The combined DePaul Bachelor's + Master's degree programs allow students to complete 12 graduate credit hours while still undergraduates. These 12 graduate credit hours may count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
DePaul Undergraduate Degree + Economics and Quantitative Analysis (MS)
The Master of Science in Economics and Quantitative Analysis gives students the economic foundation, critical-thinking skills, and data analysis tools to make complex data-driven decisions in business, financial institutions, not-for-profits, and policy organizations. The program emphasizes the interaction of economic theory and empirical application, as students will learn to articulate economic theory as it applies to a problem and then use econometrics and statistical techniques to propose a solution.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 105 | PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECO 106 | PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECO 305 | INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS | 4 |
| MAT 137 | BUSINESS STATISTICS (or equivalent) | 4 |
Undergraduate students will typically take the following three graduate-level econometrics courses during their senior year (changes indicated with (*)):
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 507 | DATA ANALYTICS I: REGRESSION ANALYSIS (*) | 4 |
| ECO 508 | DATA ANALYTICS II: TIME SERIES AND PANEL DATA ANALYSIS (*) | 4 |
| ECO 510 | DATA ANALYTICS III: CAUSAL INFERENCE (*) | 4 |
These three core courses will count towards completion of the bachelor's degree and will also count towards completion of the MS-EQA. The undergraduate degree will be awarded at the completion of all undergraduate work while the MS-EQA will be awarded upon completion of the remaining graduate level work in accordance with the MS-EQA requirements.