Program Overview

University of Toledo Advanced Economics Certificate Program

The Advanced Economics Certificate program is offered by the Department of Economics at the University of Toledo. This program requires 10 credits and consists of three courses.

Program Requirements

To be eligible for the Advanced Economics Certificate, students must be accepted into the Early Admission Program for the One Year Master's Program in Economics. The program consists of the following courses:

• ECON 5150: Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (4 hours)
• Alternatively, ECON 5200: Advanced Microeconomic Theory
• Two elective ECON courses from the following list:
  • One at the 5000 level (3 or 4 credits)
  • One at the 4000 level (3 credits)
  • Elective courses include:
    • ECON 4620 or ECON 5620: Regional Economics
    • ECON 4050 or ECON 5050: Population Economics
    • ECON 4750 or ECON 5750: Health Economics
    • ECON 4250 or ECON 5250: Labor Economics
    • ECON 4260 or ECON 6260: Behavioral Economics
    • ECON 4280 or ECON 5280: Energy Economics
    • ECON 4240 or ECON 5240: Applied Environmental Economics
    • ECON 4660 or ECON 5660: Public Finance Economics
    • ECON 4120 or ECON 5120: Monetary Theory
    • ECON 4130 or ECON 5130: Monetary And Fiscal Policy
    • ECON 4300 or ECON 5300: Mathematical Economics
    • ECON 4510 or ECON 5510: International Economics I
    • ECON 4550 or ECON 5550: Economic Development

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Advanced Economics Certificate program, students will be able to:

• Analyze economic models using advanced quantitative tools such as regression analysis (PLO I)
• Apply economic theory to a range of economic problems, demonstrating causation (PLO 2)
• Interpret and summarize ideas effectively in terms of content, clarity, syntax, and organization of information, particularly for quantitative results (PLO 3)