加州大学洛杉矶分校（University of California, Los Angeles）简称UCLA，位于美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市，是世界著名的公立研究型大学，创办于1919年，是加利福尼亚大学系统中的第二所大学，与加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）齐名，是美国最好的公立大学之一。因其顶尖的学术水平而被誉为美国高科技产业人才的摇篮。


排名情况
2020年QS毕业生就业力排名中位列世界第3
2020年U.S.news全美大学综合排名第20（美国公立大学之首）


The Master of Applied Economics (MAE) was created in response to the increasingly high demand from students seeking a terminal master’s degree in economics from UCLA and employers looking for candidates with advanced training. The MAE is designed to better prepare students with a baccalaureate in economics or a related field to serve the financial sector, federal and state governments, and private industry with sophisticated methods and rigorous models of analysis.


加州大学洛杉矶分校的经济学系是世界上排名最高的经济学系之一。我们的教职员工正在通过其享誉世界的研究制定政策并披露问题。MAE项目的特色是学生可以得到终身任职教授的指导，同时有机会参与到各种主题进行关键问题的讨论。经济系的校友在银行、咨询、金融、会计、管理、业务、技术、市场营销和人力资源等领域也发挥着关键作用。


课程结构
The MAE is an intense, full-time, 9-month (3 quarter) program, which integrates theory and applications. The first quarter will consist of microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and quantitative methods courses that cover the basic tools and models used in economics literature. These same courses will continue into the second quarter, but with greater emphasis on applying the tools and methods.


In addition to the three economics courses, the first two quarters will also include courses on written and oral communication of economic ideas, which will concentrate on how to structure a presentation or paper and how to communicate effectively when presenting arguments. The third quarter will consist of a variety of elective courses on specific subfields within economics. Each student will prepare and present a final project based on the content of one of these courses.


FALL QUARTER – THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Microeconomic Theory
Macroeconomic Theory
Applied Statistics, Econometrics and Time Series with R and Python
Intro to Econometrics, Cross-Sectional and Panel Data, and Time Series
Professional Development for Emerging Economists


WINTER QUARTER – APPLIED ECONOMICS
Incentives, Information and Markets
Income Inequality
Machine Learning I
Data Science for Financial Engineering
Core Finance


SPRING QUARTER – ELECTIVES
Data Analytics and Big Data
Exchange Rate Forecasting, Big Data and Portfolio Design
Fundamentals of Big Data
Macroeconomic Implications of Globalization
Money and Banking
Asset Pricing and Portfolio Theory in Practice
Knowledge Discover and Data Mining
Applied Machine Learning


就业情况
根据统计，该项目毕业生的雇主公司包括：AmTech，PriceWaterhouseCoopers，Geringer Capital，Global Genius Fund，Kayne Anderson，K2 Economics，Liferay，Protiviti，Neustar, Inc，Industrial Securities，Latimer Partners LLC，Wilshire Media Group，USA-UES，United Nations Development Program，Talking Data，Fow-Volkswagon，Apex Logistics，United AMG，Crestridge Consultants，Ingenius Prep，CIT Bank，Crest Point LLC等。


STEM专业
Master of Applied Economics还属于STEM专业，国际学生有资格在美国实习或就业，为满足要求的国际学生提供在美国工作3年的机会（在常规12个月的基础上延期24个月），对留学生来说大大增加了留美实习和工作的机会。