Ph.D. Degree Requirements
Requirements for the Ph.D. program
1. Core Courses (at least 24 credits)
Microeconomics (at least 3)
- EDPE 4056: Microeconomics (3), only if required
- EDPE 6151: Advanced Microeconomics (3)
Economics of Education (9)
- EDPE 4050: Economics of Education (3)
- EDPE 4055: Resource Allocation in Education (3)
- EDPE 4058: Economics of Higher Education (3)
Labor Economics (at least 3 credits)
- EDPE 6052: Ph.D. Applied Labor Market Analysis
- G6451-6452: Economics of Labor I & II (Economics Department)
Public Finance/Educational Finance (at least 3 credits)
- EDPE 4097: International Comparative Studies in Educational Finance (3)
- EDPE 4155: Education, Privatization and School Choice (3)
- G6806: Public Finance III (3) Economics Department
Education and Economic Development (at least 3 credits)
- EDPE 4051: Education and Economic Development (3)
- EDPE 6050: Education and Economic Development: Advanced Topics (3)
2. Research Methods (at least 12 credits)
Econometrics (at least 6 credits)
- U6610: Econometric Techniques for Policy Managers(3) (Program in Economic Policy Management, SIPA)
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EDPE 6023: Quantitative Methods for Causal Inference in Educational Research (3)
- G6417: Econometrics III (3) (Economics Department)
- U8990: Quantitative methods in Program Evaluation and Policy Research (School of International and Public Affairs)
Dissertation Research (at least 6 credits)
- EDPE 5550: Workshop in Economics of Education (3)
- Three semesters of continuous registration in a research seminar, (i.e., EDPE 6950: Studies in Economics and Education or consult with adviser) for 1 point
3. Specialization (at least 39 credits)
Course work for the specialization should be developed individually by the student with guidance from their adviser
Examples of Specializations:
- Education and economic development
- Education and the transition to work
- Educational finance
- Economics of urban and minority education
- Economic evaluation of education
- Economics of new educational technology
- Teacher markets
4. Other Requirements to Fulfill
Electives: at least 6 credits taken outside of the program but within Teachers College (no less than 2 credits in each course)
- Competence in 1 foreign language
- Certification Examination consisting of two parts:
1. Three-hour exam
2. Literature review with guidelines
- Doctoral Dissertation (proposal, research, writing and defense)
