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required. The department offers a mathematics
review course (Math Camp), which lasts one week
and takes place at the end of August, before the first
day of classes in the Fall term. All applicants, except
Tufts undergraduates in arts and sciences, must
submit the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
with their application.
The Master of Science Program in Economics
has two tracks: Course-Based and Research-Based.
The M.S.-Course-Based track is an eight-credit
program, which can be completed in one year,
without a thesis. The M.S.-Research-Based track is
a twelve-credit program to be completed in two
years, with a master’s thesis.
All entering students will be admitted to the
Master of Science program in Economics and will
be asked about their potential interest in pursuing
either the M.S.-Course-Based or the two-year
M.S.-Research-Based degree. All students are
required to complete the three core sequence classes:
Statistics and Econometrics; Microeconomic
Theory I and II; and Macroeconomic Theory I and
II. The standard course load for a full-time student
is four courses per semester.
Course-Based Master of Science in Economics
The Course-Based track requires completion of six
core courses (Economics 201- Economics 206), and
two electives, for a total of eight credits. Electives
include courses offered in the Department of
Economics, courses offered in other departments at
the School of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, and
at the Fletcher School, as well as at other consortium
schools (Boston College, Boston University,
and Brandeis University). In order to receive the
Master of Science Course-Based degree, a student
must complete a one-year residency requirement
and must pass eight semester courses.
Research-Based Master of Science in Economics
The requirements for the Research-Based degree,
in addition to the eight-credit course requirements
of the Course-Based track, include four extra
credits: two master thesis credits, an Economics
Research Seminar, and an Applied Econometrics
course. To be admitted into the Research-Based
Master of Science degree in the second year,
students must demonstrate good standing in the
first year of the program.
Specifically, a full-time M.S.-Research-Based
students will have to: 1. Show math competency by
the end of the first (Fall) semester. 2. Receive a
final grade of B or better in all six courses
(Economics 201- Economics 206), and a grade of A or
better in at least two of those classes. 3. Demonstrate
ability to conduct independent research.
Students in the M.S.-Research-Based degree must
complete twelve credits. The thesis must be a major
research project conducted under the supervision of
the member of the department. The completed
thesis must be presented and successfully defended
in an oral examination administered by a thesis
committee. In order to receive the Master of
Science Research-Based degree, a student must
complete a two-year residency requirement and
must pass twelve semester courses.
Financial aid, scholarships, teaching and
research assistantships and other opportunities are
available. The department considers all teaching
and research experience to be an integral part of the
program.
In addition to the regular Master’s program, the
Economics Department also offers a two-year
program, in conjunction with the Department of
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning,
leading to the joint degree of Master’s in Economics
and Urban and Environmental Policy. Applicants to
this program must be accepted by both departments.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website: http://ase.tufts.edu/econ/.
Education
Professor David Hammer, Chair; science education
Associate Professor Bárbara M. Brizuela, Cognitive
development, mathematics education
Associate Professor Sabina Elena Vaught, Urban
education
Assistant Professor Freeden Oeur, Sociology in education
Assistant Professor Michelle Wilkerson-Jerde,
Mathematics education
Senior Lecturer Steve Cohen, History and Political Science/
Political Philosophy education
Senior Lecturer Steven Luz-Alterman, Co-Director;
School psychology
Senior Lecturer Linda Beardsley, Director; Teacher
education and school partnerships
Senior Lecturer Laura Rogers, Co-Director; School
psychology
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