual Performance Evaluations, in years 2 and 3.
- Second seminar milestone - In both years 3 and 4, a presentation of student's own work at a department seminar.
- Thesis defense - ECON Doctoral Thesis Guidelines
Sequencing through the PhD program
The following sequence represents the typical path through the PhD program.
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Year one - spring term
- Written qualifying exams in microeconomics and econometrics.
Exams will take place the first and third Tuesdays in June. If needed, a second attempt will take place the first and third Tuesdays in August. Only two attempts are allowed.
- Identify a supervisor/thesis committee and area of concentration
Students must inform the department's Associate Chair, Graduate Studies of their chosen area of concentration in August, after the completion of their written qualifying exams. On the advice of their supervisor/thesis committee, they will then choose five courses that are consistent with their area of concentration. If they do not have a supervisor/thesis committee, their course selection must be approved by the department's Associate Chair, Graduate Studies.
Year two
- One of ECON {702/703/704} - macro theory
- 5 total elective graduate courses (two courses must be in student's area of concentration)
- Write Second Year Paper (choose a supervisor and begin work on paper)
- Begin First Seminar milestone - attend a minimum of 50% of the department's and PhD's seminars offered in the fall and winter terms and write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) explaining about the presentation. Include the seminar date and the name of the presenter. This document will be attached to your Annual Performance Evaluations, in years 2 and 3.
Year three
- Present Second Year Paper in a department seminar by October 15, and this will be used as the first part of the Second Seminar milestone
- Thesis proposal (no later than August 31)
- Complete the First Seminar milestone - attend a minimum of 50% of the department's seminars offered in the fall and winter terms and write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) explaining about the presentation. Include the seminar date and the name of the presenter. This document will be attached to your Annual Performance Evaluations, in years 2 and 3.
Year four
- Complete Second Seminar milestone - second presentation of student's own work at a department seminar
- Thesis defense
PhD-Water degree requirements
The program requires the satisfactory completion of the following:
- Same Economics PhD degree requirements - but only require 4 elective courses, not 5 elective courses
- 2 required core Water program courses - WATER 601 and 602
- Research Seminar 2
- Academic Contribution