Note:  The Economics Department offers only four courses that are explicitly for the MAE Program:  Econ 500, 501, 502, and 503.  The remainder of your program will be selected from Courses at the 400 level taken for graduate credit, several 500-level courses that are offered by the School of Public Policy and cross-losted with Economics, and graduate-level courses in other units, including especially Public Policy and Business.  MAE students are not normally eligible to take 600-level courses in the Economics Department, since these are not applied in their orientation and are intended for, and reserved for, Ph.D. students.  There are only a few exceptions, which are listed below.

MAE Core Courses

Econ 500 Quantitative Economics.

A course designed for students in the MAE program. The use of mathematics enables economists to describe and solve complex problems that cannot be tackled effectively in any other way. A modern economist must know how to turn economic problems into mathematical problems, how to solve them, and how to interpret the results. The course will focus on general techniques of solving several important classes of mathematical problems frequently encountered in economics. In the first part of the course, we will learn the language of mathematics: how to manipulate mathematical objects such as sets, functions, graphs, derivatives, equations and matrices. The second part will describe the basic techniques of solving the systems of equations and finding the maxima of functions. The third part will introduce probability theory and elements of statistical inference.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Econ 501 Applied Microeconomic Theory.

A course designed for students in the MAE program. Basic models in the principal areas of microeconomic theory are covered: consumer demand, production and costs, product markets, factor markets, allocative efficiency, and corrections for market failure. Most of the course is spent studying the use of these tools in the analysis of specific microeconomic policy problems. Application of theory to current policy problems is stressed, and a substantial amount of class time is devoted to exercises based on such problems.
Prerequisite: Intermediate microeconomic theory.

Econ 502 Applied Macroeconomic Theory.

A course designed for students in the MAE program. Approximately one third of the course is spent reviewing and elaborating on standard macro theory of the sort covered in an advanced undergraduate course. The remainder of the time is spent on applications of this theory to problems of stabilizing aggregate demand, unemployment and inflation, economic growth, and macroeconomics of open economies.
Prerequisite: Intermediate macroeconomic theory.

Econ 503 Econometrics for Applied Economics.

This course is an introduction to econometric methods and their use in applied economic analysis. Most of the course focuses on multiple regression analysis, beginning with ordinary least squares estimation and then considering the implications and treatment of serial correlation, heteroskedasticity, specification error, and measurement error. The course also provides an introduction to simultaneous equations models and models for binary dependent variables.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

MAE Field Courses

Economic Demography/Development

Economics 466, for graduate credit, Economics of Population
Economics 461, for graduate credit, Economics of Development I
School of Public Policy 534, Economics of Developing Countries

Economic History

Finance

Economics 435, for graduate credit, Financial Economics
Finance 551, Financial Management
Finance 608, Capital Markets and Investment Strategy
Finance 610, Investments