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Yale University > Department of Economics > Undergraduate
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Combined B.A./M.A. Program |
| Combined B.A./M.A. program Students
interested in the B.A./M.A. program in Economics may submit a preliminary application in
the fall of their junior year to the directors of undergraduate and graduate studies.
Admission to this program is limited to students who have achieved A grades in at least
two-thirds of all of their undergraduate courses and have also achieved A grades in all
courses relating to the major. Applicants must have taken MATH 120a or b and 222a or b or
equivalent. If granted permission, applicants take two of the following three graduate
courses: ECON 500a, 510a, and 550a. Only students who earn a grade of at least A– in
each course will be considered for candidacy in the B.A./M.A. program. Applications are
forwarded to a joint committee of Yale College and the Graduate School. This committee
makes the final decision on admission of students to the program. It is not possible to
enter the B.A./M.A. program except in the fall of the junior year. If admitted to the
program, a student completes eight term courses of graduate work in the junior and senior
years; these eight courses must be economics courses designed primarily for Ph.D. students
(courses in the International and Development Economics program do not count toward this
requirement). The eight graduate courses include the two required for candidacy in the
program as well as two chosen from the six core courses in the graduate sequence of
microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. In addition, the student must complete
the two-term senior departmental essay by enrollment in ECON 491a and 492b. All students
in the program must complete ECON 132a or b or 136b or a graduate course in econometrics.
It is recommended that students complete the distributional requirements before the senior
year. Appropriate graduate theory courses may be substituted for the core Economics
courses 121a or b and 122a or b as well as the one-term econometrics course required of
majors. The eight graduate courses must not be entirely concentrated in the final two
terms, and students in the program must take at least six term courses outside the major
during their last four terms at Yale and at least two undergraduate courses during their
last two terms. Course schedules must be approved each term by both the director of
undergraduate studies in Economics and the director of graduate studies in Economics. To
receive the M.A. as well as the B.A. at the end of the senior year, the student must
receive two terms of A in the graduate courses, an average of B in the remaining graduate
courses, and a reader's grade of B+ or higher on the senior essay. Students interested
in this program should see the director of undergraduate studies before or during
registration for the first term of the junior year.
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