MA Economics at University of Arkansas

Programme overview

The MA in Economics requires 30 credit hours (non-thesis) or at least 42 hours (thesis) and prepares students for private or public sector careers or doctoral study.

Faculty: Sam M. Walton College of Business | Department: Economics | Duration: Non-thesis: one year; thesis: three or four semesters | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

21 hours of core (Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Microeconomic Theory I and II, Macroeconomic Theory I and II, Econometrics I and II or III), 6 hours of an applied field and a 3-hour graduate seminar. Non-thesis students pass written micro and macro comprehensive exams; thesis students complete 6 thesis hours and a defense.

Career pathways

Private or public sector careers or doctoral programmes.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Meet Graduate School and Graduate School of Business requirements; admission by the departmental admissions committee; satisfactory performance in intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, statistics, two semesters of calculus and linear algebra. A 3.00 cumulative GPA is required to graduate.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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