StudyQA — Master: Statistical and Economic Modeling

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Areas of specialization include: financial economics, econometrics. The Master's in Statistical and Economic Modeling program is jointly managed and overseen by the Departments of Statistical Science and Economics to train and develop statistical skills linked to economics, finance, and related areas to prepare graduates for Ph.D. studies or related professions. The focus is on theory and methods of statistical science and economics, computational statistics, and interdisciplinary economic applications. Students will study both statistics and economics coursework in depth, and will write a thesis paper based on an individual and mature research project. The degree will emphasize computational statistics and econometrics in a variety of programming languages including SAS, STATA, R, S-Plus, and others.

The program requires 30 credits in statistics and economics. We expect that students will take four semesters to complete all the requirements.

Of these 30 credit hours:

12 credits must be select Statistical Science courses: STA 521, 523, 531, 532, 601, 621, 622, 623, 663, 841, 942, 944 or approved substitutes
12 credits in select Economics courses: ECON 552, 601, 602, 605, 606, 608D, 612, 613, 701, 702, 703, 705, 706, 707 or approved substitutes, with no more than 6 credits from any one of the subfields of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Econometrics
6 additional credits from some combination of additional graded graduate courses in either Economics or Statistical Science, including approved independent study with STA and/or ECON faculty advisors. Courses in other relevant disciplines may also be counted towards the total subject to approval by the MSEM Directors

Economics Courses (ECON)

601. Microeconomics. 3 units.
605. Advanced Microeconomic Analysis. 3 units.
602. Macroeconomic Theory. 3 units.
606. Advanced Macroeconomics II. 3 units.
608D. Introduction to Econometrics. 3 units.
612. Time Series Econometrics. 3 units.
613. Applied Econometrics in Microeconomics. 3 units.
552. Economic Growth. 3 units.
701. Microeconomic Analysis I. 3 units.
705. Microeconomic Analysis II. 3 units.
702. Macroeconomic Analysis I. 3 units.
706. Macroeconomic Analysis II. 3 units.
703. Econometrics I. 3 units.
707. Econometrics II. 3 units.

Statistical Science Courses (STA)

521. Modern Regression and Predictive Modeling, 3 units.
523. Programming for Statistical Science, 3 units.
531. Advanced Bayesian Inference and Stochastic Modeling, 3 units.
532. Theory of Statistical Inference, 3 units.
601. Modern Statistical Data Analysis. 3 units.
621. Applied Stochastic Processes. 3 units.
622. Statistical Data Mining. 3 units.
623. Statistical Decision Theory. 3 units.
663. Statistical Computing and Computation. 3 units.
841. Generalized Linear Models. 3 units.
942. Time Series and Forecasting. 3 units.
944. Spacial Statistics. 3 units.

Students seeking to do graduate work at Duke University for degree purposes must hold a U.S. bachelors degree or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelors degree from an accredited institution.Required documents and information:TranscriptsLetters of recommendationStatement of purposeGRE scoresGPA English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 TOEFL paper-based test score : 577 TOEFL iBT® test: 90