Department of Economics

Early Admission to the Master’s of Arts Program in Economics

What are you planning to do after you receive your B.A. in Economics?  Have you considered pursuing a Master’s Degree in Economics at UT?  If so, note an opportunity existing for UT Economics majors only:

UT Economics 4 +1 Program—fast track Unique Opportunity Only for UT Economics Majors: Early Admission to our One Year Master’s Program

• UT Economics One Year Master’s Program: 8 courses (4 each semester) + Faculty Advised Master’s Paper
  • Economics is one of the best-paying Master’s degrees
  • A Master’s in Economics leads to on average 25 to 30% higher earnings than other Master’s degrees
• UT undergraduate students in Economics may register for 2 courses at the graduate level.
• Since these 2 courses will count at the undergraduate and graduate level, you’ll be able to “double-dip” courses across your undergraduate and graduate degree requirements in Economics.
• Therefore after completing the Early Admission Program you can complete 25% of the M.A. degree coursework (2 of 8 courses) as an undergraduate, requiring only 3 courses each semester to receive the M.A. Degree in Economics.
• This means that within two semesters of graduating with your B.A. degree you could receive your Master’s Degree in Economics: 4 (B.A.) + 1 (M.A.)—fast track.

Description: The Early Admission program allows upper-division undergraduate students with a major in Economics to enroll for graduate-level credit in up to 9 hours of 4/5000 level Economics courses. The student will register for the course at the 5000-level and receive credit at both the graduate and undergraduate level. To be successful at the graduate level, the undergraduate student must complete all graduate-level requirements of the course and be evaluated by the same criteria as the graduate students. Note that undergraduate instructional fees will be applied to graduate credit hours.