UNH Graduate School - Resource Economics

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Application Deadlines

Fall:
February 15th for financial assistance
July 1st
(April 1st recommended)

Spring:
December 1st

Summer:
Not open for admissions

Application Requirements

Test Scores: GRE

Special Instructions: No specific special instructions. If you have any questions regarding application requirements or other aspects of the program please contact the department directly.

New England Regional:
No

Resource Economics

James Hall
Durham, NH, 03820
(603) 862 - 1710
Email:
Web Address: http://www.dred.unh.edu

Degree Offered (MS):

The Department of Resource Economics and Development offers the master of science degree in resource economics with specializations in agricultural economics, community and regional economics, land economics, water economics, and environmental economics.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are expected to have completed either an undergraduate degree in the field in which they plan to specialize or show adequate preparation in the basic support courses of the field. Four or more undergraduate courses in economics or resource economics, including intermediate microeconomics and intermediate macroeconomics, are required, as well as calculus and statistics. Applicants with good undergraduate records who lack background in a particular field may be admitted to a program, provided they are prepared to correct the deficiencies. Applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE.

Degree Requirements

M.S. Degree Requirements
The master of science degree in resource economics is conferred upon successful completion of a program amounting to not less than 30 credits including the following course requirements or equivalent: RECO 993, Seminar, 1 cr.; NR 903 or equivalent, Approach to Research; ECON 926, Econometrics I, or ECON 927, Econometrics II; RECO 808, Environmental Economics, or RECO 856, Rural and Regional Economic Development; RECO 815, Linear Programming and Quantitative Models; ECON 976, Microeconomics I, or equivalent; and RECO 898, Directed Research, 2-4 cr., or RECO 899, Thesis, 6-10 cr.; and a final oral and/or written examination.