Typical Course Sequence

Required courses for Finance Department doctoral students are offered through the Finance, Economics and Accounting departments during Fall and Spring semesters. Select elective courses are offered during Fall and Spring.

Program Stage	Fall	Spring
Pre-Fall Session (First three weeks of August)	Economics 519, Math for Economists CRSP/Compustat workshop
First Year (24 units)	Economics 501A, Microeconomic Theory I Economics 501B, Microeconomic Theory II Economics 520, Theory of Quantitative Methods in Economics Finance 542, Fixed Income, or a Finance, Economics, Math or Accounting elective	Finance 545, Credit Risk Modeling, or Finance 600, Theory of Finance Economics 501C, Microeconomic Theory III Economics 522A, Econometrics I Accounting 682, Advanced Financial Accounting, or a Finance, Economics, Math or Accounting elective
May of 1st year		Literature Review and Hypotheses in preparation for second year paper
June of 1st year		Economics Qualifying Examination
Second Year (18 units)	Economics 522B, Econometrics II Finance 602, Dynamic Asset Pricing Finance 900, Research	Finance 695A, Investments Finance 696E, Corporate Finance Finance, Economics, Math or Accounting elective
December of 2nd year	Second-year paper
June of 2nd year		Comprehensive Finance Exam
Third Year* (12 units)	Finance, Economics, Math or Accounting elective Dissertation (3 units)	Finance, Economics, Math or Accounting elective Dissertation (3 units)
August of 3rd year	Dissertation proposal and Oral examination
Fourth Year* (12 units)	Dissertation (6 units)	Dissertation (6 units)

* Students receiving financial aid or not receiving a graduate assistantship may be required to take nine hours per semester to be considered full-time.

Schedule of Classes

Please visit The University of Arizona Office of Curriculum and Registration Schedule of Classes for the most current list of class offerings.

Contact Kay Ross, Program Coordinator, for questions on specific classes and scheduling requirements.

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