The requirement for the profile is to take six courses as follows:
- one mandatory course in game theory and information economics (ECO400)
- one course in econometrics
- three main electives (chosen freely among all courses with ECO course code)
- one free elective (chosen freely among all courses with ECO course code plus a list of other electives)
MANDATORY
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy and Information (7,5 ECTS)
ECONOMETRICS - CHOOSE ONE
BUS444E Econometrics for Business Research (7,5 ECTS)
BUS444N Econometrics for Business Research (7,5 ECTS)
ECN402 Econometrics (7,5 ECTS)
FIE401 Financial Econometrics (7,5 ECTS)
MAIN ELECTIVES - CHOOSE AT LEAST THREE
ECO401 Optimisation and Microeconomic Theory (7,5 ECTS)
ECO420 Corporate Governance (7,5 ECTS)
ECO421 Asset Pricing (7,5 ECTS)
ECO422 Advanced Corporate Finance (7,5 ECTS)
ECO423 Advanced Derivatives (7,5 ECTS)
ECO427 Industrial Organization (N) (7,5 ECTS)
ECO433 Empirical Strategies for Causal Analysis (7,5 ECTS)
ECO439 Resource Economics (7,5 ECTS)
ECO441 Taxes and Public Policy (7,5 ECTS)
OTHER ELECTIVES
BAN402 Decision Modelling in Business (7,5 ECTS)
BUS428 Organizational Economics (7,5 ECTS)
BUS429 Pricing Analytics and Revenue Management (7,5 ECTS)
ECN421 Behavioral Economics (7,5 ECTS)
ECN430 Empirical Methods and Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance (7,5 ECTS)
FIE421 Macroeconomic Analysis and Sustainability (7,5 ECTS)
MASTER'S THESIS
ECOTHE Independent work/thesis (30 ECTS)
Comments about planning and choosing courses:
- There are no strict rules about when to take courses, as long as you fulfill the requirements. But to get a satisfactory progression, you are expected to take the mandatory courses in game theory / information economics (ECO400) and in econometrics, as well as some of the electives, during your first year. It is also recommended that you write your master thesis in the fourth semester of the master's degree.
- Some courses have statements under Required Prerequisites of the type "You should have skills similar to those obtained in course X.'' If you have not taken course X, but are willing to do some extra reading on your own to fill in any gaps in your background knowledge, this will usually be sufficient. Contact the course responsible if you are unsure about whether you fulfill the requirements.
- Because the optimization paradigm is useful for understanding individual economic behaviour in all markets, the course ECO401 (Optimization and Microeconomic Theory) is recommended (in case you are unsure about which electives to choose).
The common language of all the courses in the profile is economic theory and econometrics. You are therefore free to combine courses in different areas. Below are some examples of course combinations, but keep in mind that you are free to combine courses in a way that is tailored to your specific interests.
SPECIALIZATION IN FINANCE
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy, and Information
FIE401 Financial Econometrics
ECO420 Corporate Governance
ECO421 Asset Pricing
ECO422 Advanced Corporate Finance
ECO423 Advanced Derivatives
SPECIALIZATION IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy, and Information
BUS444E Econometrics for Business Research
ECO420 Corporate Governance
ECO427 Industrial Organization
ECO422 Advanced Corporate Finance
BUS429 Pricing Analytics and Revenue Management
SPECIALIZATION IN MICROECONOMICS OF THE FIRM
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy, and Information
BUS444E Econometrics for Business Research
ECO401 Optimization and Microeconomic Theory
ECO420 Corporate Governance
ECO427 Industrial Organization
BUS428 Organizational Economics
SPECIALIZATION IN ECONOMIC POLICY WITH METHODOLOGY FOCUS
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy, and Information
ECN402 Econometrics
ECO401 Optimization and Microeconomic Theory
ECO433 Empirical Strategies for Causal Analysis
ECO441 Taxes and Economic Policy
ECO439 Resource Economics
SPECIALIZATION IN ECONOMICS WITH MACRO AND ASSET PRICING
ECO400 Decisions, Strategy, and Information
ECN402 Econometrics
ECO401 Optimization and Microeconomic Theory
ECO421 Asset Pricing
ECO423 Advanced Derivatives
ECN430 Empirical Methods and Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance