University Catalog 2024-2025

Economics (MR)

Master of Economics Degree Requirements

Students may select between two of the following degree tracks: Terminal Master's Track and PhD-Prep Track.

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Economics" without track specifications.

Terminal Master's Track

Core Courses12
Applied Econometrics I
Applied Econometrics II
Fundamentals of Microeconomics
Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
Elective Courses12-18
See "Elective Courses" listed below
Other Electives 10-6
"Other Electives" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours30
1

Students may select any 400-level or above course offered by other departments in conjunction with the academic committee.

Elective Courses

Select at least four courses of the following:12
ECG/MA 528Options and Derivatives Pricing3
MA 591Special Topics1-6
ECG/MA 766Computational Methods in Economics and Finance3
ECG 540Economic Development3
ECG 548International Economics3
PS 539International Political Economy3
ECG 515Environmental and Resource Policy3
ECG 715Environmental and Resource Economics3
FOR 519Forest Economics3
ECG 563Applied Microeconometrics3
ECG 750Introduction to Econometric Methods3
ECG 765Mathematical Methods For Economics3
ECG 590Special Economics Topics1-6
ARE 590Special Topics in ARE1-99

PhD-Prep Track

Core Courses12
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference I
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference II
Fundamentals of Microeconomics
Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
Introduction to Econometric Methods
Mathematical Methods For Economics
Elective Courses6-12
See "Elective Courses" listed below
Other Electives 10-6
"Other Electives" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours30
1

Students may select any 400-level or above course offered by other departments in conjunction with the academic committee.

Elective Courses

Select at least four courses from the following:
ECG/MA 528Options and Derivatives Pricing3
MA 591Special Topics1-6
ECG/MA 766Computational Methods in Economics and Finance3
ECG 540Economic Development3
ECG 548International Economics3
PS 539International Political Economy3
ECG 515Environmental and Resource Policy3
ECG 715Environmental and Resource Economics3
FOR 519Forest Economics3
ECG 563Applied Microeconometrics3
ECG 590Special Economics Topics1-6
ARE 590Special Topics in ARE1-99

Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements

The Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree.

This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.

Faculty

  • Steven Allen
  • Henry Banzhaf
  • Alvin B. Brown
  • Mehmet Caner
  • Robert L. Clark
  • Lee A. Clark
  • Jeffrey Dorfman
  • Paul L. Fackler
  • Barry K. Goodwin
  • Roger H. Von Haefen
  • David N. Hyman
  • Melinda Sandler Morrill
  • Thayer Stephen Morrill
  • Luca David Opromolla
  • Nicholas E. Piggott
  • Roderick M. Rejesus
  • Erin Sills
  • Walter N. Thurman
  • Tomislav Vukina
  • Michael L. Walden
  • Mark Walker
  • Junjie Wu
  • Kelly D. Zering
  • Xiaoyong Zheng
  • Kathryn Boys
  • Zachary Brown
  • Umut Dur
  • Harrison Fell
  • Giuseppe Fiori
  • Ivan Todorov Kandilov
  • Karlyn Mitchell
  • Denis Pelletier
  • Eric Edwards
  • Raymond Guiteras
  • Ayse Kabukcuoglu-Dur
  • Ilze Kalnina
  • Daisoon Kim
  • Zheng Li
  • Heidi Schweizer
  • Daniel Tregeagle
  • Adriana Maria Corredor Waldron
  • Tamah Morant
  • William Phan
  • Julianne Treme
  • Charles Lee Moore Sr.
  • David S. Ball
  • Geoffrey A. Benson
  • Richard Harold Bernhard
  • Gerald A. Carlson
  • Leon E. Danielson
  • David Alan Dickey
  • Edmund A. Estes
  • Douglas Fisher
  • David Joseph Flath
  • Thomas J. Grennes
  • Alvin E. Headen
  • Duncan M. Holthausen
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Charles Edward Joyner
  • Charles Robert Knoeber
  • John S. Lapp
  • Stephen E. Margolis
  • Michele C. Marra
  • Elizabeth A. McDermed
  • Michael B. McElroy
  • Arnold W. Oltmans
  • Raymond B. Palmquist
  • Mitch Renkow
  • Charles D. Safley
  • Ronald A. Schrimper
  • V. Kerry Smith
  • Walter J. Wessels
  • Michael K. Wohlgenant

Assistant Professor

  • Andrew Greenland