PhD Finance

Courses

Typical Student Course Schedule

First year:
- Economics 500 - General Microeconomic Theory
- Economics 501 - Quantitative Analysis for Economics
- Economics 506 - Economic Statistics
- Finance 590 - Empirical Applications in Finance
- Economics 502 - Microeconomic Theory
- Economics 507 - Econometric Analysis
  or Economics 574 - Econometrics I
- Finance 591 - Theory of Finance
- Elective as desired
Second year:
- Economics 508 - Applied Econometrics
  or Economics 575 Econometrics II
- Economics 576 - Time Series Analysis in Economics
- Finance 596 - Financial Intermediation Seminar
- Finance 594 - Corporate Finance Seminar
- Finance 593 - Investments Seminar
- Economics 590 - Continuous Time Methods in Economics and Finance
  or Finance 514 - Financial Engineering II
- electives as desired
Third year and thereafter:
- Finance 599 - Research Seminar in Finance

Students interested in real estate or insurance will also take Finance 541 or Finance 595, respectively. For students with good quantitative preparation but limited background in Finance, the electives will typically be MBA-level finance courses; for students with previous MBA degrees, the electives may consist of courses in mathematics or statistics.