ECON 209CPhD Research Seminar
Economics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Designed to help PhD students transition from standard learning (attending lecture, taking examinations) into creating independent research. Students are supported in developing their dissertation and professional skills in all aspects of process of creating their own research, including writing and presentation. Covered topics include finding research ideas, writing introductions, building narratives, writing models, presenting empirical analysis, writing referee reports, responding to referees, presentation, elevator pitch, etc. For each topic, students study canonical examples and work on their own papers. Faculty provide feedback and build supportive environment in which students can learn and experiment.
S/U grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.