You will devote the first two years of the program to meeting core and secondary requirements. 

Core requirements include: 

• Microeconomic theory (4 courses of 1.5 credits each, and a preliminary exam in the summer of the first year) 
• Macroeconomic theory (2 courses of 3 credits each, and a preliminary exam in the summer of the first year) 
• Methods (math for economists and 3 econometrics courses of 3 credits each) 

Secondary requirements include: 

• BE seminars (5 courses of 1.5 credits each, with a B+-average grade requirement) 
• A field of economics, such as industrial organization, international economics, or labor economics (2 courses, plus a field exam in the summer of the second year) 
• Additional courses as necessary 
   

You will complete an empirical research project by the end of your third year. 

You are expected to fulfill core and secondary requirements, including micro and macro preliminaries, and a field exam in one chosen field by the end of the summer of your second year to pass into candidacy. The remainder of the program is devoted to the dissertation.