Degree Requirements

Candidates for the doctoral degree will be expected to:

1. Complete an approved program of at least eighteen courses, no more of four which are research workshops. At least two years of full-time study, or the equivalent of sixty semester hours, must be in residence at Rice.

2. Perform satisfactorily on written general examinations in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics at the end of the first year of study.

3. Demonstrate proficiency in a major field by completing the relevant courses and performing satisfactorily on a written exam in that field. Fields may be chosen from the following areas: Econometrics, Economic Theory, Industrial Organization and Regulation, International Trade and Finance, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Theory, Public Finance, and Development.

4. Report on the progress toward the choice of dissertation topics.

5. Complete and defend orally a doctoral dissertation setting forth in publishable form the results of original research.