Graduate Courses in Economics
The Department of Economics offers over 50 graduate courses throughout the academic year including core courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and elective courses in various fields. Information on our courses can be found in the corresponding pages on the left. Should you have additional questions not covered by the information contained or resources listed on this website, please e-mail us at econphdadvising@ucsd.edu.
Course Offerings for 2023/24
Last updated: September 27, 2023
As of Fall 2022, department seminars are no longer listed as formal courses with the registrar. Upper-year PhD students are still expected to regularly attend at least one seminar, but there is no need to enroll in order to attend. Click here for the schedule for our Fall 2023 seminars.
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Winter 2024 |
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205 | Mathematics for Economists (Fall of 1st Year) |
Toda |
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284 | Becoming an Economist |
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Niehaus |
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200ABC | Microeconomics (1st Year) |
Toda/Shishkin |
Sobel/Shishkin/Vespa |
Du |
210ABC | Macroeconomics (1st Year) |
Alon/Wu |
Rondina |
Wieland/ Herreno |
220ABC | Econometrics (1st Year) |
Elliott |
Ma |
Sun |
220DEF | Econometrics (2nd Year) |
Hamilton |
Wuthrich |
Carson |
280 | Computation | Arnold | ||
Electives | ||||
201 | Advanced Microeconomics | |||
204 | Contract Theory | |||
206 | Decisions | |||
208 | Games & Information | |||
210D | Monetary Economics and Business Cycles |
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214 | Applied Macroeconomics |
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221 | Advanced Econometrics |
Zhu |
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227 | Nonparametric and Semi-Parametric Methods |
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230 | Public Economics: Taxation |
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231 | Public Econ: Natl Govt Expend |
Cullen |
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232 | Public Economics: Redistribution and Social Insurance |
Fadlon |
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233 |
Public Economics of Health Care |
Clemens |
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237 | Political Economy |
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Lowes/Bazzi |
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241 | Microeconomics of Development |
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Muralidharan |
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242 | Macroeconomics of Development |
Vogl/Munseob Lee |
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243 | Organizational Economics of Development |
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Niehaus |
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245 | International Trade |
Trottner |
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246 | International Macroeconomics |
Wu |
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247 | Empirical Topics: International Economics |
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248 | Spatial Economics | Eckert | ||
250 | Labor Economics | Arnold/Dahl/Berman/Betts | Berman/Dahl | Betts/Arnold |
262 | Bahvioral Game Theory |
Trevino |
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263 | Modeling Behavioral Economics |
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264 | Experimental Economics |
Vespa |
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265 | Alternative Choice Theory | |||
266 | Economics of Natural Resources |
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267 | Topics in Environmental and Resource Economics |
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268 | Energy and Environmental Economics |
Boomhower/ Jacobsen |
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272 | Finance-Intertemporal Models |
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281 |
Special Topics in |
Jacobsen |
Jaimovich |
Meckel |
3rd Year Research | ||||
285 | 3rd Year Pre-Candidacy Presentation |
Alon/Bharadwaj |
Eckert/Ma |
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286 | Graduate Research Presentation |
A00: B00:Eckert C00: D00:Meckel E00:Boomhower |
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A00:Ma B00:Hamilton C00: D00:Niehaus E00: |
296 | 3rd Year Original Research Paper |
Alon/Bharadwaj |
Eckert/Ma |
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Seminars | ||||
202ABC | Theory, Behavioral and Experimental |
Shishkin |
Vespa |
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212ABC | Macroeconomics |
Jaimovich |
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Wieland |
222ABC | Econometrics | Zhu | Ma | |
235ABC |
Applied Economics |
Clemens |
Betts |
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244ABC | Development Economics |
Vogl/Guarav |
Bharadwaj/McCord |
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249ABC | Global Economy Workshop |
Eckert |
Trottner |
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269C | Environmental and Resource Economics |
Garg |