经济学哲学博士

博士学位课程主要提供全日制课程，预计学生将在五到六年内完成学位。有时，博士学位课程会招收高素质的兼职学生。该计划分为候选资格阶段和候选资格阶段。在入选前的阶段，学生参加课程学习并完成微观经济学和宏观经济学理论以及两个领域的一般考试。根据要求，学生将获得M.Phil学位。预选阶段完成时获得学位。在随后的候选阶段，学生参加论文提案研讨会，向潜在的论文委员会提交论文提案以供他们批准，完成书面论文，并参加论文的口头答辩。通常，学生每学期必须至少参加三门课程（9个学时）。
Economics looks at choices under scarcity and how these choices affect production, market prices, national output, unemployment, inflation, economic growth and the use and distribution of resources within and across nations. GW's graduate economics program involves topics ranging from microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics to subject areas chosen from labor economics, international economics, and the economics of industry. It is part of the social and behavioral sciences program in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.<br><br>The PhD program is divided into two units. The first unit includes completing examinations in microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and two field examinations selected by the student and approved by the doctoral program committee.The second unit includes participation in a dissertation seminar, completion of the written dissertation, and an oral defense. The program is offered primarily on a full-time basis and students are expected to complete their degrees in five to six years. Occasionally, the program admits highly qualified part-time students.