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Undergraduate Mathematics Courses Required and Recommended for Admission to Economics PhD Programs in the United States

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  • Martin Milkman
  • Riza Marjadi

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This note presents a list of mathematics courses, normally taken at the undergraduate level, which are required or recommended as part of the admissions criteria for all economics PhD programs in the United States. The data in this note were gathered through a survey of PhD program directors, retrieval of data from PhD program websites, and personal conversations with PhD program directors in the United States. All of the data were collected during the spring and summer of 2016.

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  • Martin Milkman & Riza Marjadi, 2017. "Undergraduate Mathematics Courses Required and Recommended for Admission to Economics PhD Programs in the United States," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 62(1), pages 118-125, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:amerec:v:62:y:2017:i:1:p:118-125
    DOI: 10.1177/0569434516672777
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    Keywords

    mathematical literacy; PhD economics; admission requirements; economic education;
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    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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