2022-23 Graduate Courses

The below course schedule is subject to change. An up-to-date quarterly schedule of classes can be found on GOLD. Please refer to the UCSB General Catalog or GOLD for course descriptions.

Course # Course Title Category Quarter Offered Instructor(s)

204A

Macroeconomic Theory

1st Year Core

Fall 2022

204B

Macroeconomic Theory

1st Year Core

Winter 2023

204C

Macroeconomic Theory

1st Year Core

Spring 2023

210A

Theory of Consumption and Production

1st Year Core

Fall 2022

210B

Introduction to Game Theory

1st Year Core

Winter 2023

210C

Markets and Incentives

1st Year Core

Spring 2023

214A

Economic Development

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

Fall 2022

214B

Economic Development

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

 

 

214C

Behavioral Development Economics 2nd Year Field: Environmental, Labor, or Public Economics Winter 2023  

215A

Mechanism Design

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215B

Bounded Rationality

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215C

Repeated Games

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

   

215D

Contract Theory

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215E

Auction Theory

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215F

Network Theory

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215G

Learning in Games

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215H

Behavioral Economics

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215I

Bargaining Theory

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

 

 

215J

Learning with Misspecified Models

2nd Year Field: Microeconomics

   

225

Heretogeneous Agent Macroeconomics

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

 

 

228

Aggregate Economics

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

   

229

Macroeconomics Theory and Policy

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

   

230A

Public Economics I

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

Spring 2023

230B

Public Economics II

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

 

 

230C

Individual Taxation

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

Winter 2023

230D

Capital Taxation

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

Winter 2023

230E

Social Insurance Programs

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

 

         

230F

Behavioral Public Finance

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

 

 

230G

Tax Incidence

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

Fall 2022

230H

Political Economy

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

 

 

230I

Health Economics

2nd Year Field: Public Economics

Winter 2023

235D

Modern Asset Pricing

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

 

 

241A

Econometrics

1st Year Core

Fall 2022

241B

Econometrics

1st Year Core

Winter 2023

241C

Econometrics

1st Year Core

Spring 2023

245B

Time Series Econometrics

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

 

 

245E

Introduction to Bayesian Econometrics

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

 

 

245F

Generalized Method of Moments & Instrumental variables

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

 

 

245G

Panel Data and Difference-in-Differences

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

 

 

245H

Clustering, Bootstrapping, and Multiple Comparisons

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

Winter 2023

245I

Regression Discontinuity Designs

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

Spring 2023

245J

Field Experiments

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

Winter 2023

245K

Structural Estimation

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

        

245L

Nonparametric Econometrics

2nd Year Field: Econometrics

Winter 2023

245M Data Wrangling 2nd Year Field: Econometrics Fall 2022

249

Dynamic Optimization

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

 

 

250D

Population Economics

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

Fall 2022

250E

Labor Supply

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

Spring 2023

250F

Labor Demand and Wage Differentials

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

   

250G

Economics of Education 2nd Year Field: Labor Economics    

250H

Human Capital

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

               

 

250I

Personnel Economics

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

Spring 2023

250J

Empirical Search and Recruiting

2nd Year Field: Labor Economics

 

 

253A

Job Search Theory

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

Spring 2023

253B

Topics in Search and Matching

2nd Year Field: Macroeconomics

 

 

260D

Natural Resource Economics: Dynamic Programming methods

2nd Year Field: Environmental

Spring 2023

260E

Natural Resource Economics: Continuous-TIme Methods

2nd Year Field: Environmental

Fall 2022

260F

Demand for Environmental

2nd Year Field: Environmental

              

 

260G

Environmental Externalities and Regulation

2nd Year Field: Environmental

Winter 2023

260H

Climate Change, Adaptation, and Policy

2nd Year Field: Environmental

   

260I

Time, Uncertainty, and Environmental Policy

2nd Year Field: Environmental

Spring 2023

260J

Environmental Macroeconomics

2nd Year Field: Environmental

 

 

278A

Experimental Methods

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

 

 

278B

Games in the Laboratory

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

   

278C

Individual Decision Making in the Laboratory

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

   

278D

Market Experiments

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

 

 

278E

Social Preferences

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

   

278F

Experiments on Learning

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

              

278G

Games: Repeated Interactions

2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral

 

 

278H

Attention and Perception 2nd Year Field: Experimental/Behavioral Winter 2023

290

Economics Research Working Groups

Faculty Lead Seminar Working Group (Registration Restricted)

Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023

  • Various Assigned Faculty

290DM

Research Topics in Demography

Emphasis in Demography required course

                             

294

Microeconomics Seminars

Guest Lecturers

Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023
  • Calendar of Guest Speakers

294

Microeconomics TEC Seminars Guest Lecturers Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023
  • Calendar of Guest Speakers

295

Macroeconomics Seminars

Guest Lecturers

Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023
  • Calendar of Guest Speakers

297

Seminar on the Teaching of Economics

1st Year Core  (TA Training)

Fall 2022              

599

Dissertation Research and Preparation

(for PhD students who have Advanced to Candidacy only)

Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023
  • Various Assigned Faculty