威斯康星大学创建于1848年，是一所世界顶尖的著名大学。其工程、计算机、经济学、工商管理和社会学闻名于世。威斯康星大学有着160年多年的悠久历史，是全美最顶尖的十所研究型大学之一。威斯康星大学系统（University of Wisconsin System）由分布于威斯康星州各地的十所公立大学组成，与加州大学伯克利分校和密歇根大学安娜堡分校等代表了美国公立大学的最高水平。


威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校是威斯康星大学系统之母和旗舰校，曾有21位教授或校友获得诺贝尔奖，在世界上久负盛名。


排名情况
2019年上海软科世界大学学术排名位列27名
2020年USnews世界大学排名位列37名

The Economics Master of Science–Graduate Foundations (MS–GF) program offers a terminal graduate degree that prepares students for high-level professional careers in government and industry or further study for the Ph.D. degree. The MS-GF program emphasizes econometric training more than similar programs at other universities. Today's job market and Ph.D. programs in economics require strong quantitative skills along with a command of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. Wisconsin's tradition of supporting economic theory with quantitative methods is well suited to these requirements.


威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的经济学硕士课程为学生提供培训，帮助学生为就读博士学位做好充分的准备，或掌握复杂的理论和定量技能，以在就业市场上具有竞争力。


经济学硕士课程的学习成果：
Demonstrates understanding of core economic principles and theories in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.
Uses econometric methods to communicate empirical questions in writing.
Conducts empirical research following ethical principles of the discipline for using sources.


课程设置
硕士课程的核心是七门微观经济学、宏观经济学和计量经济学课程（包括数学/统计课程）。除了核心课程，学生还将选择三个选修课。


大多数学生将在四个学期（两个学年）内完成学位课程，但是一部分学生也有可能在三个学期内完成所需的课程。


第一学期（秋季）
Economics 701: Microeconomics 1
Economics 704: Econometrics 1 (Econometric theory)
Economics 700: Mathematical Economics


第二学期（春季）
Economics 702: Macroeconomics 1 (theory)
Economics 705: Econometrics
Economics 708: Microeconomics 2


第三学期（秋季）
Economics 706: Applied Econometrics
Advanced Elective or Economics 712*: (first semester of Ph.D. macroeconomics for advanced students).
Advanced Elective or Economics 711*: (first semester of Ph.D. microeconomics for advanced students).
For students wanting to complete the program in three semesters: Advanced Elective or Economics 709*: (first semester of Ph.D. econometrics for advanced students).


第四学期（春季）
Advanced Elective or Economics 713*: (second semester of Ph.D. microeconomics for advanced students).
Advanced Elective or Economics 710*: (second semester of Ph.D. econometrics for advanced students).
Advanced Elective, Independent Study, or Economics 714*: (second semester of Ph.D. macroeconomics for advanced students).


In addition to the core economics courses, students select nine credits of electives. Eligible electives are courses numbered 300 or above and should be relevant to the economics degree. Electives typically are taken in the second year of the program.


Examples of Advanced Electives include:
Economics 442: Macroeconomic Policy
Economics 460: Economic Forecasting
Economics 475: Economics of Growth
Economics 521: Game Theory & Economic Analysis
Economics 548: Economics of Health Care
Economics 666: Issues-International Finance


职业发展
学生可以通过经济职业发展办公室（ECDO）获得职业咨询和资源。ECDO举办职业研讨会，协调学生领导委员会，并邀请雇主在校园里与学生沟通。我们鼓励所有学生参加与专业的职业顾问的会面。在此期间，可以协助学生：


Deciding if a career outside of academia is right for you
Resume and cover letter review
Job and internship search strategies
Interview preparation and mock interviews
How to network and develop an effective LinkedIn