Econ Masters for Academia
Hello!
So I am interested in trying to get into academia for political economy (in a political science department for my PhD), and will be applying for that in the next next cycle, and was looking into masters programs for if I don't get admitted anywhere and was wondering if there were any good economics masters programs for getting into academia, id go to the political science one's...but they either dont exist at top institutions or are hot doo doo from what my PI's have told me (except for duke but to afford that Id have to sell all my organs). I have 100k in savings because I've been saving for a long time and dont particularly want to go into (too much) debt for a masters.
Additionally, what econ courses would I need to take to get in, Ive seen them say that I need to take to the "intermediate level" but I have no idea what that means. Im not concerned about math coursework, as im a double major in math and have taken real analysis, linear algebra, mathematical stats, probability, etc.
Sorry if this is an obvious question, I just don't know what the masters scene looks like for econ. Thanks!