Master's Degree in Specialized Economic Analysis: International Trade, Finance, and Development Program

Fall Term: Core Knowledge (September - December)

Course Title

Economic Growth and Development

International Trade and Finance

Quantitative and Statistical Methods I

Winter Term: Applications (January - March)

Course Title

Students must enroll in one section of the following course:

Quantitative and Statistical Methods II: Development

Quantitative and Statistical Methods II: Finance

Choose 15 credits from the following courses:

Money and Exchange Rates

Economics of Migration

Systemic Risk and Financial Crises

Firms, Technology and Trade Policy

Development Economics

Political Economy

Macroeconomics

Spring Term: Advanced Topics and Policy (April - June)

Course Title

Mandatory:

Master Project

Policy Lessons

Policy Lessons are shared by all programs in the Master's in Specialized Economic Analysis. Students must choose two Policy Lessons among those organized by any of the programs (Competition, EPP, ITFD, and Macro)

Choose 12 credits from the following courses:

Sovereign Debt and International Financial Markets

Topics in Economic Growth and Development

Social Economics

Trade, Misallocation and Growth

Empirical Asset Pricing and Banking

Econometric Methods III

Geert Mesters

Experimental Economics

Advanced PhD-level courses: permission from director required

Topics in Macro VI: Cities and the Geography of Growth*

Topics in Macro VII: Macro-Finance*

Topics in Macro VIII: International Macroeconomics*

Topics in Applied Economics IV: Labor Economics*

Topics in Applied Economics V: Long Term Persistance*