Ph.D. Course Descriptions

ECON 301
ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY I
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 201
The course is a study of consumer behavior and the theory of the firm, extensive analysis of the properties of cost and production functions, axiomatic foundation of utility theory, theory of perfectly competitive and monopolistic markets, pricing techniques, welfare economics and general equilibrium analysis.
 
ECON 302
ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS THEORY I
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 202
The course is an overview of aggregate income determination, theory of growth: Solow, neoclassical and new growth models, rational expectations, price adjustments in closed and open economies and reconstruction of macro theory.

ECON 303
ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY II
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301
The course is a discussion on the economics of imperfect information, intertemporal choice optimization under uncertainty, moral hazard, self-selection problems, social choice theory and game theory.

ECON 304
ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY II
3 units
Pre-requisites: ECON 302
The course is a discussion on the theory of economic fluctuations and business cycles, dynamic optimization models of macroeconomic equilibrium and advanced theories of consumption, investment, money and interest.
 
ECON 307
ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 207
The course is a study of simultaneous equation models and estimation, analysis of panel data and estimation, nonlinear models in economics and estimation, and econometrics of time series and estimation.
 
ECON 309.1
HISTORY OF ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This course traces the evolution and development of economic thought from pre-classical political economy to the classical political economy and early socialist thought, Austrian school, Neoclassical School and Keynesian economics and institutionalists. (source: master’s)

ECON 309.2
HISTORY OF ECONOMICS II
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This course traces the more modern evolution of economic thought, including more recent advances in neoclassical, institutionalist and post-Keynesian thought. (source: master’s)

ECON 311
SOCIAL ACCOUNTING
3 units
Pre-requisites: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course discusses the structure, analysis and evaluation of three types of social accounting: national income accounts, input-output accounts and the flow of funds accounts.
 
ECON 312
INPUT-OUTPUT ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course analyzes industry interdependence, particularly on the nature of activities of specific sectors that consume goods from other sectors to produce output.
 
ECON 313
ECONOMICS OF MONEY AND BANKING
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course discusses the fundamentals of monetary economics.

ECON 321
ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 302
The course is a study of the issues and problems of economic growth and development faced by developing countries.

ECON 322
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisites: ECON 301
The course discusses the theory and practice of international trade and finance as well as economic relations and interdependence among nations.
 
ECON 330
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
The course discusses economics in the context of a society's culture, politics and history.
 
ECON 341
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course provides a practical approach to managerial decision-making in both private and public sectors, integrating microeconomic theory with management science, accounting, finance and accounting.
 
ECON 342
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course is a discussion on the principles of financial theory and analysis of investment decisions.

ECON 350
ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course is an introduction in applying economic analysis to issues and problems of the public sector.

ECON 355
ECONOMICS OF LABOR AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisites: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course is a study of the institutional organization of labor markets and the resulting policy implications.
 
ECON 357
URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course is a study of the theories and applications of economic of industrial location and public facility siting, urban structure and regional expansion and land utilization.
 
ECON 359
ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course initially integrates the basic environmental (production, regulation, and habitat-carrier) functions, the commons and property-rights matrix, and the valuation or quantification of ecosystem, natural resource and economic conditions within an environmental economic accounting system.

ECON 360
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301 and ECON 302
The course analyzes the economics of production and agriculture's role in development.

ECON 370
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS SYSTEMS
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
The course is a discussion of characteristics and the economic performance of major economic systems such as capitalism, socialism and mixed economic system.
 
ECON 385.05
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This course is a discussion on the topic of capitalism in relation to peripheral economies and an analysis of the Philippine agrarian situation. Topics include the principles of project and resource management.
 
ECON 385.12
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course discusses the fundamentals of international political economy, integrating the theoretical insights of economics and politics.

ECON 385.14
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course deals with the interface of the economy and the environment.

ECON 385.2
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS RELATIONS
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
The course discusses policy-oriented topics in international economics.
 
ECON 385.29
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 201 and ECON 202
This course deals with topics of current research interest in an industrial organization. Research papers include theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of firms and industries, the application of quantitative methods such as game theory and econometrics, and issues of public policy that foster competition.
 
ECON 385.31
MICROECONOMICS OF COMPETITIVENESS
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course is concerned with the determinants of competitiveness and economic development based on microeconomic lens. (source: master’s)

ECON 385.36
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: GAME THEORY FOR ECONOMICS ANALYSIS
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course focuses on the use of game theory in economic model-building. (source: master’s)

ECON 385.45
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
The course studies institutions of international liquidity.
 
ECON 385.48
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: MODERN CHINESE ECONOMY
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This course is a study of the evolution of the Chinese economy from a centrally-planned system to a market-oriented one. It reviews the growth of the Chinese economy since 1979 and the policy reforms in agriculture, industry, foreign trade, and the banking and financial sectors.
 
ECON 385.53
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: WORKSHOP IN URBAN ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 201 and ECON 202
The course covers basic theories of social research and analysis in urban economics.

ECON 385.54
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: SEMINAR IN HISTORY OF ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course emphasizes the importance of critical reading and analysis of the original classical works in economics. (source: master’s)

ECON 385.57
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: SURVEY SAMPLING METHODS FOR ECONOMICSTS
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
This course introduces the history, theories, and methods of survey research. Focus is on the design, development, execution, and analysis of surveys. Survey sampling, question construction, questionnaire design, survey data analysis, and research ethics are covered. Topics include the theoretical and intellectual bases of surveys. (source: undergrad)
 
ECON 385.58
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY
3 units
Pre-requisite: Familiarity with microeconomic theory and sufficient knowledge of statistics or econometrics to evaluate regression analysis
The course discusses the microeconomic demand framework of households’ consumption and labor supply and production to interpret population demographics, the changing character of the family and gender roles.
 
ECON 385.60
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This is a course on the selection and design of policy instruments for the environment. Topics include the need for environmental and natural resource policy; kinds of policy instruments and their effects; criteria in selecting policy instruments; and policy instruments for specific environmental sectors.

ECON 385.62
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: THEORY OF CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisite: Approval of professor
This is an advanced course on the theory of capitalism and capitalist development following Karl Marx and Marxists' Political Economy.

ECON 385.63
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC THEORIES: NEOCLASSICAL VERSUS MARXIAN ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisites: Approval of professor
This is an advanced course on the debates between capitalism and socialism
 
ECON 385.66
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS: WORKSHOP IN HAPPINESS ECONOMICS
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 201
The course introduces the economics and psychology of subjective well-being.
 
ECON 390.1
WORKSHOP IN ECONOMICS I
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301, ECON 302, ECON 303 and ECON 304
The workshop courses consists of a series of seminar presentations in applied economics by students, faculty and guests.
 
ECON 390.2
WORKSHOP IN ECONOMICS II
3 units
Pre-requisite: ECON 301, ECON 302, ECON 303 and ECON 304
The workshop courses consists of a series of seminar presentations in applied economics by students, faculty and guests.

ECON 392
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
The course introduces the different research methodologies in economics that permit students to engage in a piece of focused research by integrating the substantive knowledge obtained from various required courses.

ECON 396
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
0 units
Pre-requisites: None
This is the catalog number for preparaton for PhD comprehensive examinations.
 
ECON 396.1
QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
0 units
Pre-requisite: None
 
ECON 399.1
DOCTORAL THESIS I
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This is a course on dissertation research and writing supervised by a dissertation adviser.

ECON 399.2
DOCTORAL THESIS II
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This is a course on dissertation research and writing supervised by a dissertation adviser.

ECON 399.4
ORAL DEFENSE (DOCTORAL)
3 units
Pre-requisites: None
This is the catalog number for the oral defense for PhD dissertation
 
ECON 399.5
RESIDENCY FOR DOCTORAL LEVEL
3 units
Pre-requisite: None
This is the catalog number for residency for PhD students
 
ECON 399.6
FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION (DOCTORAL)
3 units
Pre-requisite: None

ECON 399.7
FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION (DOCTORAL)
3 units
Pre-requisite: None