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- Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Thesis) (48 credits)
- Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) (45 credits)
- Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Development Studies (45 credits)
- Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Social Statistics (45 credits)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Economics
Economics
Location
Location
- Department of Economics
- Stephen Leacock Building, Room 443
- 855 Sherbrooke Street West
- Montreal, QC H3A 2T7
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-3030
- Fax: 514-398-4938
- Email: graduate.economics [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/economics
About Economics
About Economics
The Department of Economics offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs that attract students from all over the world. Faculty members conduct research in numerous areas of economics, with particularly strong representation in the fields of econometrics, empirical microeconomics including development, and natural resources. The Department counts among its members a holder of a Canada Research Chair, two James McGill Professors, two William Dawson Scholars, and an Officer of the Order of Canada (who is also a Bank of Canada Research Fellow), and two Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.
Lectures and examinations in the graduate program (M.A. and Ph.D.) in Economics are given in the core areas of macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, and several fields including economic development, financial econometrics, industrial organization, health economics, international economics, labour economics, monetary economics, mathematical economics, and advanced theory.
| Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Thesis) (48 credits) |
|---|
| The Master of Arts program in Economics (Thesis) serves students preparing for a Ph.D. in Economics. For students who wish to complement disciplinary training in Economics with research experience in applying statistical methods across the social sciences, the Department offers the Social Statistics Option. |
| Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) (45 credits) |
| The Master of Arts program in Economics (Non-Thesis) serves students seeking to solidify and deepen their understanding of economics prior to a career in government or the private non-academic sector, and those preparing for a Ph.D. in Economics. For students who wish to complement disciplinary training in Economics with research experience in applying statistical methods across the social sciences, the Department offers the Social Statistics Option. |
| Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Development Studies (45 credits) |
| For those students interested in the interdisciplinary study of development, anchored in Economics, the Department offers the Development Studies Option (DSO). This program is offered as an option within existing M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the departments of Geography, History, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology. This thesis option is open to master's students specializing in Development Studies. Students enter through one of the participating departments and must meet the M.A. or Ph.D. requirements of that unit. Students will take an interdisciplinary seminar and a variety of graduate-level courses on international development issues. The M.A. or Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic relating to development studies, approved by the DSO Coordinating Committee. |
| Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Social Statistics (45 credits) |
| For students who wish to complement disciplinary training in Economics with research experience in applying statistical methods across the social sciences, the Department offers the Social Statistics Option. Students will normally complete the usual program course requirements, supplemented by further statistical courses, chosen in consultation with the option adviser, and subject to approval by the home department. Students will complete a statistics-based M.A. research paper (Economics, Political Science, Sociology) or thesis (Geography) in conjunction with an interdisciplinary “capstone seminar.” Acceptance into the program is by application to the Social Statistics Option Committee and is contingent on acceptance into the M.A. program in one of the participating departments (Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology), which in turn requires meeting Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies admission requirements. |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Economics |
| The Ph.D. program in Economics is designed to prepare students for research, whether in an academic or government setting, and teaching. The Department's faculty members conduct research in numerous areas of economics. The low student-faculty ratio ensures students receive individual attention to their own research, and are able to act as research assistants to the Faculty. The Department collaborates with the four other Economics departments in Montreal to extend the Ph.D.-level course offerings and to offer numerous external speakers and conferences. |
Note: Changes may take place after this information has been published. Students are advised to contact the Department for supplementary information, which may be important to their choice of program.
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2013-2014 (last updated Jul. 19, 2013) (disclaimer)
Economics Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Economics Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
An Honours B.A. in Economics is the normal requirement, although students holding an ordinary B.A., whether in economics or another discipline, may also be eligible for admission. Students judged by the Admissions Committee to have deficiencies in their preparation in economics may be admitted to a Qualifying year in which they undertake advanced undergraduate work.
Students who have not previously passed a suitable course in statistics must take the undergraduate Honours Statistics course, ECON 257D1/ECON 257D2. Students are also expected to have completed or to complete three terms of introductory calculus and at least one term of linear algebra.
If your education has been interrupted or if you do not have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Economics from a Canadian university, you must take the Graduate Record Examination (General Test) and arrange for your scores to be sent to us. Note that the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) cannot be substituted for the GRE. McGill University’s institutional code is 0935. The Department of Economics’ code is 1801. For more information about the GRE, please visit this .
Application Procedures
Application Procedures
McGill’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.
Information can be accessed on the Economics Department website at www.mcgill.ca/economics.
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2013-2014 (last updated Jul. 19, 2013) (disclaimer)
Economics Faculty
Economics Faculty
| Chair |
|---|
| John W. Galbraith |
| Emeritus Professors |
| Antal Deutsch; B.Com.(Sir G. Wms.), Ph.D.(McG.) |
| George Grantham; B.A.(Antioch), Ph.D.(Yale) |
| Joseph Greenberg; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Hebrew) |
| Kari Polanyi-Levitt; B.Sc.(LSE), M.A.(Tor.) |
| Professors |
| Robert D. Cairns; B.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(MIT) |
| Russell Davidson; B.Sc., Ph.D.(Glas.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (Canada Research Chair) |
| Jean-Marie Dufour; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc.(Montr.), M.A.(C'dia), M.A., Ph.D.(Chic.) (William Dow Chair in Economics) |
| John W. Galbraith; B.A.(Qu.), M.Phil., D.Phil.(Oxf.) (James McGill Professor) |
| Christopher Green; M.A.(Conn.), Ph.D.(Wisc.) |
| Jagdish Handa; B.Sc.(LSE), Ph.D.(Johns Hop.) |
| Ngo van Long; B.Ec.(LaT.), Ph.D.(ANU) (James McGill Professor) |
| Robin Thomas Naylor; B.A.(Tor.), M.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Cant.) |
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh; M.A.(Wat.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Moscow St.) |
| Associate Professors |
| Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado; B.Sc.(U. Pontifica Comillas), M.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) |
| Hassan Benchekroun; Diplôme d'ingénieur d'état(École Mohamedia des ingénieurs, Morocco), Ph.D.(Laval) |
| Matthieu Chemin; M.Sc.(École Centrale Paris), M.Sc., Ph.D.(LSE) |
| Jim Engle-Warnick; B.S.(Akron), M.B.A.(Carn. Mell), Ph.D.(Pitt.) (William Dawson Scholar) |
| Franque Grimard; B.A.(York), Ph.D.(Princ.) |
| C. John Kurien; B.A.(Kerala), M.A., Ph.D.(Vanderbilt) |
| Fabian Lange; B.Sc.(LSE), Ph.D.(Chic.) |
| Sonia Laszlo; B.A.(Ott.), M.A.(W. Ont.), Ph.D.(Tor.) |
| Markus Poschke; M.Sc.(Maastricht), M.A.(Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris), M.Res., Ph.D.(European University Institute, Italy) |
| Christopher T.S. Ragan; B.A.(Vic., BC), M.A.(Qu.), Ph.D.(MIT) |
| Erin Strumpf; B.A.(Smith), Ph.D.(Harv.) |
| Thomas Velk; M.S., Ph.D.(Wisc.) |
| William Watson; B.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Yale) |
| Licun Xue; B.Eng., M.Eng.(Tianjin), M.A., Ph.D.(McG.) |
| Assistant Professors |
| Daniel Barczyk; B.Com., M.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(NYU) |
| Rohan Dutta; B.A.(St. Stephen’s College, Delhi Univ.), M.Sc.(Delhi School of Economics), Ph.D.(Wash.) |
| Jian Li; B.A.(Tsinghua, Beijing), M.A., Ph.D.(Calif., Berk.) |
| Faculty Lecturers |
| Paul Dickinson |
| Mayssun El-Attar Vilalta |
| Kenneth MacKenzie |
| Taweewan Sidthidet |
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2013-2014 (last updated Jul. 19, 2013) (disclaimer)
Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Thesis) (48 credits)
For more information, see Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Thesis) (48 credits).
Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) (45 credits)
For more information, see Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) (45 credits).
Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Development Studies (45 credits)
For more information, see Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Development Studies (45 credits).
Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Social Statistics (45 credits)
The program complements disciplinary training with research experience applying statistical methods to Statistics Canada data (or equivalent). Students will normally complete the regular program course requirements, supplemented by further statistical courses, as advised by the option adviser, and subject to approval by the home department.
For more information, see Master of Arts (M.A.); Economics (Non-Thesis) — Social Statistics (45 credits).
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Economics
For more information, see Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Economics.
Faculty of Arts—2013-2014 (last updated Jul. 19, 2013) (disclaimer)
