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The Department of Economics offers two graduate degree programs: (1) Applied Economics; and (2) Financial Economics. For more information about both graduate programs, please visit: www.ohio.edu/economics

As a student beginning graduate work in applied economics/financial economics, you should ordinarily have some undergraduate training that includes courses in the social sciences or business administration. However, wide varieties of areas of concentration relate to or provide appropriate background knowledge for advanced study in economics. Your undergraduate program must be approved by the department admissions committee before you begin graduate work. You are advised to take the Graduate Record Examination/Graduate Management Admission Test and submit scores with your application. If you are an international student, take the Test of English as a Foreign Language and submit scores with your application. A minimum score of 550 (paper) is expected.

It is preferable that you enter the graduate program during the summer. However, it is possible to enter the program in the fall after the graduate committee reevaluates your credentials for fall entry. For financial assistance, submit your application before February 15 for the following summer semester.

Requirements for Master’s of Financial Economics

Undergraduate courses in principles of economics, statistics, intermediate micro and macro theory, accounting, finance, and some quantitative orientation are ordinarily prerequisites for graduate work in this area, although you may be permitted to make up these deficiencies while pursuing a graduate program.

1. Core requirements (52 credit hours): 20 hours in Economics, 20 hours in Finance, 8 hours in accounting, and 4 hours for Internship or Research Project

Summer: Accounting I (MFE 6100), Quantitative Analysis for Financial Markets (MFE 6000), International Trade and Financial Economics (MFE 6400).
Fall: Accounting II (MFE 6110), Macroeconomics and Business Fluctuations (MFE 6010), Seminar in Money and Capital Markets (MFE 6500), Statistics and Econometrics: Theory and Application (MFE 6390).
Spring: Financial Management I (MFE 6200), Financial Management II (MFE 6210), Managerial Economics (MFE 6050), Financial Derivatives (MFE 6440)
Summer: Seminar in Investment (MFE 6230), Research Project (MFE 6960), or Internship* (MFE 6910)

*Internship would be the joint responsibility of the program and students. If an internship is not secured by a certain date, students will be required to write a research paper on a financial topic.