Undergraduate Degrees

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Courses of Instruction

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Chair: Timur Kuran, Ph.D.

Faculty

King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture: Timur Kuran, Ph.D.

Professors: Richard H. Day, Ph.D.; Richard A. Easterlin, Ph.D.*; John E. Elliott, Ph.D.*; Peter Gordon, Ph.D. (Urban Planning and Development); Cheng Hsiao, Ph.D.; Robert E. Kalaba, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Timur Kuran, Ph.D.; Michael J. P. Magill, Ph.D.; Jeffrey B. Nugent, Ph.D.*; Harry W. Richardson, M.A. (Urban Planning and Development); Morton O. Schapiro, Ph.D.*; Quang Vuong, Ph.D.; Donald E. Yett, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Harrison C. Cheng, Ph.D.; Michael E. DePrano, Ph.D.; Andrew Weiss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Caroline Betts, Ph.D.; Timothy Cason, Ph.D.; James Chu, Ph.D.; Vai-Lam Mui, Ph.D.; Pablo Neumeyer, Ph.D.; Linwood Pendleton, Ph.D.; James Robinson, Ph.D.; Bryan Peter Rosendorff, Ph.D.; Jean Shelton, Ph.D. (Gerontology)

Senior Lecturer: Nake Kamrany, Ph.D.*

Emeritus Professor: Aurelius Morgner, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Programs

The economics curriculum is oriented toward a general, liberal education. Broadly based course work is an extremely important part of the economics major, including work in the physical and other social sciences as well as in the humanities. The study of economics also requires adequate preparation in mathematics and statistics. The standard undergraduate degree at USC is a four year B.A. degree. In the curriculum of the department, there is a "core" of four upper division courses: two in economic theory and two in statistical methods, with calculus and computer science prerequisites. Four elective upper division courses complete the standard economics major. A four-year accelerated program in economics, leading to the M.A. degree, is available for students who have very high standards of performance. The department also offers an interdepartmental major, in which students select five upper division economics courses to combine with three upper division courses in the other social sciences. This major provides the greatest latitude in the construction of a liberal arts major with a concentration in economics. The department also offers an economics minor, consisting of four upper division economics courses, for students majoring in other disciplines.

Graduate Programs

The department offers a Master of Arts in Economics, a Master of Arts in Economic Developmental Programming, dual degrees with the Law Center and the School of Urban Planning and Development, a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economy and Public Policy.

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