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The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.
Coursework Requirements
| Courses |
Units
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| First Year |
12
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| ECON 410-1 Microeconomics (or) MECS 469-1 Advanced applied Microeconomics |
1
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| ECON 410-2,3 Microeconomics |
2
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| MECS 460-1 Foundations of Managerial Economics I: Static Decision Models |
1
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| MECS 460-2 Foundations of Managerial Economics II: Dynamic Decision Models |
1
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| MECS 460-3 Foundations of Managerial Economics III: Game Theory |
1
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| ECON 480-1,2 Introduction to Econometrics |
2
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| MECS 485 Empirical Issues in Business Strategy (or) MECS 462 Decision Theory |
1
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| Electives |
3
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| Second Year |
12*
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| MECS 449-1,2 Competitive Strategy, and Organizational Strategy and Structure (or other field sequence) |
2
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| ECON 414-1,2 Economics of Information (or other field sequence) |
2
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| ECON 450-1,2 Industrial Organization and Prices (or other field sequence) |
2
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| MECS 465 Contract Theory and Mechanism Design (or other) |
1
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| MECS 468 Topics in Economic Theory (or other) |
1
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| MECS 470 Operations Economics (or other) |
1
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| MECS 520 Applications Seminar in Strategy (or other) |
1
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| Other Electives |
2
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| * The 12 required units include three field sequences (with at least two courses each) and other electives and research seminars. The field sequences normally include MECS 449-1,2; the other sequences may come from the Department of Economics or other departments at Kellogg. |
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| Total Units |
24
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Other PhD Degree Requirements
- Examinations: preliminary written examinations based on first-year coursework; oral qualifying examination; candidacy achieved after preliminary exams, seminar papers, and qualifying examination
- Research/Projects: two papers by end of second year
- PhD Dissertation: original and significant research
- Final Evaluations: oral defense of dissertation
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