CONCENTRATIONS : Department of Economics : UMass Amherst

The undergraduate degree in Economics does not require students to concentrate in a specific area of Economics. Students may be interested in choosing courses that complement each other. The concentrations listed below are not noted in the Economics Academic Requirements Report (ARR) on SPIRE, transcript, or diploma. Students do not need to take all of the courses designated within a concentration; four or five of the courses cover a solid understanding in each concentration. In addition to ECON 203 – Intermediate Microeconomics (or RES-ECON 202 – Price Theory) and ECON 204 – Intermediate Macroeconomics courses required for the Economics major, ECON 452 – Econometrics and ECON 309 – Game Theory, provide tools used by most economists and that are relevant, irrespective of concentration.

SEMESTER(S) OFFERED: ** = courses typically offered once per year, and every semester when possible * = courses typically offered once per year no stars = courses offered less

SEMESTER(S) ECON Graduate OFFERED COURSE # COURSE NAME School:

Economics

Business Co-operative Government/Micro Government/Macro Political

and Businesses Policy Policy Development Economy Finance

** 305 Marxian Economics       

** 306 History of Thought       

** 308 Political Economy of the Environment       

** 309 GameTheory       

** 311 Money and Banking       

* 313 PublicFinance       

314 State and Local Finance       

* 321 International Monetary Theory       

* 322 International Trade       

* 330 Labor in the American Economy       

* 331 Organization of American Business       

** 341 Labor Economics       

* 348 Political Economy of Women       

361 European Economic History       

* 362 American Economic History       

** 366 Economic Development       

* 367 Development Post-Independent Africa       

** 394CI Economics of Cooperative Enterprises       

** 394FI Finance and Society       

* 394IO Industrial Organization       

* 394LI Law and Economics       

397BB Risk and Uncertainty       

* 397EP Economics of Piracy       

* 397FS The Financial Sector       

* 397MI City, Industry, and Labor in Modern India       

* 397N Compensation, Incentives and Productivity       

** 452 Econometrics       

* 504 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

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