Courses in Financial Economics major

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

The core courses in the master's programme provide a foundation for the elective courses in finance. You are encouraged to take the core courses and the course in empirical methods during the two first terms to have flexibility in your choice of electives.

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).

Major in Financial Economics

Minimum 15 ECTS credits

Code Name Stp Semester
FIE400E FIE400EInvestments 7.5 Autumn Spring
FIE400N FIE400NInvestments (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE402 FIE402Corporate Finance 7.5 Autumn Spring

Empirical methods - choose one

Code Name Stp Semester
ECN402 ECN402Econometrics 7.5 Autumn Spring
FIE401 FIE401Financial Econometrics 7.5 Autumn Spring

Electives - 22,5 stp

Code Name Stp Semester
ECO420 ECO420Corporate Governance 7.5 Spring
ECO422 ECO422Advanced Corporate Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE433 FIE433International Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE436 FIE436Venture Capital, Private Equity and IPO's 7.5 Spring
FIE437 FIE437Valuation 7.5 Autumn
FIE441 FIE441Taxes and Business Strategy 7.5 Spring
FIE443 FIE443Mergers and Acquisitions 7.5 Spring
FIE457 FIE457Entrepreneurial Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE459 FIE459Sustainable Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE460 FIE460Ship Finance and Marine Insurance 7.5 Autumn
FIE462 FIE462Finance Innovations in Insurance 7.5 Spring
ACC421B ACC421BValuation (N) 7.5 Autumn
ACC421E ACC421EValuation with Financial Statement Analysis 7.5 Spring
BAN432 BAN432Applied Textual Data Analysis for Business and Finance 7.5 Autumn
ECN430 ECN430Empirical Methods and Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance 7.5 Spring
ECO421 ECO421Asset Pricing 7.5 Autumn
ECO423 ECO423Advanced Derivatives 7.5 Spring
FIE403 FIE403Business Cycle Analysis and Macroeconomic Policies 7.5 Autumn Spring
FIE420 FIE420Money and Banking (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE421 FIE421Macroeconomic Analysis and Sustainability 7.5 Spring
FIE423 FIE423Fixed Income (N) 7.5 Spring
FIE425 FIE425Derivatives and Risk Management 7.5 Autumn
FIE426 FIE426Asset Management 7.5 Spring
FIE431 FIE431Crashes and Crises (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE432 FIE432Private Finance (N) 7.5 Autumn
FIE432E FIE432EPersonal Finance and Taxation 7.5 Spring
FIE434 FIE434Behavioural Finance and Wealth Management 7.5 Spring
FIE435 FIE435Financial Modelling with Excel 7.5 Spring
FIE442 FIE442Growth and Architecture of Financial Systems 7.5 Autumn
FIE446 FIE446Financial Engineering 7.5 Spring
FIE447 FIE447Trading, Liquidity, and Pricing in Securities Markets 7.5 Autumn
FIE448 FIE448Banking and Fintech 7.5 Spring
FIE450 FIE450Programming with Applications in Finance 7.5 Spring
FIE451 FIE451Asset Management with Programming Applications (not offered) 7.5 Spring
FIE453 FIE453Big Data with Applications to Finance 7.5 Autumn
FIE458 FIE458Deep Learning with Applications to Finance 7.5 Spring
FIE461 FIE461Risk and Insurance 7.5 Autumn Spring

Master's Thesis

Code Name Stp Semester
FIETHE FIETHEIndependent work/thesis 30 Autumn Spring