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PhD Natural Resources (Natural Resource Economics) at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Programme overview

This concentration lets doctoral students pursue natural resource economics under the natural resources PhD, drawing heavily on the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Economics.

Faculty: Herbert College of Agriculture  |  Department: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (administered within Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries)  |  Duration: 72 semester credit hours of graduate coursework beyond the bachelor's degree  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

Required courses include AREC 600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (24 hours minimum), SNR 601, SNR 612, AREC 520, ECON 511 and 512 Microeconomic Theory, a graduate macroeconomics course, ECON 581, ECON 582 and 583 econometrics, AREC 570 and AREC 670 and two or more courses in a specialization field. Students pass a microeconomic theory qualifying exam, written and oral comprehensive examinations, defend a dissertation proposal and the dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent.

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.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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