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Master of Arts in Economics (ECN)


Revised Program | Fall 2017


The Master of Arts in Economics provides a basic understanding of the theoretical foundations and analytical tools that students need to be successful researchers, business leaders, economic consultants, and government policy analysts. The program exposes students to a variety of areas of economic study through course work, independent study and research. The general program enables students to choose any mix of elective courses in economics (with up to six hours of cognates upon approval) that meet their career goals.

Admission Requirements


Degree admission is available to applicants who:

  1. Submit a completed Application for Graduate Admission to the Office of Admissions including: nonrefundable application fee, all official undergraduate and graduate transcripts, TOEFL or other English test scores (international students only), and a personal statement indicating career goals and how this degree program prepares you to meet your career goals.
  2. Have earned equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.  Conditional admission is granted to those scheduled to complete their undergraduate degree before the start of their graduate studies.
  3. Have an undergraduate GPA of at least 2.7 on a 4.0 scale, or 3.0 in the last half of the undergraduate program.
  4. Satisfy undergraduate course requirements of intermediate macroeconomics (ECON 411 ) and microeconomics (ECON 412 ), economic statistics (ECON 310 ), and calculus (MATH 119  or MATH 120 ) or equivalents with grades of at least B- in each.

Conditional Admission | Conditional admission may be granted to those who show promise of success in this master’s program but fail to meet one or more of the admission requirements listed above. Conditionally admitted students must overcome specified deficiencies in order to have their status changed to degree admission. No more than 12 hours of graduate course work in economics taken by a student on conditional status may be counted toward the M.A. degree.

Department Information


Economics, College of Arts & Sciences

James Saunoris, Ph.D. | Interim Department Head | 703 Pray-Harrold | 734.487.3395 | jsaunori@emich.edu

Advisor Information


Mehmet Yaya, Ph.D. | Graduate Coordinator | 703M Pray-Harrold | 734.487.0007 | myaya@emich.edu

Degree Requirements: 30 hours


The M.A. in Economics requires 30 hours of course work to be distributed among required courses and program courses as follows:

Required Courses: 15 hours


Students must complete the following required courses with a cumulative 3.0 GPA. 

Restricted Elective Courses: 15 hours


In consultation with the graduate advisor, students may select 15 credit hours of graduate economics courses, with up to six hours of approved cognate substitutions.