Economic Analysis and Consulting

The MA program concentration in Economic Analysis and Consulting gives students a firm understanding of how business decisions are made in corporations, governments and financial institutions, as well as how those decisions are impacted by government policies within the context of a global economy.

Careers in Business Economics

Students in this concentration will develop knowledge of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and finance to pursue careers in financial and economic consulting, banking, asset management, and multilateral organizations. Common employers for graduates who earn this concentration include consulting firms, corporations, financial institutions and government agencies.

Nimisha Shinday

Accenture

Consulting Analyst

Nisha Sheth

PwC

Partner

Ebenezer Amoh

Microsoft

Sr. Finance Manager - Worldwide Commercial Business

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Faculty Spotlight: Carol Osler

Professor Carol Osler teaches Trading and Exchanges, drawing on her expertise in financial markets, and Applied International Macroeconomics, which builds on her experience as a practicing economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Her research focuses on the microeconomics of financial markets with a special focus on the foreign exchange market. Osler holds an MA from Swarthmore and a PhD from Princeton.

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Concentration Requirements

The MA concentration in Economic Analysis and Consulting requires the completion of 16 credits across the groups listed below.

Group 1: Required Courses (4 credits)

ECON 261a: Empirical Analysis of Global Trade (4 credits)
ECON/FIN 250a: Forecasting in Economics and Finance (4 credits)
BUS 211a: Foundations of Data Analytics (4 credits)

Group 2: Core Economic Analysis and Consulting (4 credits)

ECON 270a: Economic Development Strategies (4 credits)
IN 247a: Transfer Pricing Theory and Practice (4 credits)

Or any course from group 1 not taken to satisfy that requirement

Group 3: Economic Analysis and Consulting Electives (8 credits)

BUS 212a: Advanced Data Analytics (4 credits)
BUS 253a: Marketing Research (4 credits)
BUS 260a: Competition and Strategy (4 credits)
BUS 262a: Alliance, Acquisition, and Divestment Strategy (4 credits)
BUS 263a: Strategy and Innovation (4 credits)
BUS 272a: Operations Management (4 credits)
BUS 279f: Corporate Fraud: Detection and Prevention (2 credits)
BUS 243a: Introduction to New Language Processing (4 credits)
BUS/FIN 241a: Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Business & Finance (4 credits)
ECON 217f: Game Theory and Business Strategy (2 credits)
ECON/BUS 265a: Business & Economic Strategies in Emerging Markets (4 credits)
ECON/FIN 209a: Behavioral Economics and Finance (4 credits)
ECON/FIN 243a: Technological Rivalry (4 credits)
FIN 254a: Modern Finance, FinTech and Beyond (4 credits)
FIN 282f: From Cyber to COVID: Shocks, Risks and Opportunities in Finance (2 credits)

Or any course from groups 1 and 2 not taken to satisfy those requirements

Practicum (4 credits)

FIN 293a Finance Field Project (4 credits)

Admissions

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