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Program Requirements

The Ph.D. in Economics requires successful completion of 20 credits or more from the courses listed below and the successful proposal, submission and oral defense of a doctoral dissertation. An overall GPA of 2.0 (max: 4.5) or better for courses taken at YNU is also required for graduation.

Of the 20 credits:

1. 8 or more credits must be from lectures.

  • These are chosen from Economics Lectures and Research Practicum in the next table but can also include up to 4 credits in so-called “prerequisite courses”.
  • “Research Practicum” credits can also be part of the aforementioned 8 credits, but prerequisites and Research Practicum credits can total no more than 6 credits in all.
  • Also, 4 of the 8 credits may be taken from courses offered in Department of Business Administration or Department of International and Business Law of the Graduate School of International Social Sciences (GSISS).
  • GSISS Joint Course credits do not count toward the Ph.D. degree.
  • Doctoral course credits earned at a graduate school or graduate schools, domestic or overseas, may be recognized if approved as beneficial by the Faculty Council.

2. 8 credits are from mandatory Seminars Ⅰa, Ⅰb, Ⅱa, Ⅱb led by the student’s main advisor.

  • Seminars Ⅰa & Ⅱa are held in the Fall semester. Seminars Ⅰb & Ⅱb are held in the Spring semester. For those who commenced enrollment in the Spring semester, they must take SeminarⅠb first, and then take SeminarⅠa in the following Fall semester.

3. The last 4 credits must be achieved by receiving credit in one of the following ways:

  • Workshops Ⅰ & Ⅱcredits, each earned twice
  • Workshops Ⅲ & Ⅳcredits, each earned twice
  • Workshops Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ& Ⅳcredits, each earned once
  • Workshops Ⅰ & Ⅱcredits, each earned once, plus Field Work (up to 2 credits maximum)
  • Workshops Ⅲ & Ⅳcredits, each earned once, plus Field Work (up to 2 credits maximum)
    • Students may substitute lectures (one or two 2-credit courses, Research Practicum included) for Workshops (2 or 4 credits) if recommended by the student’s advising committee.

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