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Sample Schedules: Finance Specialization
The Ph.D. coordinator works with doctoral students to tailor the academic program to suit their research interests and educational backgrounds. A typical student would follow the timeline and take most of the courses listed below.
| year | fall | spring | summer |
| 1 | Asset pricing theory Microeconomics Econometrics I Elective | Empirical corporate finance Financial institution Econometrics II Elective | Begin Research Paper |
| 2 | Financial econometrics Options Corporate finance theory Elective | International finance Microeconometrics Elective Elective | End of summer: Comps |
| 3 | Market microstructure Elective | ||
| 4 | Dissertation proposal | ||
| 5 | Job market | Job market Dissertation defense | |
The electives could be courses from various fields of economics, specialized econometrics and statistics courses, courses in real analysis and stochastic processes, accounting courses, etc.
