ECON9902

Fifth-Year Thesis Workshop

Name: Fifth-Year Thesis Workshop
Rating: 4.77 (62 reviews)

Fifth-year students in the Ph.D. program must participate in the Thesis Workshop, which meets once each week during both fall and spring terms. Fifth-year students are required to lead a seminar discussion of some aspect of their Ph.D. dissertation during each term.

Course overview

Department: Economics
School: MCAS
Credits: 1

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.77 / 5

Based on 62 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-07-23. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Jaromir B Nosal
Fall 2026
Mariana Laverde
Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Spring 2024 · Official rating 5.00/5
Rahul Deb
Fall 2026, Fall 2025 · Official rating 5.00/5
Richard L Sweeney
Fall 2026
Arthur Lewbel
Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.78/5
James Anderson
Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.50/5
Jaromir Nosal
Fall 2024, Fall 2021 · Official rating 5.00/5
Julie Mortimer
Spring 2022 · Official rating 5.00/5
M Utku Unver
Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 5.00/5
Mehmet Ekmekci
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.60/5
Michael Grubb
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 5.00/5
Pablo Guerron
Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.00/5
Richard Sweeney
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 5.00/5
Robert Ulbricht
Fall 2025, Spring 2024 · Official rating 5.00/5
Susanto Basu
Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 5.00/5
Theodore Papageorgiou
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2021 · Official rating 5.00/5

Sections

Section 01
Fall 2026 · Mariana Laverde, Richard L Sweeney · Maloney Hall 313 Tu 01:30PM-03:30PM · Offered
Section 02
Fall 2026 · Rahul Deb, Jaromir B Nosal · Maloney Hall 313 Tu 03:30PM-05:30PM · Offered