Doctor of Philosophy Program
in Economics(International Program)
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Ph.D. in Economics
Type 2.1 : For student with Master’s Degree
Degree Requirements a minimum of 80 credits
A. Course work a minimum of 44 credits
1. Graduate Courses a minimum of 44 credits
1.1 Field of Specialization a minimum of 44 credits
1.1.1 Required courses 32 credits
751800 ECON800 Computational Statistics 3 credits
751801 ECON801 Advanced Microeconomic Theory 1 3 credits
751802 ECON802 Advanced Microeconomic Theory 2 3 credits
751803 ECON803 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory 1 3 credits
751804 ECON804 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory 2 3 credits
751805 ECON805 Advanced Econometrics Methods 3 credits
751806 ECON806 Advanced Applied Econometrics 3 credits
751807 ECON807 Advanced Mathematical Economics 3 credits
751808 ECON808 Research Methodology 3 credits
751809 ECON809 Advanced Probability and Statistics 3 credits
751895 ECON895 Seminar 1 1 credits
751896 ECON896 Seminar 2 1 credits
1.1.2. Elective courses a minimum of 12 credits
Student must choose at least 2 pairs of related courses in any fieldor 2 pairs in two different fields, one pair for 1 single field, as listed below, with the consent of the academic advisors.
Field of Econometrics
751810 ECON810 Advanced Econometrics Time Series Analysis 3 credits
751811 ECON811 Advanced Econometrics Nonlinear Econometric Analysis 3 credits
751812 ECON812 Selected Topics in Advanced Time Series Econometrics 3 credits
751813 ECON813 Quantile Regression 3 credits
751814 ECON814 Belief Function Econometrics 3 credits
751815 ECON815 Selected Topics in Panel Data Econometrics 3 credits
751816 ECON816 Selected Topics in Bayesian Econometrics 3 credits
751817 ECON817 Selected Topics in Nonparametric Econometrics 3 credits
751818 ECON818 Selected Topics in Limited Dependent Econometrics 3 credits
751819 ECON819 Selected Topics in Advanced Econometrics 3 credits
751842 ECON842 Advanced Computational Econometrics 3 credits
Field of General Economics & Theory
751820 ECON820 Game Theory 3 credits
751821 ECON821 Economic Applications of Game Theory 3 credits
751822 ECON822 Behavioral Economics and Finance 3 credits
751823 ECON823 Dynamic Optimization and Economic Applications 3 credits
751824 ECON824 Quantitative Macroeconomics 3 credits
751829 ECON829 Selected Topics in General Economics & Theory 3 credits
Field of Agricultural Economics
751830 ECON830 The Farm Income Enhancement Program 3 credits
751831 ECON831 Managing Risks & Profit 3 credits
751832 ECON832 Economics & Policy of Production, Technology and Risk in Agricultural & 3 credits
Natural Resources
751833 ECON833 Industrial Organization and Regulation in Agriculture 3 credits
751834 ECON834 Commodity Markets: Analysis, and Strategy 3 credits
751835 ECON835 Food and Commodity Markets 3 credits
751836 ECON836 Agricultural Production Economics 3 credits
751837 ECON837 Advanced Natural Resource Economics 3 credits
751838 ECON838 Environmental Economics in Developing Countries 3 credits
751839 ECON839 Selected Topics in Agricultural Economics 3 credits
Field of Public Economics
751840 ECON840 Advanced Public Economics 1 3 credits
751841 ECON841 Advanced Public Economics 2 3 credits
751849 ECON849 Selected Topics in Public Economics 3 credits
Field of Labor Economics and Human Resource Development
751850 ECON850 Labor Economics 3 credits
751859 ECON859 Selected Topics in Labor Economics and Human Resource Development 3 credits
Field of Economic Development
751860 ECON860 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models 3 credits
751861 ECON861 Political Economy 1: Theories of the State and the Economy 3 credits
751869 ECON869 Selected Topics in Economic Development 3 credits
Field of Industrial Organization
751870 ECON870 Industrial Organization 1 3 credits
751871 ECON871 Contract Economics 3 credits
751872 ECON872 Organizational Economics 3 credits
751879 ECON879 Selected Topics in Industrial Organization 3 credits
Field of Health Economics and Tourism Economics
751880 ECON880 Economics of Health Management and Policy 3 credits
751881 ECON881 Integrative Seminar in Health Services Organization and Policy 3 credits
751882 ECON882 Applied Econometrics in Health Services Research 3 credits
751885 ECON885 Tourism Economics 3 credits
751886 ECON886 Tourism Econometrics 3 credits
751888 ECON888 Selected Topics in Tourism Economics 3 credits
751889 ECON889 Selected Topics in Health Economics 3 credits
Field of Financial Economics
751890 ECON890 Advanced Financial Economics 1 3 credits
751891 ECON891 Advanced Financial Economics 2 3 credits
751892 ECON892 Advanced Financial Economics 3 3 credits
751893 ECON893 Selected Topics in Quantum Finance 3 credits
751894 ECON894 Selected Topics in Stochastic Calculus for Finance 3 credits
751898 ECON898 Selected Topics in Financial Economics 3 credits
1.2 Other course
1.2.1 Required courses as approved by the Administrative Committee
1.2.2 Elective courses as approved by the Administrative Committee
B. Dissertation 36 credits
751899 ECON899 Dissertation 36 credits
C. Non-credit Courses
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Graduate School requirement a foreign language
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Program requirement as approved by the advisory committee for each student
D. Academic Activities
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Ph.D.students must present their articles in an international conference in the subject relevant to the student’s areas or related to dissertation at least one time.
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The full dissertation or some parts of the dissertation has been accepted or published in international refereed-journals or equivalent (e.g. Scimago Journal Rank) in ISI, SCOPUS, web of Science indexing databases, for at least 2 articles, in which at least an article must have the student’s name as the first author with affilation of the Graduate School, Chiang Mai University.
E. Qualifying Examination
A student must take the qualifying examination after complete all required courses with approval by thesis advisory committee or thesis supervisor before submitting a request form to the Graduate School. A student receiving a failing grade will be allowed to appear in one more examination by filling for a petition to retake the qualifying examination. The second attempt will have to be made within one semester from the date of the first examination.
An unsuccessful examinee might submit a request to the Graduate Program Administrative Committee for the approval of the Graduate School to transfer to Master’s Degree program in that subject area or the related.
F. Comprehensive Examination
A student must submit a proposed Comprehensive Examination form with approval from thesis advisory committee or thesis supervisor to the Graduate School. The Comprehensive Examination is required after the student finished at least 2 pairs of related courses in any field or 2 pairs in two different fields, a pair for a single field. The student must has all required courses with the grade of each required course not lower than C.
The student who did not pass the comprehensive examination has the right to take the examination one more time by submitting a petition to retake the examination.
Note: Courses in the field of concentration are Economics (ECON751)