Admission to the Joint Program

Applicants must apply and be accepted to both the MBA and MA Economics programs. It is recommended that students interested in this joint degree initiate the application process for the MA Economics portion of the degree during their first semester of enrollment in the MBA program, but no later than their second semester of enrollment.

Contact the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Economics at (312) 996-2683 for more information about specific admission requirements to the MA Economics portion of the joint program. Current students interested in applying to a joint program should contact their academic adviser.

Degree Requirements

A minimum of 72 semester hours are required for the joint degree.



Courses Required only for the MBA Courses Required only for MA Econ
ACTG 500 (4)
Introduction to Financial Accounting 		ECON 501 (4)
Microeconomics I
FIN 500 (4)
Introduction to Corporate Finance 		ECON 502 (4)
Microeconomics II
IDS 532 (4)
Introduction to Operations Management 		ECON 511 (4)
Macroeconomics I
MGMT 541 (4)
Organizational Behavior 		ECON 512 (4)
Macroeconomics II
MKTG 500 (4)
Introduction to Marketing 		ECON 534 (4)
Econometrics I
MBA Electives (16)
MBA Electives to be taken from at least two other disciplines within the College of Business Administration except Economics. 		ECON 535 (4)
Econometrics II
ECON Electives (8)
Any 500-level ECON class excluding: 501, 511, 540 & 593.
Non-ECON Elective (10)

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Liautaud Graduate School of Business (MC 077)
815 W. Van Buren
Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: (312) 996-4573
Fax: (312) 413-0338

E-mail: mba@uic.edu