The request to create Graduate Certificate in Applied Econometrics

Date: June 23, 2015
To: Belk College of Business
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: May 28, 2015
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Fall 2015

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The Graduate Certificate in Applied Econometrics provides students with a strong foundation in applied econometrics, a skill set that is increasingly in demand. Additionally, students considering graduate study in economics have the opportunity to explore material prior to formally committing to a full graduate degree program. The certificate program requires completion of 12 graduate credit hours of coursework in econometrics (4 courses).

  1. Admission Requirements

In addition to the general requirements for admission to the Graduate School, the following are required for graduate study in Economics:

  • A bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, from a regionally accredited college or university
  • GPA of at least 2.75 (based on a 4.0 scale) on all previous work completed beyond high school (secondary school)
  • An online application through the Graduate School’s application system
  • A statement of purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts of all college course work attempted
  • Official and satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), if English is not the applicant’s native language and he or she has not earned a post-secondary degree from a U.S. institution
  1. Program Description

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Econometrics requires completion of 12 semester hours of 6000-level courses in econometrics.Transfer credits are not accepted into the Graduate Certificate in Applied Econometrics program.Students must earn a grade of B or above in all four courses that make up the certificate program.

This 12-credit certificate program consists of:

Core Requirement (9 credit hours):

  • ECON 6112 Graduate Econometrics (3)
  • ECON 6217 Advanced Microeconometrics (3)
  • ECON 6218 Advanced Business and Economic Forecasting (3)

Plus 1 of the following 2 elective courses (3 credit hours):

  • ECON 6219 Financial Econometrics (3)
  • ECON 6257 Applied Computational Economics (3)