We are happy to offer an online version of our MS in Applied Economics Program. Our MS in Applied Economics Program’s online courses have synchronous online class meetings one evening per week (Washington, DC time zone). While there is some asynchronous online content in all of our courses, students are expected to participate in the weekly synchronous class meetings and to engage with the course instructors and the other students during those meetings. Students seeking fully asynchronous and self-paced instruction should not enroll in our program.
To avoid Zoom fatigue, the synchronous Zoom sessions are shorter than the dual 75-minute sessions in our in-person courses. Typically the synchronous Zoom meetings are two 60-minute Zooms somewhere within the 3-hour window. To make up for the shorter weekly class meetings, the online courses typically also have 2 or 3 asynchronous videos per week, of 10-to-15 minutes each. While all the courses do have some asynchronous content, none of our courses are fully asynchronous or self-paced.