Does the Department of Economics offer an MA program?
The Department of Economics offers a full-time Ph.D. program. Part-time study is not available. There is no MA program. The Economic Growth Center offers a one-year MA program in International and Development Economics. For more information on this program see: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~egcenter/special.
The Department of Economics offers an MA program that consists of the first year of the PhD course sequences. The students that are admitted to this program are generally selected from the students that have applied to the PhD program and are placed on the waiting list for admission to the PhD program based on a ranking of applicants. The MA students do not receive financial support from Brown University or the department and have to pay tuition. Upon successful completion of the first-year courses and the PhD core exam, they are guaranteed admission into the second year of the PhD program with a fellowship and a tuition waiver. In addition, students in the PhD program can earn the MA on the way to the PhD or can receive the MA if they choose not to complete the PhD program. To obtain the MA degree, a student must pass the eight courses in the first-year PhD sequences.
