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MA Economics at West Virginia University

West Virginia University, United States

Programme overview

Master of Arts in Economics preparing students for doctoral study, training them to conduct independent publishable research with theoretical and empirical methods.

Faculty: John Chambers College of Business and Economics  |  Department: Economics  |  Duration: 31 credit hours; suggested plan spans two years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

31 credit hours: advanced micro and macro theory (ECON 701, 702, 711, 712), Mathematical Economics, Econometrics 1 and 2, independent study, 6 hours of 700-level electives and a research paper suitable for submission to a refereed journal.

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Application information

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 applications are made through the WVU online graduate application with a $75 application fee (waivers for WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military and veterans, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members); minimum cumulative GPA 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission, and some programmes require higher. International graduate applicants also pay the non-refundable $75 fee.

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