Overview of the courses for the double degree Economics Würzburg

UGent – students have to accomplish:

semester 1/2

UGent

Core Courses

18 ECTS

Table 2

semester 1/2

UGent

Majors

18 ECTS

Table 3

semester 1/2

UGent

Electives

12 ECTS

Table 4

semester 1/2

UGent

Research Seminar

12 ECTS

Table 5

semester 3

JMU

 

Core Electives

30 ECTS

Table1

semester 4

JMU

Master Thesis

30 ECTS

Table 6

 

Table 1:    Core Electives

 

30 ECTS to choose from:

 

Communication in Business and Economics [EN], summerterm

 

Market Research and Demand Analysis [EN], 12-M-EIO, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Dynamische Monetäre Makroökonomie [EN], 12-M-DMM, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Advanced Computational Economics [EN], 12-M-NGM, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

European Competition Policy [EN], 12-M-WPE, 5 ECTS summerterm

 

Economic Geography [EN], 12-M-EG. 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

European Public Finance [EN], 12-M-EFP, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Handelspolitik und Welthandelsordnung [DE], 12-M-TP, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Steuerpolitik [DE], 12-M-Fl, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Applied Industrial Organization [DE], 12-M-Tl2, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Mikroökonometrie [DE], 12-M-AM, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Finanzmarktökonometrie [DE], 12-M-FMO, 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Business Cycles [EN], 5 ECTS, summerterm

 

Topics in Human Capital Development [EN], 12-M-THC, 5 ECTS winterterm

 

Topics in Migration [EN], 12-M-THC, 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

Experimental Economics [EN], winterterm

 

Advanced Labor Economics [EN], winterterm

 

Contract Theory [EN], winterterm

 

Behavioral Economics [EN], winterterm

 

Design of Field Experiments and Studies [EN], 12-M-DFES, 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

Optimal Tax Theory [EN], winterterm

 

Staatsverschuldung [DE], 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

International Economics [DE], 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

Monetary Policy and Financial System [EN], 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

Theorie der Sozialversicherung [DE], 5 ECTS, winterterm

 

Strategic Decisions and Competition [EN], winterterm

 

Communication in Business and Economics [EN], winterterm

 

Theory of Industrial Organization [EN], 5 ECTS winterterm

 

Corparate Strategy [EN], 5 ECTS winterterm (to choose if more than two courses which are marked with * are recognized)

 

Advanced Computational Economics [EN], 5 ECTS winterterm (block course in October)

 

Table 2:    Core Courses 18 ECTS

Microeconomics: Decision Theory [EN], 6 ECTS

Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Innovation and Growth [EN], 6 ECTS

Econometrics: Time Series Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS

 

Table 3:    Majors

18 ECTS to choose from one of the two Majors:

Major “Financial Institutions and Markets”:

Economics of Banking [EN], 6 ECTS

*Economics of  Financial Markets [EN], 6 ECTS*

Investment Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS

Institutional Economics [EN], 6 ECTS

*Monetary Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

 

Major “Economic Policy”:

*Public Economics [EN], 6 ECTS*

*Fiscal Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

Environmental and Energy Policy [EN], 6 ECTS

*Trade & Migration Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

*Monetary Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

Institutional Economics [EN], 6 ECTS

*Social Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

Table 4:    Electives

12 ECTS to choose from:

*Trade & Migration Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

Environmental and Energy Policy [EN], 6 ECTS

Economics of Banking [EN], 6 ECTS

*Economics of Financial Markets [EN], 6 ECTS*

Investment Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS

*Public Economics [EN], 6 ECTS*

*Fiscal Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

*Social Policy [EN], 6 ECTS*

Grand Strategy and the Multipolar World [NL], 6 ECTS

Public Strategy and Behavior [EN] 6 ECTS

Ecological Economics [EN] 6 ECTS

Agricultural and Food Economics [NL] , 6 ECTS

Labour Law and Social Security Law [NL], 6 ECTS

Legal Framework for Environmental Technology [NL] 6 ECTS

Urban and Regional Economy [NL], 6 ECTS

Insurances [NL], 6 ECTS

Transport Economics [NL], 6 ECTS

Introduction to European Union Law [NL], 6 ECTS

Internship [EN, NL], 6 ECTS

Economics of Development [EN], 6 ECTS

Advanced Econometrics: Non-linear Methods [EN], 6 ECTS 

Advanced Microeconomics: Game Theory and Asymmetric Information [EN], 6 ECTS

Advanced Macroeconomics: Equilibrium and Dynamics [EN] 6 ECTS

Networks in Socio-Economic Systems [EN], 6 ECTS

Table 5:    Research Seminar

12 ECTS

Research Seminar [EN], 12 ECTS

Table 6:    Master Thesis

30 ECTS

The responsibility for grading the master’s thesis rests with two supervisors of the JMU. Academic staff from UGent are invited to attend the related Master thesis colloquia as external examiner.