UCLA的应用经济学变更为量化经济
加州大学洛杉矶分校(University of California, Los Angeles,简称UCLA)的应用经济学硕士专业(Master of Applied Economics,简称MAE)从2021年2月起名字变更为量化经济学硕士(Master of Quantitative Economics,简称MQE),这一变化将更好地反映课程的量化性质,以符合行业趋势和市场需求。从MAE变更为MQE后,依旧为STEM项目。项目是时间长度为9个月,分为三个Quarter,每学期需要选4门课,课程设置如下(课程可能会随学校要求的变化而调整):
Fall : Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Macroeconomic Theory
Applied Statistics
Econometrics and Time Series with R and Python
Introduction to Econometrics, Cross-Sectional and Panel Data, and Time Series
Professional Development Seminar for Emerging Economists
Winter: Application
Incentives, Information and Markets
Core Finance
Data Science for Financial Engineering
Machine Learning
Economists in Action
Spring : Electives
Macroeconomic Implications of Globalization
International Economics
Money and Banking
Exchange Rate Forecasting, Big Data and Portfolio Design
Fundamentals of Big Data
Asset Pricing & Portfolio
Theory in Practice
Income Inequality
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Applied Machine Learning
*Tentative schedules
申请信息:
该项目在2020年全球招生70人左右,项目侧重于就业,如果计划未来从事研究,建议直接考虑Ph.D. programs。只开放秋季的申请,要求GPA:3.0/4.0以上,TOEFL:100+,GRE:无最低要求,申请2021年秋时不能免除,且不接受GMAT,申请提交之后有面试邀请,面试表现好会很快发放录取。
学费信息参考:
2020-2021年为每学分$1,015.81。2021-202学年按48学分计算,含学费、健康保险等大约为$54,669.28。