Courses in Economics major

Select courses equivalent to 45 ECTS according to the plan below for a major in Economics. Together with your master thesis (30ECTS), this constitutes your major.

Please see the profile description for suggested tracks; Competition and Business Strategy (CBS), Sustainable Development and Public Policy (SDP), Macroeconomics, Finance and Asset Markets (MFA). Note, however, that the tracks only represent recommended course combinations and not something students must follow.

Please note: All students starting in the autumn of 2024 and later are required to take at least 7,5 ECTS credits from the courses designated "Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability" (ERS).

Select your starting year/semester

Major in Economics (ECN)

Mandatory

Code Name Stp Semester
ECN402 ECN402 Econometrics 7,5 Autumn Spring
ECN425 ECN425 Solving Economic and Social Problems with Big Data 7,5 Spring

MANDATORY CORE COURSE (AT LEAST ONE)

Code Name Stp Semester
ECN400 ECN400 Macroeconomic Theory and Policy 7,5 Autumn
ECN401 ECN401 Microeconomic Theory with Applications 7,5 Autumn

Electives 22,5 credits

Code Name Stp Semester
BAN440 BAN440 Data Driven Business Analysis 7,5 Spring
BUS438 BUS438 Strategic Organization and Competition (N) 7,5 Spring
BUS442 BUS442 Competition - Law and Economics (N) 7,5 Spring
BUS470 BUS470 Strategic Pricing and Competition 7,5
BUS475 BUS475 Competition Strategy (N) 7,5 Autumn
ECN421 ECN421 Behavioral Economics 7,5 Autumn Spring
ECN423 ECN423 Development Economics 7,5 Autumn
ECN430 ECN430 Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance 7,5 Spring
ECN434 ECN434 International Trade and Globalisation 7,5 Spring
ECN435 ECN435 Data-Driven Public Policy 7,5
ECN436 ECN436 Economic Inequality and Growth 7,5
ECO401 ECO401 Optimisation and Microeconomic Theory 7,5 Autumn
ECO427 ECO427 Industrial Organization (N) 7,5 Spring
ECO433 ECO433 Empirical Strategies for Causal Analysis 7,5 Autumn
ECO439 ECO439 Resource Economics 7,5 Spring
ECO441 ECO441 Taxes and Public Policy (N) 7,5 Spring
ENE436 ENE436 Environmental Policy Analysis 7,5 Spring
ETI450 ETI450 Corporate Social Responsibility 7,5 Autumn
ETI452 ETI452 Diversity and Inclusive Work-life in Firms and Ethics 7,5 Spring
FIE403 FIE403 Business Cycle Analysis and Macroeconomic Policies (E/N) 7,5 Autumn Spring
FIE420 FIE420 Money and Banking (N) 7,5 Autumn
FIE421 FIE421 Macroeconomic Analysis and Sustainability 7,5 Spring
FIE431 FIE431 Crashes and Crises (N) 7,5 Autumn
FIE463 FIE463 Numerical methods in Macroeconomics and Finance using Python 7,5 Spring

Master's Thesis

Code Name Stp Semester
ECNTHE ECNTHE Independent Work Major in Economics 30,0