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PhD in Health Economics

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Located in Los Angeles on the USC University Park Campus, the USC PhD program in health economics offers students the opportunity to help shape the future of health care through groundbreaking research and innovative policy solutions. Our multidisciplinary program offers rigorous training in microeconomics, econometrics, cost effectiveness analysis, welfare economics, public finance, epidemiology and health status measurement. Students in the program work closely with our world-renowned faculty, gaining the practical research experience needed to launch their careers.

Our program offers numerous benefits to help position our students for future success. All of our PhD students are fully funded, including tuition remission and stipend, for up to five years through teaching and research assistantships or competitive fellowships.  Many of our students participate in internships that offer real world experience and networking opportunities in industry, policy analysis and consulting.  Our department’s affiliation with the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics provides opportunities for students to work closely with distinguished faculty from across USC on impactful projects. Bolstered in part by our strong alumni network, our students are highly sought after for positions in academia, government and industry.

“I chose the Health Economics PhD program at USC for three reasons: the strong concentration of health economics faculty here as compared to traditional economics departments, the rigor of economics training compared to other applied programs, and quality of life (i.e., location in sunny Southern California and funding from a USC School of Pharmacy fellowship).”

Laura Henkhaus

Phd, health economics ’19, data scientist, hill physicians medical group, the 117th usc mann commencement | saturday, may 11, 2024.

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Students who have received, or will soon receive, the Ph.D. in Economics are assisted by the Department in finding suitable career positions. The Department learns of available openings for qualified economists through an exchange of information with universities, colleges, government agencies, and research institutes.

The Department staff coordinates and facilitates placement activities, and a faculty member oversees and advises placement.  Serious effort is made to help students find positions in which their capacities will be both used and rewarded.  The Department has been highly successful in placing students, which is a reflection on the quality of its students and their training, and the importance the Department places on this activity.

Placement Outcomes

2023-2024 (jobs starting fall 2024).

• Baylor University; Clinical Assistant Professor
• Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School; Assistant Professor
• Duke University; Assistant Professor of Economics
• Georgia State University; Assistant Professor 
• Hoover Institution at Stanford; Fellow
• NYU; Assistant Professor
• Pepperdine University; Assistant Professor 
• Princeton University; Post-doc, Assistant Professor
• UCL; Assistant Professor

Government / Research

• Boston Fed; Economist
• DOJ; Economist
• IMF; Economist
• Office of Management and Budget; Economist
• Treasury Office of Tax Analysis; Financial Economist
• US Department of the Treasury; Researcher
• World Bank; Economist
• Amazon (PXT Central Science, SF office); Economist
• Uber; Applied Scientist

2022-2023 (Jobs Starting Fall 2023)

• Institute for Fiscal Studies at University College London ; Post-doc
• Haas School of Business ; Post-doc
• UC Berkeley ; Post-doc
• Nova School of Business and Economics ; Assistant Professor
• Nova School of Business and Economics; Assistant Professor 
• UCLA; Assistant Professor
• Columbia Law School; Associate Professor of Law
• Haas School of Business; Post-doc
• Chicago University; Post-doc
• Columbia; Assistant Professor of Economics
• Wharton, University of Pennsylvania ; Post-doc
• University of Michigan (AP); Assistant Professor
• Princeton; Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Santa Clara University; Assistant Professor
• U Toronto (Rotman); Assistant Professor
• Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute ; Visiting Research Fellow
• Fed Board; Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Research; Economist
• IMF Economist Program 
• California Budget and Policy Center Senior; Policy Analyst
• Fed Board; Economist - Research and Statistics Division
• Cornerstone; Research Associate
• Amazon; Economist-I for the PXTCS Team

2021-2022 (Jobs Starting Fall 2022)

• LMU in Germany, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• Oxford University, Department of Economics; Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Economics at The Queen’s College
• Toulouse School of Economics, Department of Economics; Assistant Professor
• UC San Diego Rady, Department of Economics & Strategic Management; Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Department of Economics; Assistant Instructional Professor
• University of Oxford Saïd Business School; Finance Department; Associate Professor
• Princeton University; Industrial Relations Section Postdoctoral Research Associate 
• Yale University, MacMillan Center; Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer
• UC Berkeley, Center for Applications of Mathematics and Statistics to Economics; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Research Unit; Economist
• World Bank, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME); Economist
• US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies; Economist
• briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality; Postdoctoral Fellow
• Employ America; Senior Economist
• Center for Global Development; Postdoctoral Researcher
• Amazon; Applied Scientist
• Google; Economist
• Uber, Middle Mile Market Place; Research Scientist

2020-2021 (Jobs Starting Fall 2021)

• Boston University, Questrom School of Business: Assistant Professory of Finance
• Caltech, Division of Humanities/Social Sciences: Postdoc in Economic Theory
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Finance Dept: Assistant Professor
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies: Postdoc Associate
• MIT, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile): Assistant Professor (2)
• Tufts University, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business: Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Ottawa, Dept of Economics: Assistant Professor
• University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Economics, Assistant Professor
• University of Washington,  Evans School of Public Policy and Governance: Assistant Professor
• Yale University, School of Management: Assistant Professor
• Yale University: Postdoc Fellow

Government/Public Sector

• Federal Reserve Board, International Finance: Economist
• JP Morgan, Global Economic Research: US Economics/Vice President
• McKinsey & Company, DC office: Associate
• Robinhood, Data Science

2019-2020 (Jobs Starting Fall 2020)

• University of Sydney
• University of Utah School of Business
• New Economic School
• HEC Montreal
• London School of Economics
• Naval Postgraduate School,
• University of Iowa
• Washington University Olin School of Business
• University of Chicago
• Georgetown Policy
• University of Nottingham
• NBER Household Finance Postdoc
• Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
• Bank of Canada
• Analysis Group
• Mathematica
• Capital One

2018-2019 (Jobs Starting Fall 2019)

• George Washington University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• HEC Montreal - Assistan t Professor
• Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology - Assistant Professor 
• Indiana University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• London School of Economics - Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• National University of Singapore - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California Los Angeles (3) – Department of Economics -Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Booth School of Business – Department of Marketing - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris Policy School – Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health – Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick, England – Department of Finance - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors – Economist
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Economist
• San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank – Economist
• SEC, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis– Economist
• Amazon – Economist
• Analysis Group – Economist
• Cornerstone Research (2)– Economist
• Pandora – Economist

2017-2018 (Jobs Starting Fall 2018)

• Academia Sinica - Economist
• Baruch College - Assistant Professor
• Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) - Post Doctoral Fellow
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Economist
• Monash University -  Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Public Policy Institute of California - Economist
• Stockholm University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies - Assistant Professor
• University of British Columbia – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School – Assistant Professor
• University of Melbourne, Australia – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• Urban Institute – Research Associate
• Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Fellow

2016-2017 (Jobs Starting Fall 2017)

• Amazon - Economist
• Analysis Group - Associate
• Bocconi University - Department of Decision Sciences - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Assistant Professor
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Economist
• Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Goethe University - Safe Center-
• NBER - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Northwestern - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Oxford Nuffield - Post Doctoral Fellow
• Princeton University - Assistant Professor
• PUC-Chile - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Resources for the Future - Post Doctoral Fellow
• True North Managers LLP (India) - Economist
• University of Michigan - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Wisconsin - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Wesleyan University - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2015-2016 (Jobs Starting Fall 2016)

• Analysis Group- Associate
• BI Norwegian Business School – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Congressional Budget Office- Tax Analysis Division- Associate Analyst
• Cornerstone Research- Associate (2)
• Federal Housing and Finance Agency- Economist
• NYU Shanghai- Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Peterson Institute for International Economics - Research Fellow
• RAND – Economics and Statistics - Research Economist
• University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennyslvania - Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies - Economist
• World Bank - Development Research Group - Research Economist

2014-2015 (Jobs Starting Fall 2015)

• Amazon (2) – Economist
• El Colegio de Mexico – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard Business School – Assistant Professor
• Haverford College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• IMT- Department of Economics - Lucca, Italy
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Economist
• Middlebury College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Monash University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• NERA Economic Consulting – Economist
• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management – Assistant Professor
• RAND – Associate Economist
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Assistant Professor
• Stanford University – Department of Management Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor
• University College London – Department of Economics - Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
• University College London – Department of Economics - Post Doctoral Fellow
• University of Michigan – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2013-2014 (Jobs Starting Fall 2014)

• Banca d’Italia- Post Doctoral Researcher
• Bowdoin College – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Chinese University of Hong Kong– Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Columbia University - Business School - Assistant Professor
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Research Department – Economist
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University – Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Microsoft Research - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Edinburgh – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago Booth - School of Business - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Montreal – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Munich – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Universtat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain at CREI (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional) - Post Doctoral Researcher
• University of Queensland, Australia – School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Yale University – Cowles Foundation - Post Doctoral Researcher
• Yale University – School of Management - Assistant Professor

2012-2013 (Jobs Starting Fall 2013)

• Alvarez and Marsal – Global Forensics and Disputes Group – Director
• Carnegie Mellon University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Center for Global Development – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Columbia University – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Federal Communications Commission - Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis – Economist
• Michigan State University – Department of Finance - Assistant Professor
• OnPoint Analytics – Economist
• Peking University (Beijing, China) – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Princeton University - Julis-Rabinwitz Center for Public Policy and Finance – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Diego – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Iowa – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Houston – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan – Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Oregon – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Southern California – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Technology (Sydney, Australia) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto (Canada) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Warwick (United Kingdom) – Department of Economics - Assistant Professor

2011-2012 (Jobs Starting Fall 2012)

• Bank of Canada – Senior Analyst
• Black Rock - Economist
• The Brattle Group –Economist
• Columbia University – Business School – Assistant Professor
• Duke University - Assistant Professor
• International Monetary Fund – Economist
• McGill University - Assistant Professor
• Moody’s  Analytics – Economist
• National University of Singapore - Assistant Professor
• New Economics School in Moscow, Russia - Assistant Professor
• Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management - Assistant Professor
• Peking University – HSBC Business School - Assistant Professor
• Securities and Exchange Commission – Economist
• RAND Corporation – Economist
• Stanford University - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of California, San Francisco – Public Health Economist/Physician Residency
• University of Texas, Dallas – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto – Rotman School of Business - Assistant Professor

2010-2011 (Jobs Starting Fall 2011)

• ApplEcon, LLC – Senior Economist
• Black Rock’s Global Macro Strategies Group - Associate
• Boston University – Assistant Professor
• Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Case Western, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Claremont McKenna College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• Columbia University – Post-Doctoral
• Cornerstone Research – Associate
• Harvard - Kennedy School of Government – Assistant Professor
• Hebrew University – Assistant Professor
• Highbridge Capital Management - Economist
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology– Assistant Professor
• Innovations for Poverty Action – Post-Doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund – Economist (Total of four IMF appointments for 2011.)
• Joint Committee on Taxation – Economist
• Oakland Athletics – Director of Baseball Operations
• St. Olaf College, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Arizona, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• University of Toronto, Department of Economics – Assistant Professor
• World Bank – Economist (Total of two IMF appointments for 2011.)
• World Bank – Young Professionals Program

2009-2010 (Jobs Starting Fall 2010)

• American Enterprise Institute - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Applied Economics Group at MIT Sloan - Assistant Professor
• Claremont Graduate University, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• ESSEC Business School in Paris, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Freddie Mac - Economist
• INCAE Business School in Costa Rica - Assistant Professor
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers - Economist
• RAND Corporation - Economist
• Reed College, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Law School - Assistant Professor of Law
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy – Lecturer
• University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Departments of Economics and Public Policy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Wallis Institute of Political Economy - Post-Doctoral Researcher
• University of Warwick, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Zurich, Department of Economics - Post-Doctoral Researcher

2008-2009 (Jobs Starting Fall 2009)

• Academia Sinica - Assistant Research Fellow
• El Colegio de Mexcio- Post-Doctoral Researcher
• El Colegio de Mexico, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• Federal Bank of New York - Economist
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - Research Economist
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Economist
• Harvard University - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy
• Institute of Economic Policy Research - Post-doctoral Researcher
• International Monetary Fund - Economist
• Northwestern Law School- Visiting Assistant Professor
• Syncsort, Inc - Market Research Analyst
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Assistant Professor
• University of California, Berkeley - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago - Assistant Professor
• University of Oklahoma - Assistant Professor
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Treasury- Special Assistant
• US Government Agency - Senior Fellow
• USC, Marshall School of Business - Assistant Professor (Tenure track)
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program - Economist

2007-2008 (Jobs Starting Fall 2008)

• Arizona State University, W.P Carey School of Business - Assistant Professor
• Carleton University - Assistant Professor
• Colgate College - Assistant Professor
• Dartmouth College - Assistant Professor
• Davis Polk & Wardwell, Department of Law – Attorney/Economist
• Department of Justice - Antitrust Division – Research Economist
• Hamilton College - Assistant Professor
• Harvard University - Assistant Professor
• Haverford College - Assistant Professor
• Korea Institute of Finance – Research Economist
• London School of Economics - Assistant Professor
• Mathematica Policy Research – Economist
• McKinsey and Company – Economist          
• The Parthenon Group- Economist
• Princeton University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of British Columbia - Assistant Professor
• University for California, Los Angeles ­- Assistant Professor
• University for California, Santa Barbara - Assistant Professor
• University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business – Adjunct Professor
• University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy - Post-doctoral Researcher
• University of Michigan, Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
• University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Post-doctoral Researcher
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil -- Assistant Professor
• US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Economist
• Washington University - Assistant Professor
• World Bank, Young Professionals Program
• Yale University - Lecturer
• Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies - Post-doctoral Researcher
• Gavea Investimentos, Brazil – Research Economist

2006-2007 (Jobs Starting Fall 2007)

• Barclays Global Investors – Economist
• Bank of Thailand - Economist
• Beijing University - Assistant Professor
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Research Economist
• Canada Revenue Agency – Senior Consultant
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Economist
• Collegio Carlo Alberto - Assistant Professor
• Cornerstone Research - Research Economist
• Department of Justice - Economic Analysis Group – Economist
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Economist
• Harvard University - Post-doctoral Researcher
• McKinsey & Company - Economist
• University California, Irvine - Assistant Professor
• University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - Assistant Professor
• Universidad de Chile - Assistant Professor
• University of Guanajuato, Mexico - Assistant Professor
• University of Michigan - Assistant Professor
• University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School - Assistant Professor
• US Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies – Research Economist
• Vanderbilt Law School - Assistant Professor
• Yale University - Assistant Professor

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Nadia Kanagawa, PhD 2018

Premodern Japan

• Instructor of Asian Studies and History, Furman University, 2018-present

Young Sun Park, PhD 2018

Modern Korean History

• Assistant Professor of History, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, 2019-present
• Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in History, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, 2018-2019

Sari Siegel, PhD 2018

• Geoffrey H. Hartman Postdoctoral Fellow, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University, 2018-2019
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in the History of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2019-2021
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, UCLA, 2019-Present
• Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2021-Present
• Founding Director, Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2021-Present

Yu Tokunaga, PhD 2018

20th Century U.S.

• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, 2020-present
• Assistant Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 2016-2020

Karin Amundsen, PhD 2017

Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, British History

• Omohundro Institute-NEH Postdoctoral Fellow, College of William & Mary, 2019-present
• USC Dornsife Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar-Teaching Fellow, 2017-2019

David-James Gonzales, PhD 2017

19th-20th Century U.S.

• USC Dornsife Dean’s Postdoctoral Scholar-Teaching Fellow, 2017-2018
• Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, 2018-present

Dan Sherer, PhD 2017

• Cressant Postdoctoral Fellow in Premodern Japan Studies, University of Southern California, 2017-2018
• Tenure-track position in the Asian Studies Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, beginning Fall 2019

Nicholas Gliserman, PhD 2016

Early America

• Chief Academic Officer, Game Learning, 2017-present
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2017-2018
• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Haverford College, 2016-2017

Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, PhD 2016

20th-Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, La Sierra University, 2017-present

David Neumann, PhD 2016

20 th -Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History-Social Sciences Education, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, 2016-present

Christian Paiz, PhD 2016

• Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2016-present

Patrick Wyman, PhD 2016

Roman Empire

• History Podcast Host/Writer
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Michelle Damian, PhD 2015

• Assistant Professor of History, Monmouth College, 2016-present
• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2015-2016

Sachiko Kawai, PhD 2015

• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2016-2017
• Harvard University College Fellow in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, 2015-2016

Keith D. Pluymers, PhD 2015

Early Modern Atlantic World

• Assistant Professor of History, Illinois State University, 2018-present
• Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities, California Institute of Technology, 2015-2018

Justin Clark, PhD 2014

19 th -20 th  Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, Nanyang Technological University, 2016-present

Max Felker-Kantor, PhD 2014

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Ball State University, 2018-2019
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Assistant Professor of History, DePauw University, 2017-2018
• Assistant Professor of History (non-tenure track), Marian University, 2016-2017
• Affiliated Postdoctoral Scholar, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, 2014-2016

Curtis Fletcher, PhD 2014

• Associate Director of the Polymathic Labs, University of Southern California, 2016-present
• Project Manager for the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture

Annie Johnson, PhD 2014

19 th -Century U.S.

• Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist, Temple University Press and Temple University Libraries, 2016-present
• CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Academic Libraries, Lehigh University, 2014-2016

Allison Lauterbach-Dale, PhD 2014

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• Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2014-present

Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhD 2014

• Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Channel Islands, 2014-present

Monica Pelayo, PhD 2014

• Education and Programs Coordinator, Chinese Historical Society of America, 2018-present
• Assistant Professor of History and Public History Program Director, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2014-2017

Luman Wang, PhD 2014

Modern China

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Military Institute, 2014-2017

Heather Ashby, PhD 2014

Soviet Union and 20 th -Century U.S.

• Regional Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, 2015-present
• Program Analyst, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014-2015

Jennifer M. Black, PhD 2013

• Assistant Professor of History, Misericordia University, 2014-present

Mark Braude, PhD 2013

Modern France

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Stanford University, 2014-2017

Matthew Fox-Amato, PhD 2013

• Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, 2016-present
• Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014-2016
• Postdoctoral Fellow, USC Visual Studies Research Institute, 2013-2014

Rieko Kamei-Dyche, PhD 2013

• Assistant Professor, Rissho University, 2016-present

David Levitus, PhD 2013

• Host, LA Forwards & Backwards Podcast, 2017-present
• Founder, LA Forward, 2016-present
• Co-Founder, Climate Cents, 2015-2017
• Director of Development, YKLA, 2013-2014

Elizabeth Logan, PhD 2013

• Associate Director, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2017-present
• Dornsife Preceptor, University of Southern California, 2015-2017
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2013-2015

Anne Reid, PhD 2013

Spanish North American Borderlands

• Assistant Professor of History, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2015-present

Raphaelle Steinzig, PhD 2013

• Content Strategist, University of California, Office of the President, 2020-present
• User Experience Designer, Wells Fargo Digital Channels, 2018-2019
• Content Designer, City of Oakland, 2016-2018

Ericka Swensson, PhD 2013

Medieval England

• Director of Development, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2017-present
• Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, University of Southern California, 2015-2017
• University Lecturer, Humanities, University of Southern California, 2013-2016

Benjamin Uchiyama, PhD 2013

Modern Japan

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Southern California, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas, 2013-2017

Kristina Buhrman, PhD 2012

• Assistant Professor of Religion, Florida State University, 2013-present
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2012-2013

Catherine E. Clark, PhD 2012

• Associate Professor of French Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of French Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-2017

Sarah Keyes, PhD 2012

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University, 2015-2017
• ACLS New Faculty Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2013-2015

Jessica Kim, PhD 2012

• Assistant Professor of History, California State University, Northridge, 2013-present
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute for California and the West, 2012-2013

Michael Block, PhD 2011

• USC College Postdoctoral Distinguished Teaching Fellow, 2011-2012

Dylan Ellefson, PhD 2011

Early Modern and Modern Japan

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Skidmore College, 2015-2016

Gilbert Estrada, PhD 2011

20 th  Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, Long Beach City College, 2014-present

Ryan Linkof, PhD 2011

Modern Britain

• Associate Curator, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2016-present
• Director, USC-LACMA History of Photography Series, 2014-2016
• Assistant Curator, Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014-2015
• Parsons Curatorial Fellow, Photography, LACMA, 2011-2014

Rosina Lozano, PhD 2011

19 th -20 th  Century U.S., American West, Mexican American History

• Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University, 2013-present
• National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2013

David Rands, PhD 2011

• Assistant/Associate Professor of History, Austin Peay State University, 2012-present
• Instructor/Assistant Professor of History, Frostburg State University, 2007-2012

Sarah Fried-Gintis, PhD 2010

20 th -Century U.S., Women’s History, Dance History

• Director of Faculty Affairs and Human Resources, USC Kaufman School of Dance, 2016-present
• Program Manager, USC Kaufman School of Dance, 2014-2016
• Program Manager, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), University of Southern California, 2011-2014

Jason LaBau, PhD 2010

• History Teacher, The Waterford School, 2015-present
• University Lecturer, California State University Campuses, 2011-2015
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, 2010-2012

Ian Livie, PhD 2010

• Social Studies Teacher, Drew School, 2010-present

Rebecca Sheehan, PhD 2010

• Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender and Program Director of Gender Studies, Macquarie University
• Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2010

Alexander Aviña, PhD 2009

Modern Latin America

• Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University, 2016-present
• Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, 2015-2016
• Assistant Professor of History, Florida State University, 2009-2015

Jerry Gonzalez, PhD 2009

Mexican-American History, 20 th -Century U.S.

• Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2016-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2010-2016
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latina/Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009-2010

Karin Huebner, PhD 2009

Native American History

• Academic Director of Programs, USC Sidney Harman Academy of Polymathic Study, 2010-present
• Associate Director, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, 2008-2010

Yuko Itatsu, PhD 2009

U.S.-Japan Relations

• Assistant/Associate Professor, Program in English At Komaba (PEAK), University of Tokyo, 2008-present

Gerardo Licon, PhD 2009

Mexican-American History, 20 th  Century U.S.

• Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2010-present

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• Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Ithaca College, 2010-present

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Christopher Jimenez West, PhD 2007

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Hyrum Lewis, PhD 2007

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• Assistant/Associate Professor of History, Santa Clara University, 2009-present

Ana Rosas, PhD 2006

Mexican-American History

• Associate Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, 2013-present
• Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, 2007-2013
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Early Modern Britain

• Associate Professor of History, Skidmore College, 2011-present
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The Accounting Ph.D. program includes research focused on several accounting disciplines, including Financial, Managerial, and Auditing and Corporate Governance Accounting.

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Financial Accounting

- Accounting standard setting - Financial regulation - International accounting - Company valuation and financial statement analysis - Earnings management - Stock markets and market efficiency - Earnings forecasting and financial analyst behavior

Managerial Accounting

- Performance evaluation and compensation - Budgeting and other control issues in organizations - Balanced scorecard - Strategic management accounting

Auditing and Corporate Governance

- Auditor independence - Auditor behavior and decision making - Corporate governance issues

Tax Accounting

- Tax planning - Tax clientele - Tax policy and its effects on businesses

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• Fall: GSBA 602, ACCT 605, ACCT 611, ACCT 621 + Electives
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Research Development Beginning in the first semester, students will apprentice with a faculty mentor to learn research fundamentals. Typically students are assigned to a new mentor each semester in the first year. During the summer of their first year, students write a first-year paper. The summer paper will be similar to that of a research proposal.

- Fall: ACCT 611, ACCT 621 + Electives

- Spring: ACCT 611 + Electives

- Summer: BUCO 637

Research Development

Students continue apprentice a faculty mentor to learn research fundamentals and participate in research projects. Typically students are assigned to a new mentor each semester in the first and second year. During the summer of their second year, students complete a directed readings course with their potential advisor.

Screening Examination

In the second year, students complete a screening examination which may take the form of a written or oral exam, written assignments, and/or summer research project. The results of the examination help the faculty determine students’ developmental needs and fitness to continue in the program.

Qualifying Examination

Following the screening exam, with the recommendation of their faculty mentor, students take a comprehensive examination on the core knowledge of their discipline. The examination includes both written and oral components. Upon passing the examination, an individual becomes a Ph.D. candidate and begins work on the Ph.D. dissertation.

• Independent Dissertation Preparation (2)
• Accounting Research Seminar: ACCT 611 (2)
• Electives (Optional)

Research Development At this stage in the program, the relationships Ph.D. candidates have developed through the research apprenticeships often lead to collaborative research projects. Ph.D. candidates continue to apprentice faculty with increasing responsibility. They also begin work on their dissertations.

Teaching Development Ph.D. candidates begin developing teaching skills by serving as a teaching assistant for one or two classes and engaging in teaching skills workshops.

Research Development Research is the primary activity in the fourth year and beyond. Faculty view Ph.D. candidates as “junior colleagues” and partner to write and present papers.

Teaching Development Ph.D. candidates co-teach one course with a faculty member.

Dissertation Defense & Submission The dissertation is the culminating work of a student’s independent research. In the fourth or fifth year of the program, students complete, defend and submit the dissertation. This is the last step to earn the Ph.D.

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Accounting faculty members have published extensively in leading accounting journals such as:

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The University of Texas-Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings for research productivity over the past decade ranks the Accounting faculty as fifth worldwide.

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The Accounting faculty have served as editors, associate editors and editorial review board members of premier journals in accounting, including:

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• Wildman Award
• Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature
• Notable Contributions to Auditing and Managerial Accounting Literatures
• Outstanding Educator Award in Auditing

In addition to required coursework and independent research, students are actively encouraged to participate in research projects with faculty—preferably as a co-author; attend and participate in the ARFs (accounting research workshops); present papers at, serve as discussants and otherwise attend national conferences; and take additional coursework either for credit or audit to further enhance their knowledge base.

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Katherine Simeon Bruere is a Ph.D. candidate in the Leventhal School of Accounting. She is interested in voluntary disclosure,standard setting, audit quality, audit opinions, goodwill accounting, mergerand acquisitions, corporate governance, financial reporting,  and capital marketsresearch. Prior to starting the Ph.D. program, Katherine worked at Ernst & Young as an auditor in Dallas’ Financial Services division, as well as an accountant at Merit Energy. Katherine earned a BA and an MA in Accounting at Baylor University (2014) and is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas.

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AJ Chen is a PhD candidate in Accounting at the USC Marshall School of Business. Prior to joining the Ph.D. Program, he worked as an associate in the investment banking industry, as well as analyst in commodities trading. He also had experience as tax associate at PwC Boston. He is intrigued by how technological innovation affect the real economy, particularly their impact on firms, workers, and consumers.

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The Marshall School of Business contributes to the broad field of academic research as our students go on to be thought-leaders in business schools around the world. These Ph.D. candidates are taking the next step in their academic careers. Learn more about each candidate by clicking on their name.

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Accounting students have won numerous prestigious awards over the past several years. These honors include:

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January 15, 2024: Application Deadline - Finance & Business Economics and Marketing 

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Gabrielle Sewester successfully defended her dissertation earlier this month, earning a doctorate in educational psychology from the College of Education. Sewester works as a juvenile officer with the Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division and hopes to apply her research in the field. (Photo by Derik Holtmann)

Even as a teenager, Gabrielle Sewester loved being around children and families. An avid athlete, she coached younger kids and also worked at youth summer camps.

Sewester thought her fondness for working with families would eventually translate to a career in nursing. In high school, she volunteered at Mercy Hospital St. Louis for one summer but found that she enjoyed interacting with the pediatric patients more than the clinical aspects of health care.

“One of the staff for the hospital recommended social work, and I had never really thought about it before,” she recalled.

The suggestion spurred Sewester to pursue a bachelor’s degree in child and family development and then a master’s degree in human development and family science at the University of Central Missouri. From there, she went on to a successful career in the Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division as an alternative care worker and juvenile officer, working with children and families in the foster care system.

Sewester has continued to advocate for foster care children while furthering her education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis . Earlier this month, she graduated from the College of Education with a PhD in educational psychology after successfully defending her dissertation on placement stability among foster care children.

“It felt amazing,” she said of defending her dissertation. “It was a huge accomplishment that I’ve been working for for four years. It felt good to be done.”

After graduating from UCM with her bachelor’s degree in 2015, Sewester began working at a domestic violence shelter. Through a client at the shelter, she met a Children’s Division worker and applied for a position with the organization.

Children’s Division is responsible for the administration of child welfare services in Missouri and works in partnership with families, communities and courts to ensure the safety and well-being of children in the state. Sewester started her career as an alternative care worker, supervising families in the field from the time children entered foster care due to credible allegations of abuse or neglect until they returned home, entered an adoption or guardianship or aged out of the system. In her current role as a juvenile officer, she still oversees cases but primarily works on the legal side of the system.

Sewester acknowledges that the work can be difficult at times, but it’s also incredibly rewarding.

“If you try to find the positives, if you try to make those connections with parents and caregivers, I’ve noticed that helps a lot because they’re willing to trust you,” she said. “If you can build that relationship so they’ll take the advice you give, they’re willing to talk to you about problems when they come up. It can be tough, but there’s a lot of good things that come from it – especially when you get to send the children back home with their parents and everyone’s really excited.”

A desire to build upon the positives in the foster care system was the impetus for her doctoral research at UMSL, though she first fell in love with the research process during her master’s program.

Sewester returned to UCM shortly after graduating to enroll in a new accelerated master’s program in human development and family science.

“I was like, ‘Well, I can do anything for a year. Let’s give it a shot,’” she said.

The program’s research courses immediately resonated with her, so much so that she sought permission to conduct an independent research project and write an accompanying thesis even though neither was required in the accelerated program.

After earning her MS, Sewester still felt like her work was unfinished. Her graduate school advisor encouraged her to continue her education, so she began looking for a doctoral program that would be flexible enough for her to continue working full-time at Children’s Division and also provide her with new skills.

UMSL’s educational psychology program fit the bill.

Sewester enjoyed the ability to pursue multidisciplinary coursework. She also praised the College of Education’s helpful faculty and staff, particularly her dissertation committee: Professor Cody Ding , Associate Professor Shea Kerkhoff , Associate Professor Emily Brown and Assistant Professor Kristy Brann .

“I had great professors,” Sewester said. “They all help lead you to where you want to go, even if they weren’t necessarily experts in what I was studying. They all suggested theories, research questions or ideas and helped along the way, which was amazing. It was a good experience. I met a lot of classmates that I still talk to now. We kind of helped push each other to finish our dissertations.”

Her dissertation, “Exploring Strategies for Placement Stability Among Foster Care Children,” stemmed from her experience working in the child welfare system. Some foster care children experience frequent placements, moves from home to home, which creates uncertainty in their lives and disrupts their cases. The qualitative study examined how some foster parents are able to provide stable environments for the duration of a case and what factors are involved.

“Gabrielle used an asset-based approach to her research, which shines a light on the positive experiences of foster parents,” Kerkhoff said. “Highlighting their experiences will be a great resource for future foster parents, hopefully resulting in more stability for all children.”

Sewester interviewed 13 foster parents from across Missouri who reported at least one placement they deemed successful. The hourlong interviews, conducted via Zoom, touched on a variety of topics including their motivations for becoming foster parents, responses to difficulties, interactions with caseworkers, experiences at court hearings and more.

Over the course of the project, three themes emerged. The first, and most important, was a child-focused approach to the placement.

“Most of the successful placements happened when the placement providers focused on the children and whether they were safe and if they got the access to services that they needed,” Sewester said, “and if that child had the ability to grow and learn and be themselves when they were placed with them.”

The second key aspect was an understanding of the children’s past trauma and how that can affect behavior, while the final component was a connection to and engagement with the foster care community. Parents often felt more confident with a support system around them where they could share experiences and resources.

“When I read Gabrielle’s findings for the first time, I cried because I knew that her research was going to help people,” Kerkhoff said.

Sewester said she just wanted to change the narrative around foster care and highlight the people working hard to make sure kids are safe. Ultimately, she hopes the conditions she identified can be replicated in more homes and inspire broader change.

“This research really does focus on the positives and the successes, and it’s not talked about enough,” she said. “I think if we changed the focus, then it might be a switch that the child welfare system needs in order to have more success stories.”

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Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Economics:  Lord John Eatwell, PhD

Professor (Teaching):  Mark Moore, PhD

Professors (Research): Daniel Benjamin, PhD; Arie Kapteyn, PhD; Jinkook Lee, PhD; Soeren Mattke, PhD

Associate Professors (Teaching): Ergin Bayrak, PhD; Ladan Masoudie, PhD; Ratika Narag, PhD

Associate Professors (Research):  Daniel Bennett, PhD; Titus Galama, PhD; Anya Samek, PhD

Assistant Professors of the Practice: Jaime Meza Cordero, PhD; Brijesh Pinto, PhD; Malgorzata Switek, PhD

Assistant Professors (Teaching): Yilmaz Kocer, PhD; Lodovico Pizzati, PhD; Manochehr Rashidian, PhD; Michael Sproul, PhD

Assistant Professors (Research):  Marco Angrisani, PhD; Silvia Barcellos, PhD; Leandro Carvalho, PhD; Patrick Turley, PhD; Simone Schaner, PhD

Adjunct Professor of the Practice: Jeffrey Dubin, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Practice: Terrie Walmsley, PhD

Emeritus:  Harrison Cheng, PhD; Richard H. Day, PhD; Richard A. Easterlin, PhD

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Degrees

Upon declaring a major or minor in Economics, students should consult with the department’s undergraduate adviser. Students can check their academic progress on the USCweb under OASIS.

Progressive Degree Program in Economics

The Economics department offers students who have demonstrated exceptional academic success the opportunity to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in a progressive degree program. This program allows students to earn both the Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees in five years. Students may also pursue the Bachelor of Science in Economics/Mathematics and the Master of Science in Mathematical Finance. Further details about progressive degree programs can be found here   .

Admission is available after the completion of 64 units of course work toward the undergraduate degree. Students must apply for admission to the progressive degree program after completing 64 units of applicable course work to their undergraduate program, but prior to the completion of 96 units of course work. The application for admission to the progressive degree program must be accompanied by a course proposal plan and two letters of recommendation from USC Economics faculty.

Awarding of Degrees

The bachelor’s and master’s degrees may be awarded separately upon completion of all degree requirements, but the master’s degree will not be awarded before the bachelor’s degree. Students who elect not to complete the master’s must complete 128 units to earn the bachelor’s degree.

Undergraduate Honors Program

The department offers an honors program. First and second semester seniors can enroll in ECON 495 Honors Thesis   . Honors will be awarded upon completion of the thesis, an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and a major GPA of 3.5.

Department Policy Regarding Transfer Credits

Students who have taken courses equivalent to ECON 303   , ECON 305    or ECON 317    from an economics department at another four-year college or from a program deemed comparable by the director of undergraduate studies, can earn transfer credits provided they received a B (3.0) or better in the courses.

Graduate Degrees

The graduate program in Economics is designed to prepare students for careers in teaching, research, industry and government. The department emphasizes economic theory and econometrics; applied economic analysis, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, international and development economics, urban and regional economics; and political economy.

Admission Requirements

Prerequisites.

The typical applicant for admission will normally have completed an undergraduate major in economics. Minimal prerequisites for admission to a master’s degree program include courses in intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, a year of calculus, and a semester of statistics. Applicants for the PhD program are normally expected to have completed more than the minimum, particularly in the areas of mathematics and statistics.

The application deadline for master’s degrees is April 1. Completed doctoral applications are due by December 1.  

Placement Examinations

Students whose native language is other than English may be required to take an English placement examination. Course work in English may be required.

Degree Requirements

These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation    section and The Graduate School    section of this catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted by the Graduate School.

Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements

There is no foreign language requirement. However, competence in the use of one computer programming language is required for all graduate degrees offered through the Department of Economics.

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

Application deadline: December 1

The Department of Economics and the Department of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences) jointly offer a program of study leading to the PhD degree and to the MA degree in the process of work toward the PhD degree.

Required courses include both core requirements and area requirements. Core requirements include courses in economic theory, econometrics and research methods. Area requirements include courses in health economics, pharmaceutical economics, welfare theory and applied econometrics.

For a detailed description of this program, see the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences    section of this catalogue.

Bachelor’s Degree

• •  Behavioral Economics and Psychology (BA)
• •  Economics (BA)
• •  Economics and Data Science (BS)
• •  Political Economy (BA)
• •  Social Sciences, with an Emphasis in Economics (BA)

Combined Major

• •  Economics/Mathematics (BS)
• •  Behavioral Economics Minor
• •  Economics Minor

Master’s Degree

• •  Applied Economics and Econometrics (MS)
• •  Economics (MA)

Doctoral Degree

• •  Economics (PhD)
• •  ECON 101 Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
• •  ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics
• •  ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics
• •  ECON 238xg Political Economy and Social Issues
• •  ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
• •  ECON 304 Mathematical Microeconomics
• •  ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
• •  ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists
• •  ECON 318 Introduction to Econometrics
• •  ECON 319 Advanced Introduction to Econometrics
• •  ECON 322 Economic History and Modernization of the Middle East
• •  ECON 330 The Political Economy of Institutions
• •  ECON 332 Contracts, Organizations and Institutions
• •  ECON 339 Philosophy of Economics
• •  ECON 340 Economics of Less Developed Countries
• •  ECON 342 Economic Development of the Middle East
• •  ECON 343 Economic Development of East Asia
• •  ECON 344 Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
• •  ECON 346 Economics of Transition and Development: China
• •  ECON 348g Current Problems of the American Economy
• •  ECON 350 The World Economy
• •  ECON 351x Microeconomics for Business
• •  ECON 352x Macroeconomics for Business
• •  ECON 357 Money, Credit, and Banking
• •  ECON 360 Public Finance
• •  ECON 361 Understanding Financial Crises
• •  ECON 366 Urban Economics
• •  ECON 369 Economics of European Integration
• •  ECON 390 Special Problems
• •  ECON 395 Economic Policy Issues
• •  ECON 401 Mathematical Methods in Economics
• •  ECON 404 Games and Economics
• •  ECON 405 Neuroeconomics
• •  ECON 410 Economics of Health and Healthcare
• •  ECON 415 Behavioral Economics
• •  ECON 419 Advanced Econometrics
• •  ECON 420 Experimental Economics
• •  ECON 432 Economics of Happiness
• •  ECON 433 Empirical Economics Research
• •  ECON 434 Economic Analysis of Law
• •  ECON 438 Values and Social Analysis
• •  ECON 450 International Trade
• •  ECON 451 The Politics of International Trade
• •  ECON 452 International Finance
• •  ECON 457 Financial Markets
• •  ECON 460 Economic Applications of Machine Learning
• •  ECON 471 Economics of Labor Markets and Human Capital
• •  ECON 472 Economics of Medical Care
• •  ECON 474 Economic Consulting and Applied Managerial Economics
• •  ECON 480 Economics of Industrial Organization
• •  ECON 487 Resource and Environmental Economics
• •  ECON 490x Directed Research
• •  ECON 495 Honors Thesis
• •  ECON 499 Special Topics
• •  ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
• •  ECON 501 Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
• •  ECON 502 Mathematical Methods in Dynamic Economics
• •  ECON 504 Game Theory with Economic and Financial Applications
• •  ECON 506 Field Experiments
• •  ECON 508 Neurofinance
• •  ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics
• •  ECON 514 Empirical Finance
• •  ECON 515 Time Series Analysis
• •  ECON 516 The Economics and Psychology of Decision-Making
• •  ECON 521 International Macroeconomics and Financial Policy
• •  ECON 523 Economic History and Development
• •  ECON 527 Theory of Value: Classical Origins and Neoclassical Critique
• •  ECON 533 Capstone Research Seminar
• •  ECON 537 Contracts, Organizations and Institutions
• •  ECON 541 Economic Development
• •  ECON 550 Applied Trade Policy
• •  ECON 555 Topics in Asset Pricing Theory
• •  ECON 564 Introduction to Market Design
• •  ECON 570 Big Data Econometrics
• •  ECON 572 Economics and International Health
• •  ECON 573 Applied Program Evaluation
• •  ECON 577 Foundations of Financial Economics
• •  ECON 580 Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy
• •  ECON 584 Economic Consulting and Applied Econometrics
• •  ECON 585 Advanced Economics Consulting and Antitrust Methods
• •  ECON 587 Urban Economics
• •  ECON 590 Directed Research
• •  ECON 593x Practicum in Teaching the Liberal Arts
• •  ECON 594a Master’s Thesis
• •  ECON 594b Master’s Thesis
• •  ECON 594z Master’s Thesis
• •  ECON 595 Research Seminar in Spatial Economics and Data Sciences
• •  ECON 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training
• •  ECON 599 Special Topics
• •  ECON 600 Economics of Choice
• •  ECON 601 Microeconomic Theory I
• •  ECON 602 Macroeconomic Theory I
• •  ECON 603 Microeconomic Theory II
• •  ECON 604 Game Theory
• •  ECON 605 Macroeconomic Theory II
• •  ECON 606 Behavioral Theories of Decision-Making
• •  ECON 607 Topics in Dynamic Optimization
• •  ECON 608 Advanced Neuroeconomics
• •  ECON 609 Econometric Methods
• •  ECON 610 Quantitative Analysis in Macroeconomics