Applying to the Graduate Program

History of Political Economy is a field within the regular M.A. and Ph.D programs in the Economics Department.  Prospective students must meet the admissions requirements.  Election of fields and choice of thesis topics comes after the first year of core economics courses.  Prospective students interested in history of economics are advised to contact a faculty member in the HOPE Group for answers to questions and to let us know when you apply.

The History of Political Economy Field

To complete the graduate field in History of Political Economy, students can enroll in independent studies, take graduate modules such as ECON 890 (offered in the fall of 2012), and, with the permission of the instructor, take undergraduate courses for graduate credit (additional work will be required for graduate credit). Also required is a paper with an oral examination on the topic of the paper and additional topics as agreed with the examiners. Students who are interested in completing the field in History of Political Economy should contact E. Roy Weintraub.

Graduate students in the History of Political Economy field are expected to participate fully in the informal lunchtime HOPE Workshop and Seminar Series to present their own work and to learn from and about the work of other scholars.