The doctoral program in economics is ideal for students who wish to teach economics at the university level or do original research. Through our program that prepares you for a rewarding career in your field, you will study theory and econometrics, while focusing on labor economics, public finance and financial economics. A person who has earned the doctorate in economics is qualified both to teach economics at the university level and to do original research in academe, government, and the private sector. The doctoral program in economics features a strong core of courses in theory and econometrics and a focus on the four applied fields of labor economics, public finance, financial economics, and econometrics. Other fields may be approved by the department's director of graduate studies, subject to student demand and faculty availability. The doctoral program in economics also offers a concentration in econometrics and statistics in which a student specializing in econometrics may earn an M.S. in Applied Probability and Statistics while enrolled in the Ph.D. in Economics program.