Substituting
Economics Graduate Courses for Undergraduate Courses
Undergraduate majors satisfying the course prerequisites may, subject to the approval of the
instructor and of the departmental undergraduate committee chair, substitute
certain graduate courses for undergraduate courses. Only highly motivated
students with excellent aptitudes for economics and a strong background in
mathematics should consider making such substitutions. Typically, but not
necessarily, such students will be majors in mathematical economic analysis.
Permitted substitutions are as follows:
• ECON 501 for ECON 370 (if student has completed ECON 211 at Rice)
• ECON 502 for ECON 375
• ECON 504 for ECON 382
• ECON 510 for ECON 400
• Furthermore,
ECON 505 and
ECON 508 also may be
taken by undergraduates and may be used toward satisfying MTEC
requirements. Specifically,
ECON 505
could be used as one of the courses in
the applied economics category or in the advanced analysis category, while
ECON 508 could be used only in the
advanced analysis category.
Note that this set of substitutable graduate courses
includes six of the seven courses required during the first year of the PhD
program at Rice. Accordingly, such advanced course work would be excellent
preparation for graduate study in economics or in some related field such as
finance. Taking such graduate courses also should open more opportunities for
the student who will be seeking employment immediately after graduation.