Upcoming Seminars
The next Research Seminar for Spring 2012 will be Johannes Paha of the University of Giessen who will present, "Cartel Formation" on Friday February 10 from 2-3:30 in Lubar N110. Click here for the full Spring schedule. Please contact Prof. Bahmani for more information.
The Applied Micro Workshop has wrapped up for the fall and the first workshop of the spring will be announced soon. We still have some open dates, so please contact Prof. Heywood if you would like to present in the spring. We particularly encourage graduate students at any stage of their research.
Spring Semester Classes
This week is the last week for registering for Spring 2012 classes, but there are still a few seats available for you to fill out your classes. The schedule has been published here. If you haven't taken an economics class before, why not try one of our Econ 100, 103 or 104 classes? If you are a major or minor, we have a large array of 300 and 400 level courses to choose from. If you have any questions, please contact one of our undergraduate advisors.
The Economics Department is advertizing for two positions (rank open) in Health Economics this year. Information about the jobs and the application procedure can be found in the JOE advertisement here. The deadline for applications is Dec 1. Contact Prof. Scott Adams for more details.
Approximately every 10 years, the National Research Council (NRC) ranks graduate programs in Economics. The last ranking was published in September of 2010. Unfortunately, the data used to rank the UWM Economics Graduate program was incorrect. If one uses the correct information of the average GRE quantitative score of 752 (rather than the reported 579) and the correct percentage of students graduating within 6 years of 90% (rather than the reported 0%), the UWM Economics Department would rank approximately 60th in the country rather than the 110th ranking. Please see this document for more details or contact our Director of Graduate Studies, Prof. Scott Adams, for more information. We are in the process of petitioning the NRC to reconsider our ranking in the light of the correct data.
UW-Milwaukee Department of Economics
Located in the College of Letters and Science, the Department of Economics is home to 24 faculty members, internationally recognized for their research and dedicated to excellence in teaching. The UWM Economics Department offers an undergraduate degree as well as two graduate degrees: a terminal M.A. degree and a Ph.D. degree, only one of two Ph.D. programs in economics in Wisconsin.From introductory through to graduate classes, the Economics curriculum stresses both theory and application of important economic issues in society, such as unemployment, inflation, exchange rates, labor markets, economic development, international trade and finance, and outsourcing. Economics also offers the practical advantage of opening up career opportunities. Both firms and government agencies are interested in undergraduate Economics majors for entry level jobs in management (here is a list of jobs in which our graduates are currently employed). The degree demonstrates your ability to clearly analyze situations, and an ability to work comfortably with numbers. A national survey of starting job offers for the Class of 2011 shows that graduates with an economics degree have an average starting salary of $53,690, the highest of any starting salaries for business related and other social science majors. Furthermore, other reports show that salary projections over the career estimate that the median earnings at mid-career is nearly $95,000, the highest for any major except engineering, physics, computer science, and applied math (click here for a complete list).
The pages on this website offer more detailed information about the degree programs, faculty, and research, as well as other information about the Department of Economics. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, and we hope that you enjoy your visit to our website.