Queen's University, Ontario, Canada

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A., Ph.D

Format: Campus

Program Description:

Queen’s offers what we believe are the finest graduate programs in Economics in Canada. Our programs are rigorous and demanding, but are also challenging and exciting, and are noted for being highly collegial and congenial. Also, because of our low student-to faculty ratio, and our ability to provide office space within the department you will have ample opportunity to interact with faculty members, in both the M.A. and Ph.D. programs.

Our programs are held in very high esteem by our graduates, by our current students, and by professional economists in Canada and throughout the world. They prepare students for both applied and theoretical research, and, especially in the case of the M.A. program, for non-academic careers in both the private and public sectors. Both programs involve a core of courses in economic theory and quantitative methods, together with a range of specialized electives chosen according to each student’s interest.

Fields of Study
Applied Microeconomics: Applied microeconomics includes a range of specialized areas of study, which can draw on methods from other fields of economics. However applied work, utilizes the basic principles of price theory, and supply & demand.

Econometric Theory: Econometric theory applies the tools of statistics to economic problems. It develops methods for testing and quantifying economic theories and relationships in data.

Applied Econometrics: Applied econometrics focuses on using techniques to analyze data and uses statistical methods to produce empirical evidence to test opinions and theories.

Economic History: Using contemporary methodological and empirical techniques in an effort to understand fundamental economic relationships that have been operable in the long run. While economic history does help us to understand the past, its primary focus involves the use of past experience to illuminate current and future economic interactions.

Accreditation:

Ontario Graduate Council

Eligibility Requirements:

M.A.:

* Honours Bachelor’s degree with a major in economics or a related field, minimum upper second-class standing (Most students have first-class averages.)
* Most successful applicants have undergraduate credits in statistics and quantitative methods for economics, intermediate and advanced micro- and macroeconomic theory, and two or three further upper-year courses in economics, plus courses in linear algebra and differential and integral calculus. Applicants from other Departments may need to complete a preparatory or qualifying year.

Ph.D.:

* Honours Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in economics or a related field.
* If you are applying for the Ph.D. program, you should submit marks from at least one term of your M.A. program.

International Student Requirements:

As per domestic but proof of English language proficiency also required.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: Yes