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ECON 599

Individual Research: PhD Dissertation

2 units

Tutorial.

Fall 2026: 25 sections. All of them are open. The oldest of these readings was 64 minutes ago.

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No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Fall 2026 are below.

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From the registrar's catalog

Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: advancement to PhD candidacy. Directed individual research in preparation of PhD dissertation. S/U grading.

Sections in Fall 2026

Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 25 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

  • Tut 1

    W 2:00pm-3:15pm

    Open

    8 seats left.

    2 of 10 enrolled

    Asker, J.W.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 2

    TRF 5:00pm-6:20pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Atkeson, A.G.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 3

    W 5:00pm-6:20pm, T 3:30pm-6:30pm

    Open

    8 seats left.

    2 of 10 enrolled

    Bau, N.D.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 4

    R 12:30pm-1:45pm, R 2:00pm-2:50pm

    Open

    8 seats left.

    2 of 10 enrolled

    Board, S.A.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 5

    M 10:00am-10:50am, W 12:00pm-1:15pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Burstein, A.T.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 6

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Costa, D.L.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 7

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Goncalves, F.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 8

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Hackmann, M.B.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 9

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Hahn, J.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 10

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Hansen, G.D.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 11

    R 3:30pm-4:45pm, W 12:00pm-12:50pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Hopenhayn, H.A.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 12

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Liao, Z.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 13

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Lleras-Muney, A.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 14

    W 10:00am-11:50am, M 10:00am-11:50am

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Matzkin, R.L.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 15

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Mazzocco, M.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 16

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    McGarry, K.M.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 17

    M 12:30pm-2:20pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Meyer-Ter-Vehn, M.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 18

    M 10:00am-10:50am

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Obara, I.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 19

    R 5:30pm-6:50pm

    Open

    2 seats left.

    8 of 10 enrolled

    Ohanian, L.

    no grade history
    medium risk
  • Tut 20

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Ozler, S.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 21

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Sadzik, T.M.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 22

    T 1:00pm-2:45pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Santos, A.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 23

    F 3:00pm-4:45pm

    Open

    8 seats left.

    2 of 10 enrolled

    Shem-Tov, Y.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 24

    Time TBA

    Open

    10 seats left.

    0 of 10 enrolled

    Tornell, A.

    no grade history
    low risk
  • Tut 25

    R 12:30pm-1:45pm

    Open

    9 seats left.

    1 of 10 enrolled

    Weill, P.

    no grade history
    low risk

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Seats over time in Fall 2026

How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 25 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.

What a flat run means, and where a line starts

Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.

Tut 1 · Asker, J.W. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 2 over about 2 months

2 of 10 · 8 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 2. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 2 · Atkeson, A.G. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 3 · Bau, N.D. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 2 over about 2 months

2 of 10 · 8 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 2. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 4 · Board, S.A. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 2 over about 2 months

2 of 10 · 8 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 2. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 5 · Burstein, A.T. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 6 · Costa, D.L. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 7 · Goncalves, F. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 8 · Hackmann, M.B. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 9 · Hahn, J. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 10 · Hansen, G.D. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 11 · Hopenhayn, H.A. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 12 · Liao, Z. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 13 · Lleras-Muney, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 14 · Matzkin, R.L. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 15 · Mazzocco, M. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 16 · McGarry, K.M. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 17 · Meyer-Ter-Vehn, M. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 18 · Obara, I. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 19 · Ohanian, L. · 8 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 8 over about 2 months

8 of 10 · 2 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.8 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 2 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 8. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 20 · Ozler, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 21 · Sadzik, T.M. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 22 · Santos, A. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 23 · Shem-Tov, Y. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 2 over about 2 months

2 of 10 · 8 left
19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 2. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 24 · Tornell, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 2 months

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

Tut 25 · Weill, P. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 2 months

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

19 Aug 04:4017 Sep 11:1616 Oct 17:52
Checked 168 of the 597 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 429 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 809 of 1406 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 64 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 19 Aug 04:40 to 16 Oct 17:52, 0 to 1. Too few observations to establish a trend. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.
How readings and alerts work

Dated seat counts can be available even when hourly check history is missing. Gaps do not show whether seats changed between observations.

Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.

The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.