Courses in Economics major before autumn 2024
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. The elective courses are listed by track: Competition and Business Strategy (CBS), Sustainable Development and Public Policy (SDP), Marcoeconomics, 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 are required to have at least 2.5 ECTS from the courses designated "Ethics".
Major in Economics (ECN) starting autumn 2023
Mandatory
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN402 | ECN402Econometrics | 7.5 | Autumn Spring |
| ECN425 | ECN425Solving Economic and Social Problems with Big Data | 7.5 | Spring |
MANDATORY CORE COURSE (AT LEAST ONE)
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN400 | ECN400Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECN401 | ECN401Microeconomic Theory with Applications | 7.5 | Autumn |
ELECTIVES – CBS
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUS438 | BUS438Strategic Organization and Competition (N) | 7.5 | Spring |
| BUS442 | BUS442Competition - Law and Economics (N) | 7.5 | Autumn |
| BUS470 | BUS470Retail Analytics | 7.5 | Spring |
| BUS475 | BUS475Competition Strategy (N) | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECN433 | ECN433Competition Strategy (N) - (replaced by BUS475) | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECO401 | ECO401Optimisation and Microeconomic Theory | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECO427 | ECO427Industrial Organization (N) | 7.5 | Spring |
EMPIRICAL SPECIALISATION - CBS
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN431 | ECN431Data Driven Business Analysis (replaced by BAN440) | 7.5 | Spring |
ELECTIVES – SDP
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN421 | ECN421Behavioral Economics | 7.5 | Autumn Spring |
| ECN423 | ECN423Development Economics | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECN435 | ECN435Data-Driven Public Policy | 7.5 | Autumn |
| ECO439 | ECO439Resource Economics | 7.5 | Spring |
| ECO441 | ECO441Taxes and Public Policy | 7.5 | Spring |
| ETI450 | ETI450Corporate Social Responsibility | 7.5 | Spring |
EMPIRICAL SPECIALISATION - SDP
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECO433 | ECO433Empirical Strategies for Causal Analysis | 7.5 | Autumn Spring |
ELECTIVES – MFA
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN434 | ECN434International Trade and Globalisation | 7.5 | Spring |
| FIE403 | FIE403Business Cycle Analysis | 7.5 | Autumn Spring |
| FIE420 | FIE420Money and Banking (N) | 7.5 | Autumn |
| FIE421 | FIE421Macroeconomic Analysis and Sustainability | 7.5 | Spring |
| FIE431 | FIE431Crashes and Crises (N) | 7.5 | Autumn |
EMPIRICAL SPECIALISATION - MFA
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECN430 | ECN430Empirical Methods and Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance | 7.5 | Spring |
Master's Thesis
| Code | Name | Stp | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECNTHE | ECNTHEIndependent Work Major in Economics | 30 | Autumn Spring |