Certificate in Quantitative Managerial Economics

Introduction

The department offers a Certificate in Quantitative Managerial Economics to qualified undergraduates. The purpose of this certificate is to offer students in economics a more advanced and a high quality preparation for the business world within a specific discipline: economics. It could also appeal to students interested in a career in government. Moreover this new certificate will give a strong background to students who are planning to do graduate work in business or in finance. It is an excellent preparation for a MBA or a Public Affairs/Government graduate program.

Requirements

Non-Economics Courses

1. ACCTG 215, 225
2. MATH 124, 125, 126 (or MATH 134, 135, 136)

Economics Courses (Two core courses required)

1. ECON 422: Investment, Capital, and Finance
2. ECON 482: Econometric Methods

              or

   ECON 483: Applied Econometric Modeling

Electives: Two additional courses, each chosen from a separate list.

Non-Quantitative (Choose 1 course from the following list)

• ECON 403: Economics of Property Rights
• ECON 404: Industrial Organization and Price Analysis
• ECON 421: Money, Credit and the Economy
• ECON 423: Topics in Financial Economics
• ECON 431: Government and Business
• ECON 444: Topics Labor Market Analysis
• ECON 450: Public Finance - Expenditure Policy
• ECON 451: Public Finance - Tax Policy
• ECON 464: Financial Crisis
• ECON 472: International Macro/Finance

Quantitative (Choose 1 course from the following list)

• ECON 400: Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
• ECON 401: Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
• ECON 424: Computational Finance & Financial Econometrics
• ECON 454: Cost Benefit Analysis
• ECON 482: Econometric Methods
• ECON 483: Applied Econometric Modeling
• ECON 485: Game Theory with Applications to Economics
• ECON 486: Economics of Information
• A STAT course from the following list: STAT 341, 342, 390

Minimum Grade Requirement

Students must earn a minimum g.p.a. of 3.4 for the four economics courses. (One course could be a STAT course from the quantitative list.)

Getting the Application

The application for this certificate is available online. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view this document. If you do not have Acrobat, click here to get it. To download the form for the Certificate in Quantitative Managerial Economics, click here. Printed copies of the application are available from the advising office, in Condon Hall, room 413.

When you have completed the required classes, fill out the application and return it with a UW unofficial transcript to:
   Advising Office
   Department of Economics
   Box 353330
   402 Condon Hall
   University of Washington
   Seattle, WA 98105.

Please print your name clearly as you wish it to appear and include your permanent mailing address. Certificates are not printed on a regular schedule so there may be some delay between your date of graduation and receipt of your certificate.

Last Updated December 4, 2007