The Master of Arts, major in Economics at the University of Santo Tomas is a graduate program focused on economics and research. It includes prerequisite work in St. Thomas and Critical Thinking and Research Methodology, then core courses in History of Economics Thought, Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Statistics for Economists. Students complete specialization courses in Public Economics, Monetary Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics, Agro-Industrial Economics, International Economics, and Project Planning and Evaluation.
Study includes a curriculum with 6 units of prerequisite courses, 9 units of core courses, 15 units of specialization courses, and 3 units of cognate courses. Program requirements include written comprehensive exams and Thesis Writing I, Thesis Writing II, and Thesis Writing III. The program links economics training to research and academic outputs that contribute to policy dialogue, including issues in poverty, public finance, inflation, employment, and local economic development.
Modules
- GS 500 -St. Thomas and Critical Thinking
- GS 500 – Research Methodology
- ECO 701 – History of Economics Thought
- ECO 702 – Econometrics
- ECO 703 -Mathematical Economics
- ECO 704 -Macroeconomics
- ECO 705 -Microeconomics
- ECO 706 -Statistics for Economists
- ECO 707 – Public Economics
- ECO 708 -Monetary Economics
- ECO 709 – Labor Economics
- ECO 710 – Development Economics
