Doctoral Minor
The Economics Department offers 2 distinct Ph.D. minors for doctoral students in other programs who wish to pursue a minor in Economics. In both minors the core courses must be followed by a written preliminary examination on the course material.
Economics Minor
A minor in Economics consists of:
- ECON 501A – Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 501B – Microeconomic Theory II
- ECON 520 – Theory of Quantitative Methods in Economic
and one of the following:
Econometrics Minor
A minor in Econometrics consists of these four courses:
- ECON 520 – Theory of Quantitative Methods in Economics
- ECON 522A – Econometrics I
- ECON 522B – Econometrics II
- An ECON 696 field course in Econometrics
Other courses may be substituted for these courses at the discretion of the Director of Graduate Studies.
For additional information, please contact us.

