Field	Major and Minor Requirements
Econometrics	Major: Econ. 273; 274 and/or 276. Please discuss the additional econometrics and statistics requirements with faculty in the field and the DGS.  Minor: Econ. 273; 274 or 276
Economic History	Major and Minor:  Econ. 235 and 236  Seminar for Majors: Econ. 375 or other courses approved by the faculty and the DGS.
Financial Econometrics	Major: Please consult the faculty in the field and the DGS.  Minor: Non-majors may take the Financial Econometrics courses but a minor in Financial Econometrics is not offered.
Health Economics	Major and Minor: Econ. 250 and 255 Seminar for Majors: Econ. 375
International Trade and Development	Major and Minor: Econ. 261 and 263 Seminar for Majors: Econ. 361
Labor Economics	Major and Minor: Econ. 291 and 294  Seminar for Majors: Econ. 375
Microeconomic Theory/Industrial Organization	Major and Minor: 2 courses from Econ. 221, 225, and 248  Seminar for Majors: Econ. 375 or other courses approved by the faculty and the DGS.
Open-Economy Monetary Economics and  Macroeconomics	Major and Minor: Econ. 281 together with Econ. 262 or 386  Seminar for Majors: Econ. 381

Our program provides a great deal of flexibility and we work with students to design courses of study that fit their academic goals.  For example, although we do not offer a minor field in financial econometrics, students with interests in macroeconomics can easily satisfy their major and minor field requirements and still take the two courses in financial econometrics. In addition to the seven core courses, students are required to take eight PhD level courses.  Those with macro interests might take Econ. 281 and Econ. 262, two econometrics courses (Econ. 273 and 274), the the two financial econometrics courses, a third-year seminar course in macroeconomics, and another course complementary with their interests. For the last course, macroeconomics students with a specific focus on the international aspects of the field might take the international economics class, Econ. 261; others might want to take a macroeconomics course at Duke University or a finance course from the Business School at UNC or Duke   The major field would be Open-Economy Macroeconomics and International Finance, and the minor field would be Econometrics.  The web page link for Open-Economy Macroeconomics and International Finance explains other alternatives.

There are also a number of possibilities for students with interests in the microeconomic fields.  For example, students with policy interests in health economics might take our two health courses in the second year, two econometrics courses (Econ. 273 and 276), along with public finance courses at Duke or UNC.  In the third year, students with a major field in Health Economics often enroll in a Duke University health economics class.  Those with specific interests in public finance could take two public finance courses, at least one of which would be at Duke University, two econometrics courses (Econ. 273 and most likely Econ. 276), and two courses in one of the other fields that is listed above and is complementary with public finance.  Those with interests in political economy might take the micro theory courses, which heavily emphasize game theory and information, two econometrics courses (Econ. 273 and 276), and two public finance courses.   Students who want to focus intensively on microeconomic theory and industrial organization take two of the microeconomic theory courses offered by our department along with econometrics and two (or three) microeconomic theory/industrial organization courses from the Economics Department at Duke University or from the Business Schools at UNC or Duke.

There are many other options for structuring an academic program.  Students should consult with faculty in their fields and the Director of Graduate Studies about the options.
 

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