Graduate Information - Prerequisites
The Graduate School catalog provides information on the minimum standards for admission to the University of Maine Graduate School. An undergraduate degree in economics is not essential for admission. The School is much more concerned with the applicant’s capacity for graduate study and the quality of previous academic work at the undergraduate level. However, there are certain prerequisites that the student is required to have completed before entering the graduate program. The required undergraduate courses for all programs are:
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (equivalent to UMaine’s ECO 420)
- Introductory Statistics (equivalent to UMaine’s MAT 215 or 232); Econometrics (equivalent to UMaine’s ECO 485) is strongly recommended
- Calculus (equivalent to UMaine’s MAT 126)
In addition, for the M.A. in Economics and Financial Economics, applicants are required to have completed
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (equivalent of UMaine’s ECO 421)
The M.A. in Financial Economics also requires basic courses in accounting and business finance.
Applicants without the required background may be accepted provisionally while meeting these prerequisites.