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PhD field courses for 2023–2024

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 Not offered ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
RSM3090H1: Special Topics: Experimental Economics
Note: Students interested in Behavioural should take ECO3250 in the Fall of their third year, for the Major.
 
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
ECO2703H1: Development Economics II
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
Two of
ECO2701H1: Development Economics I
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO2650H1: Political Economy
ECO2703H1: Development Economics II
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
Note: Students must take either ECO2701H1 or ECO2120H1 for the Minor.
 
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
ECO1502H1: Empirical Financial Economics
 
Industrial organization Coordinator:
    Victor Aguirregabiria 		ECO3900H1: Industrial Organization I
ECO3901H1: Industrial Organization II
and recommended
RSM3011H1: Advanced Topics in the Theory of Industrial Organization
ECO2404H1: Empirical Applications of Economic Theory 		Two of
ECO3900H1: Industrial Organization I
ECO3901H1: Industrial Organization II
RSM3011H1: Advanced Topics in the Theory of Industrial Organization
ECO2404H1: Empirical Applications of Economic Theory
 
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:
    David Price 		ECO3801H1: Labour Economics II
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
and recommended
ECO2607H1: Economics of Education Policy 		ECO3801H1: Labour Economics II
and one of
ECO3450H1: Advanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
ECO2607H1: Economics of Education Policy
 
Macroeconomics Coordinator:
    Joseph Steinberg 		Three of
ECO2104H1: Quantitative Macroeconomics
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO3101H1: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
Note: ECO2104H1 is required for the Major. 		Two of
ECO2104H1: Quantitative Macroeconomics
ECO2120H1: Topics in Growth and Development
ECO3101H1: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory
ECO3304H1: International Monetary Theory
 
Microeconomic theory Coordinator:
    Xianwen Shi 		ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
RSM3011H1: Advanced Topics in the Theory of Industrial Organization 		ECO3200H1: Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
RSM3011H1: Advanced Topics in the Theory of Industrial Organization
 
Public economics Coordinator:
    Robert McMillan 		ECO2600H1: Public Economics I
ECO2606H1: Climate Economics 		ECO2600H1: Public Economics I
and one of
ECO2606H1: Climate Economics
ECO2404H1: Empirical Applications of Economic Theory
 
Last updated on December 05, 2015
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