Contact Information

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics
549 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
Phone: (510) 642-8043
Fax: (510) 642-6615

University Location and Description

The University is located in the city of Berkeley, the county of Alameda, in the state of California.

Type of Degree Offered

PhD.

Students

Graduate students in Economic History out of the total in the department: 10 out of 160.

Graduate students in the past five years who have completed dissertations in
Economic History and their current placements:

Muge Adalet, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Trevon Logan, Ohio State University
Alan Kackmeister, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Erling Larsen, Norwegian Research Council
Petra Moser, MIT
Mark Carlson, Board of Governors of the Reserve System
Christopher Meissner, University of Cambridge
Kris Mitchener, Santa Clara University
	
Faculty

There are currently five faculty members in the department who carry out
research or teach courses in economic history. These are: J. Bradford DeLong,
Jan Devries, Barry Eichengreen, Christina Romer and Martha Olney.

Offered Courses in Economic History

210B "European Economic History"
	
Required Courses in Economic History
	
210A "Introduction to Economic History"

Seminar Series

Economics 211, "Economic History Seminar"

General Department Information

Faculty to student ratio: 1 Faculty to 3 students
Department ranking: 7 by National Research Council, 6 by US News and World Report

Links
	
http://emlab.berkeley.edu/econ/index.shtml
http://www.berkeley.edu