DE graduate courses
ECO505C Mathematical economics
Functions, differentiation and integration, matrix algebra, input-output analysis, game theory, optimization. |
ECO506C Economic statistics
Probability theory, distributions, large sample theory, statistical inference and tests of hypotheses.
ECO507C Microeconomics
Theory of the consumer, theory the firm, optimization and economic behavior, general equilibrium analysis.
ECO508C Macroeconomics
Closed economy macroeconomics, policy implications and economic applications.
ECO605C Seminar on development policy research
Policy research and issues in economic development, multidimensional aspects of economic development and issues in economic growth.
ECO606C Applied econometrics
Econometric models, econometric estimation methods and processes, parameter testing.
ECO607C Time series econometrics
Time series data and models, applications to macroeconomics and financial economics, trends and cycles, seasonal effects, nonstationarity.
ECO608C Development issues in microeconomics
Application of microeconomic theory to issues and policy formulation in economic development.
ECO609C Development issues in macroeconomics
Topics in open economy macroeconomics and application to issues in economic development, population, international trade, financial systems, monetary institutions and their role in economic development.
MAE graduate courses
ECO501M Mathematical economics
Concepts in elementary set theory, topics from the theory of functions, methods from differentiation and integration, tools of linear algebra, economic applications. |
ECO502M Economic statistics
Introduction to statistics and probability theory, random variables and expectations, special distributions, tests of hypotheses.
ECO503M Consumer and firm theory (Microeconomics 1)
Theory of consumer behavior and the firm, market structure, general equilibrium, and welfare economics, implications on resource allocation of changes in prices, quantities, and policies on resource allocation.
ECO504M Closed economy macroeconomics (Macroeconomics 1)
Income determination and the dynamics of income changes, dynamics of investment, aggregate consumption, government spending, and the trading and monetary sectors.
ECO601M Applied econometrics (Research Methods 1)
Applications of techniques in economic research using applied econometrics.
ECO602M Time series econometrics (Research Methods 2)
Applications of techniques in economic research using time series econometrics.
ECO603M Industrial organization (Microeconomics 2)
Welfare economics and market failure, economics of information, principal-agent problems, economics of organization and management.
ECO604M Macroeconomics for managers (Macroeconomics 2)
Aggregate demand and aggregate supply, macroeconomics of the labor market, growth theory and open macroeconomics.
ECO701M International economics and finance
Theory of international trade, movement of capital, implications to economic development, individual welfare and international business operations.
ECO702M Money and banking
Money and the national economy, monetarism, fiscal versus monetary influences, commercial banking and its creation, principles of bank management.
ECO703M Financial economics
Theory of the economics of financial markets and development of individual corporate valuation.
ECO704M Portfolio theory and investment analysis
Market strategies in managing portfolio and investment, applications.
MSc and PhD graduate courses
Unless otherwise noted, each course has credit equivalent to three units
(note: M = MSc, D = PhD, 6u = six units)
Mathematical economics, and econometric analysis ECO990M/D Mathematical economics (6u) ECO529M/D Dynamic optimization ECO513M/D Economic statistics ECO717M/D Microeconometrics ECO718M/D Macroeconometrics Economic theory ECO515M/D Microeconomics 1 ECO516M/D Macroeconomics 1 ECO615D Advanced microeconomics 2 ECO616D Advanced macroeconomics 2 ECO815D Advanced microeconomics 3 ECO816D Advanced macroeconomics 3 Electives (cognates) ECO711M/D International trade ECO712M/D International finance ECO714M/D Public finance ECO715M/D Monetary economics ECO716M/D Financial economics ECO720M/D Economics of regional integration ECO740M/D Labor economics ECO811M/D History of economic thought ECO812M/D Philippine economic history ECO817M/D Special topics Research courses ECO619D Methods of research ECO851M Thesis proposal (6u) ECO852M Thesis writing and defense (6u) ECO861D Dissertation proposal (6u) ECO862D Dissertation writing and defense (6u) |