The Department of Economics at Miami Herbert Business School offers a top PhD program in Economics, providing carefully selected students with a rigorous exposure to microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, monetary theory and policy, and quantitative methods. In particular, we offer specializations in:
Our objective is to place graduates in top economic research position in the academic and government sectors. Small classes afford each student the opportunity to participate in discussions and benefit from continuous faculty-student interaction. Both the classroom and research components are supplemented by colloquia presented by internationally recognized scholars.
The program includes 13 core courses, two courses in one field, one elective course and the dissertation.
Students in good academic standing, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B), are scheduled to sit for their Microeconomic and Macroeconomics Theory comprehensive examinations at the end of their second semester, and for the field comprehensive examination at the completion of their third semester.
A PhD candidate may begin working on the dissertation after the comprehensive examinations are successfully completed and the Dissertation Committee has approved the candidate's dissertation proposal (or prospectus).
All PhD in Economics students complete a core curriculum. Click here for details on the PhD in Economics core curriculum.
For more information about the PhD in Economics, please contact Economics Professor Dr. Christopher Parmeter.