Curriculum

Both versions of the MSc program require the completion of three compulsory modules in the first semester. For students of the two-year version, each of these modules includes two interactive lectures: The main lecture on microeconomics, macroeconomics or econometrics and an accompanying lecture which reviews and extends methodological knowledge from the undergraduate education. Students will only be admitted to the one-year program version, if their undergraduate education has made them sufficiently familiar with methodology. They are, hence, not required to take the methodology lectures and will not receive credits for them. However, students of the one-year program version are, of course, welcome to attend these courses if they feel this may be beneficial.

The compulsory modules are structured as follows:

Elective modules in theoretical and applied economics give students the opportunity to extend, focus and apply their knowledge based on personal interests. Depending on the version of the program, students have to choose four (one-year version) or ten (two-year version) elective modules during the course of their studies. Topics change from semester to semester. Recently, courses on the following topics have been offered:

• Advanced Game Theory
• New Keynesian Economics
• Dynamic Optimization
• Game Theory
• Public Choice
• Labour Economics
• History of Economic Thought
• Theory of the Firm
• Behavioural Economics
• International Political Economy
• Rationality in Experimental Economics
• Environmental and Resource Economics
• Climate Dynamics and Climate Economics
• Empirical Labour Economics and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
• Economic of Growth and Development
• Health Economics