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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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Graduate Programs

PhD field courses for 2024–2025

Students should check with the field coordinator to determine if any additional courses may be helpful in preparing for the comprehensive exam in a given field.

 
Field Courses for major Courses for minor
 
Behavioural economics Coordinator:
    Yoram Halevy
ECO3250H1: Behavioural Economics (PhD)
RSM3090H1: Special Topics: Experimental Economics
and recommended
ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
ECO3250H1: Behavioural Economics (PhD)
RSM3090H1: Special Topics: Experimental Economics
and recommended
ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
 
Econometrics Coordinator:
    Yuanyuan Wan
ECO3400H1: Topics in Econometrics
ECO3401H1: Advanced Econometrics
and recommended
STA2111H1: Graduate Probability I
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
ECO3400H1: Topics in Econometrics
and one of
ECO3401H1: Advanced Econometrics
ECO2460H1: Economic Applications of Machine Learning
ECO462/2411H1: Financial Econometrics
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
 
Economic development Coordinator:
    Arthur Blouin
ECO2701H1: Development Economics I
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
and recommended
ECO2650H1: Political Economy
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
Two of
ECO2701H1: Development Economics I
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO2650H1: Political Economy
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
Note: Students must take either ECO2701H1 or ECO2120H1 for the Minor.
 
Environmental economics Coordinator:
    Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues
ECO2606H1: Climate Economics
ECO2450H1: Structural Approaches to Climate Economics
ECO2606H1: Climate Economics
ECO2450H1: Structural Approaches to Climate Economics
 
Financial economics Coordinator:
    Jordi Mondria
RSM3030H1: Finance Theory I
RSM3034H1: Empirical Asset Pricing
and one of
RSM3031H1: Finance Theory II
RSM3032H1: Corporate Finance I
RSM3033H1: Corporate Finance II
ECO462/2411H1: Financial Econometrics
RSM3030H1: Finance Theory I
and one of
RSM3031H1: Finance Theory II
RSM3032H1: Corporate Finance I
RSM3033H1: Corporate Finance II
RSM3034H1: Empirical Asset Pricing
ECO462/2411H1: Financial Econometrics
 
Industrial organization Coordinator:
    Yanyou Chen
ECO3900H1: Industrial Organization I
ECO3901H1: Industrial Organization II
and recommended
ECO2404H1: Empirical Applications of Economic Theory
RSM3010H1: Special Topics in the Economics of Technology and Innovation
RSM3055H1: Econometric Methods in Marketing
Two of
ECO3900H1: Industrial Organization I
ECO3901H1: Industrial Organization II
ECO2404H1: Empirical Applications of Economic Theory
RSM3010H1: Special Topics in the Economics of Technology and Innovation
RSM3055H1: Econometric Methods in Marketing
 
International economics Coordinator:
    Peter Morrow
ECO3300H1: International Trade Theory
ECO3301H1: International Trade II
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
ECO3300H1: International Trade Theory
and one of
ECO3301H1: International Trade II
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
 
Labour economics Coordinator:
    Philip Oreopoulos
ECO3800H1: Labour Economics I
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
and recommended
ECO2607H1: Economics of Education Policy
ECO3800H1: Labour Economics I
and one of
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
ECO2607H1: Economics of Education Policy
 
Macroeconomics Coordinator:
    Joseph Steinberg
ECO2104H1: Quantitative Macroeconomics
and two of
ECO2107H1: Monetary Theory I
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO3101H1: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
Two of
ECO2104H1: Quantitative Macroeconomics
ECO2107H1: Monetary Theory I
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO3101H1: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
 
Microeconomic theory Coordinator:
    Colin Stewart
ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
ECO3250H1: Behavioural Economics (PhD)
and recommended
RSM3010H1: Special Topics in the Economics of Technology and Innovation
ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
and one of
ECO3250H1: Behavioural Economics (PhD)
RSM3010H1: Special Topics in the Economics of Technology and Innovation
 
Public economics Coordinator:
    Robert McMillan
ECO2600H1: Public Economics I
ECO2601H1: Public Economics II
ECO2600H1: Public Economics I
ECO2601H1: Public Economics II