There are no prerequisites to declaring the certificate; students are encouraged to declare as soon as they are comfortable. Declaration of the certificate occurs via an online form, but students are encouraged to schedule a meeting with an Economics advisor.

Economics majors are not eligible to declare this certificate.

Requirements for the Certificate

The certificate requires at least 14 credits, from:

Residence and Quality of Work

• Minimum 2.000 GPA on all certificate courses
• At least 7 credits must be taken in residence at UW-Madison 

Certification Completion Requirement

This undergraduate certificate must be completed concurrently with the student’s undergraduate degree. Students cannot delay degree completion to complete the certificate.

1. apply microeconomic models to understand and interpret individual behavior and market outcomes as the result of individual optimization
2. estimate the value of unknown parameters and test theories using formal hypothesis tests
3. summarize the conditions required for a statistical association to represent a causal relationship; evaluate the extent to which those conditions hold in particular settings; interpret the results when those conditions don’t hold
4. download, clean, and analyze large economic datasets using modern statistical software

Academic Advising

If you are wondering how this certificate can fit into your academic plans or help with your career goals, be sure to meet with an advisor.  Our academic advisors can help you create an academic plan and ensure you are making the most of your academic experience.  Find us on the campus map.
Email: econadvise@ssc.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6925

Economics Career Development Office

The Economics Career Development Office (ECDO) provides career advising to help economics students explore career options and search for jobs and internships including reviewing application materials (cover letter and resume).  Career advisors work with students to develop an individualized job/internship strategy based on the student's background and career goals.  Career advising is open to declared economics majors, anyone considering majoring in economics, or students pursuing the Economic Analytics certificate who would like economics-specific career advice.   Set up an appointment or email your questions to econcareers@ssc.wisc.edu. 

L&S career resources

Every L&S major opens a world of possibilities.  SuccessWorks at the College of Letters & Science helps students turn the academic skills learned in their major, certificates, and other coursework into fulfilling lives after graduation, whether that means jobs, public service, graduate school or other career pursuits.

In addition to providing basic support like resume reviews and interview practice, SuccessWorks offers ways to explore interests and build career skills from their very first semester/term at UW all the way through graduation and beyond.

Students can explore careers in one-on-one advising, try out different career paths, complete internships, prepare for the job search and/or graduate school applications, and connect with supportive alumni and even employers in the fields that inspire them.

• SuccessWorks
• Set up a career advising appointment
• Enroll in a Career Course - a great idea for first- and second-year students:
  • INTER-LS 210 L&S Career Development: Taking Initiative (1 credit)
  • INTER-LS 215 Communicating About Careers (3 credits, fulfills Comm B General Education Requirement)
• Learn about internships and internship funding
  • INTER-LS 260 Internship in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Activate your Handshake account to apply for jobs and internships from 200,000+ employers recruiting UW-Madison students
• Learn about the impact SuccessWorks has on students' lives

Faculty

• Aizawa, Naoki, Assistant Professor
  Labor Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics
• Blank, Rebecca, Professor
  Public Economics, Labor Economics
• Boerma, Job, Assistant Professor
  Macroeconomics, Public Finance
• Braxton Carter, Assistant Professor
  Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Consumer Finance
• Chiang, Harold, Assistant Professor
  Econometrics
• Corbae, Dean, Professor
  Macroeconomics
• Coulibaly, Louphou, Assistant Professor
  International Finance and Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics
• Deneckere, Raymond, Professor
  Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
• Engel, Charles, Professor
  International Economics, Macroeconomics
• Fu, Chao, Professor
  Labor Economics
• Gregory, Jesse, Associate Professor
  Labor Economics, Public Economics
• Hansen, Bruce, Professor
  Econometrics
• Hendricks, Kennan, Professor
  Industrial Organization
• Houde, Jean-Francois, Professor
• Kirpalani, Rishabh, Assistant Professor
  Macroeconomics, Public Finance, International Economics, Financial Economics
• Lentz, Rasmus, Professor
  Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
• Magnolfi, Lorenzo, Assistant Professor
  Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
• Martellini, Paolo, Assistant Professor
  Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Urban Economics
• Mommaerts, Corina, Assistant Professor
  Public Economics, Labor Economics
• O’Connell, Martin, Assistant Professor
  Public Economics, Industrial Organization
• Porter, Jack, Professor
  Econometrics
• Quint, Daniel, Associate Professor
  Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
• Rostek, Marzena, Professor
  Microeconomic Theory, Market Design, Finance
• Ruhl, Kim, Professor
  International Economics
• Scholz, John Karl, Professor
  Public Economics
• Seshadri, Ananth, Professor
  Macroeconomics, Public Finance
• Shi, Xiaoxia, Professor
  Econometrics
• Smith, Jeffrey, Professor
  Labor Economics, Public Economics
• Smith, Lones, Professor
  Microeconomic Theory
• Soelvsten, Mikkel, Assistant Professor
  Econometrics
• Sorensen, Alan, Professor
  Industrial Organization
• Sullivan, Christopher, Assistant Professor
  Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
• Taber, Christopher, Professor
  Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics
• Walker, James, Professor
  Labor Economics, Econometrics
• Weretka, Marek, Associate Professor
  Economic Theory, Finance
• West, Kenneth, Professor
  Macroeconomics, Econometrics
• Williams, Noah, Professor
  Macroeconomics
• Wiswall, Matthew, Professor
  Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Education and Demographic Economics
• Wright, Randall, Professor
  Macroeconomics, Finance

Affiliated Faculty

• Chang, Briana
  Financial Intermediation, Information Frictions, Search and Matching Theory
• Chinn, Menzie
• Chung, Kevin
  Quantitative Marketing
• Montgomery, James
  Economic Sociology, Religion, General Social Theory, Demography and Ecology, Social Psychology and Microsociology
• Sarada
  Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Schechter, Laura
  Development Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Risk Analysis
• Smeeding, Timothy
  Poverty, Intergenerational Mobility, Inequality, Wealth

Instructional Staff

• Alder, Simeon, Faculty Associate
  Macroeconomics, Growth and Development, Matching
• Bykhovskaya, Anna, Associate Lecturer
• Chan, Stella, Lecturer
• Eudey, Gwen, Senior Lecturer
  Open Economy Macroeconomics
• Friedman, Matthew, Lecturer
• Glawtschew, Rebecca, Lecturer
• Hansen, David, Lecturer
  Development Economics and Labor Economics
• Hansen, Korinna, Senior Lecturer
  Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics
• Johnson, David, Senior Lecturer
• Kelly, Elizabeth, Faculty Associate
• McKelvey, Christopher, Lecturer
  Development Economics
• Muniagurria, Maria, Faculty Associate
  Development Economics and International Trade
• Pac, Gregory, Senior Lecturer
• Pauley, Gwyn, Lecturer
  Health Economics, Labor Economics
• Rick, Steven, Senior Lecturer

For a public directory of our faculty, please visit the Faculty page on our website.