PhD Degree Requirements

UPDATED FALL 2024

For previous curriculum,refer to: (PDF file) https://www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/economics/graduate/2024/PhD_CurriculumOverviewJul24.pdf

Required
PhD Comprehensive Examination (Year One)
PhD Dissertation Dissertation Proposal
EF9100 PhD Seminar*
EF9913 Primer, Mathematical Economics**
EF9901 Advanced Microeconomics I
EF9902 Advanced Macroeconomics I
EF9903 Advanced Econometrics I
EF9904 Mathematical Economics EF9908 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics and Finance
EF9921 Advanced Microeconomics II
EF9922 Advanced Macroeconomics II
EF9923 Advanced Econometrics II EF9924 Advanced Topics in Microeconomics

3 Elective Courses
EF9905 Advanced Topics in International Trade I
EF9906 International Finance
EF9907 Game Theory
EF9908 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics and Finance
EF9909 Numerical Methods in Economics
EF9910 Advanced Topics in International Trade II
EF9911 Advanced Topics in Labour Economics
EF9912 Directed Studies in Economics
EF9914 Advanced Topics in Financial Econometrics
EF9936 Advanced Topics in Public Economics
EF9941 Advanced Topics in Development Economics EF9943 Advanced Topics in Monetary Economics

*Students in their second year of the program (and who have passed the comprehensive exams) are required to attend both the PhD seminar course and the regular departmental seminar series.

**Material will be made available online for applicants and incoming students to review.

For course descriptions and prerequisite information, please view the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Academic Calendar (opens in new window) .

Please note: The Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies calendar listed on the main graduate website is the official and binding document listing curriculum and courses. If there are any inconsistencies between content on this site and the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies calendar, it is the calendar that remains the binding document.