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The Ph.D. requires at least 90 credit hours. At least 30 hours must be for research credit earned in preparation of a dissertation. The remaining 60 hours normally come from course work. A minimum of 24 credit hours of course work on the Program of Study must be taken at Kansas State University. There are 10 required courses. These are:
ECON 735 - Mathematical Economics
ECON 940 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
ECON 945 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory II
ECON 805 - Income and Employment Theory I
ECON 905 - Income and Employment Theory II
STAT 706 - Basic Elements of Statistical Theory
ECON 830 - Econometrics I
ECON 930 - Econometrics II
ECON 710 - History of Economic Thought, or a graduate economics course at the 800-level or above in a third field
AGEC 901, 905, 923, or 936
The expected sequence for taking the core courses is:
Fall, first semester: STAT 706, ECON 735
Spring, second semester: ECON 805, ECON 830, ECON 940
Fall, third semester: ECON 905, ECON 930, ECON 945.
Students must complete ECON 830 and ECON 930 with a grade of B or better in each course.
The remaining 30 hours of course work is at the discretion of the student, subject to two restrictions. The first restriction is that all courses taken must be approved by the major professor and the supervisory committee. The second restriction is that courses must be taken that prepare the student to pass the preliminary examinations. While some of the discretionary 30 hours may come from related disciplines, it is expected that the majority of the discretionary 30 hours will come from economics courses.
A student entering the Ph.D. program with a Master's degree (from this or any other institution) may request transfer of up to 30 hours of that degree toward the Ph.D. The number of hours accepted depends upon the relevance of the course work toward the Ph.D., and is decided on a case-by-case basis. The substitution of transfer courses for the required courses listed above is decided on a case-by-case basis.
For more details and restrictions see the Graduate Handbook .