FOR THE PHD in economics or sociology at Fordham, a student, prior to completing the MA in the IPED program, must formally apply for admission into the respective doctoral program (all application fees are waived). If accepted, work already done for the IPED MA can count toward certain requirements of the PhD. There does not exist at Fordham a PhD in IPED.
If accepted into the economics doctoral program, a student must complete only 30 credits (10 courses) plus ECGA 6010, ECGA 6020, ECGA 5710, and ECGA 6910 if they were not taken as part of the IPED MA curriculum. Furthermore, an IPED graduate must certify in two instead of three fields of concentration. Certification is these two fields is done through examination.
If accepted into the sociology doctoral program, the required course work will be dependent on the courses taken by the student toward the IPED degree.