The degree programme
of BS-Economics will be completed on earning 130 required
credits.
Eligibility Criteria:
(i) F. A., F. Sc., I-Com, A-Level, or equivalent.
(ii) At least second division in each past qualification.
MSc
The degree programme
of M.Sc. Economics will be completed on earning 60 required
credits. The students must pass a minimum of 57 credits of
courses and 3 credits of oral examination. There is a scheme
of compulsory and optional courses whereby students will earn
33 credits from 11 compulsory courses and 24 credits from
8 optional courses.
The students will register in oral examination in their last
semester, which in normal cases would be the 4th semester.
The Chairman shall appoint a panel from amongst the faculty
members who will conduct oral examination of the registered
students after the terminal
M.Phil
General:
1. M.Phil. Programme shall be open only to persons selected
as Junior Research Assistants (JRAs) by the University.
2. The requirements for the M.Phil degree shall normally be
completed within four consecutive semesters.
3. The course credits shall normally be completed within the
first two semesters.
4. A JRA must register in at least 50% of the credit courses
in the first semester and the remaining credits in the second
semester.
Coursework and Research Requirements:
5. The requirements for the M. Phil degree shall comprise
of 60 credit hours of coursework and dissertation.
6. The coursework requirement for JRAs shall be 24 credits
to be earned from 8 courses of 3 credit each at the 600 level
The JRAs shall earn 15 credits from 5 compulsory courses namely,
Advanced Microeconomics I, Advanced Microeconomics II, Advanced
Macroeconomics I, Advanced Macroeconomics II and Applied Econometrics.
Nine credits will be earned from 3 optional courses to be
offered by the Department from the approved list of optional
courses given below.
7. A dissertation of26 credits based on research shall normally
be completed by the end of the fourth semester.
8. All courses shall be of 3 credit hours and having 100 marks,
of which 50 marks shall be for sessional testes)/ Assignment
(s)/term paper while the remaining 50 marks shall be reserved
for the terminal examination.
Linking of M Phil With Ph.D.
At the end of M.Phil coursework,
the Department may allow JRA(s) to switch from M.Phil program
to PhD programme provided they have earned at least 65% marks
in M.Phil coursework and have the required potential for PhD
research.
Ph.D.
1.A PhD student will be
required to complete course work of up to 24 credit hours
if he/she does not hold an M.Phil. or equivalent degree, 2.A
PhD student shall be required to pass written comprehensive
examination in economic theory and Econometrics and oral examination
in their respective areas of research early in the PhD programme
for confirmation of his/her formal admission, If the student
does not pass the written comprehensive examination in first
attempt the PhD Committee of the Department may give him one
more chance, The registration of a PhD student shall be deemed
as cancelled if he/she docs not pass the comprehensive examination
even in the second attempt. 3. After passing the comprehensive
examination, but before the submission of his/her thesis,
a rhO student will give one seminar on topic relevant to his
field of research, 4. For all other matter's, guidance would
be sought from the Rules and Regulations, relating to PhD
degree, of the Quaid-i-Azam University.
