The Department of Economics and Finance at the University of New Orleans offers a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Financial Economics. The innovative curriculum incorporates both contemporary economic and financial analysis into a program that reflects the growing integration of these two disciplines. It is one of the first programs to formally respond to the substantial demand for financial economists in research and policy making positions in universities, business and government.
PhD Curriculum
The Financial Economics program is divided into three stages
- Core preparation
- Advanced specialization
- Dissertation
The PhD consists of core qualifying exams, including two specialized fields and a corresponding general exam. The capstone is a dissertation, including an oral defense.
Typically, students, before their second fall semester, will take a finance qualifying, which focuses on corporate finance and asset pricing. Following the complete of the second fall semester, students will complete an economic qualifying, including micro and macro economics.
A total of 60 credit hours are needed. To be considered a full time student, 9 credit hours are required for each semester.