Master of Arts

Economics

School of Humanities & Sciences

MA
PhD
PhD Minor

Overview

An MA degree may only be pursued in combination with a doctoral degree from Economics or another department at the university. Students must be enrolled in a PhD program at Stanford before adding the Economics MA degree. Economics students may, but need not, elect to add this degree to their current PhD degree after they have been enrolled at Stanford for at least one quarter.

Non-economics PhD students must have completed Stanford University requirements for a BA in Economics or approximately equivalent training. Since non-Econ PhD students are required to take some of the same courses as Economics PhD candidates, similar preparation in mathematics and statistics is generally expected before the petition to add the MA is approved.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Requirements Overview

A master’s program must satisfy these criteria:

Completing, at Stanford, at least 45 units of credit beyond those required for the bachelor’s degree, of which at least 40 units must be in the Department of Economics.
Any undergraduate courses taken toward the master’s must be numbered 105 or higher. No seminar courses numbered 300 or above can be counted.
A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 must be maintained for all master’s level work. All lecture courses must be taken for a letter grade

Microeconomics

Metrics Sequence

Each course in the Metrics Sequence must be completed with a B- or better.

Complete at least 1 of the following:

Intermediate Econometrics

Beginning Econometrics

Complete additional coursework toward the 45 unit requirement:

Any undergraduate courses taken must be numbered 105 or higher. No seminar courses numbered 300 or above can be counted.

Complete at least 3 of the following courses:

Term Papers or Additional Coursework

Complete at least 1 of the following:

Term Papers

Additional Coursework

Overview

Requirements

Program Requirements

Requirements Overview

A master’s program must satisfy these criteria:

Completing, at Stanford, at least 45 units of credit beyond those required for the bachelor’s degree, of which at least 40 units must be in the Department of Economics.
Any undergraduate courses taken toward the master’s must be numbered 105 or higher. No seminar courses numbered 300 or above can be counted.
A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 must be maintained for all master’s level work. All lecture courses must be taken for a letter grade

Microeconomics

Metrics Sequence

Each course in the Metrics Sequence must be completed with a B- or better.

Complete at least 1 of the following:

Intermediate Econometrics

Beginning Econometrics

Complete additional coursework toward the 45 unit requirement:

Any undergraduate courses taken must be numbered 105 or higher. No seminar courses numbered 300 or above can be counted.