Overview of the courses for the double Degree Economics with University of Tartu

Students from Ghent University

Year 1 in Ghent University

Core Courses (18 ECTS) Semester Credits
Microeconomics: Decision Theory Autumn 6
Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Innovation and Growth Autumn 6
Econometrics: Time Series Analysis Autumn 6
Obligatory courses (12 ECTS) Semester Credits
Public Economics Spring 6
Monetary Policy Autumn 6
Courses related to the major (select 18 ECTS from one of the two majors) Semester Credits
Major financial institutions and markets
Economics of Banking Autumn 6
Economics of Financial Markets Autumn 6
Investment Analysis Autumn 6
Institutional Economics Spring 6
Major economic policy
Fiscal Policy Autumn 6
Environmental and Energy Policy Autumn 6
Trade and Migration Policy Autumn 6
Institutional Economics Spring 6
Social Policy Spring 6
Elective courses (select 12 ECTS) Semester Credits
Grand Strategy and the Multipolar World Autumn 6
Public Strategy and Behavior Autumn 6
Ecological Economics Autumn 6
Internship Autumn/Spring 6
Economics of Development Autumn 6
Advanced Macroeconomics: Equilibrum and Dynamics Spring 6
Advanced Microeconomics: Game Theory and Asymmetric Information Autumn 6
Advanced Econometrics: Non-Linear Methods Spring 6
Networks in Socio-Economic Systems Spring 6
EU and Global Justice Autumn 6
Complexity Economics and Agent-Based Modelling Spring 6

Year 2 in University of Tartu

Quantitative methods in economics (6ECTS) Semester Credits
Microeconometrics Spring 6
Economics Models (15 ECTS) Semester Credits
Selected Topics in Macroeconomics Fall 4
Game Theory Spring 6
Introduction to Matlab Fall 3
Master’s seminar Fall 2

Elective Module (select 21 ECTS from one of the two lists)

Semester Credits

Special topics in economics

Evaluation of Economic Policies

Fall 6

International Trade Theory

Fall 6

Financial Econometrics

Spring 3

Estonian for Beginners I, on the Basis of English, Level 0 > A1.1

Fall and Spring 6

Estonian Orthography and Composition

Fall and Spring 3

Knowledge-Based Start-Up Entrepreneurship

Fall 3

Financial and actuarial mathematics

Life Insurance Mathematics I

Fall 3

Models of Financial Mathematics

Spring 6

Non-Life Insurance Mathematics

Fall 6

Risk Theory

Fall 3

Estonian for Beginners I, on the Basis of English, Level 0 > A1.1

Fall and Spring 6

Estonian Orthography and Composition

Fall and Spring 3

Knowledge-Based Start-Up Entrepreneurship

Fall  3

Master thesis (18 ECTS)

Students from University of Tartu

Year 1 in Tartu

Quantitative methods in economics (30 ECTS) Semester Credits
Mathematical Statistics Autumn 6
Mathematical Methods in Economics Autumn 6
Microeconometrics Spring 9
Introduction to Programming Autumn 3
Introduction to R software Autumn 3
Introduction to Matlab Spring 3
Economic models (33 ECTS) Semester Credits
Public Sector Economics Spring 6
Game Theory Autumn 6
Macroeconomics Autumn-Spring 9
Microeconomics Spring 9
Introduction to Matlab Spring 3

Year 2 in Ghent

Core courses (12 ECTS) Semester Credits
Econometrics: Time Series Analysis Autumn 6
Monetary Policy Autumn 6
Courses related to the major (select 18 ECTS from one of the two majors) Semester Credits
Major Financial Institutions and Markets
Economics of Banking Autumn 6
Economics of Financial Markets Autumn 6

Investment Analysis

Autumn 6

Institutional Economics

Spring 6

Major economic policy

Fiscal Policy

Autumn 6

Environmental and Energy Policy

Autumn 6

Trade and Migration Policy

Autumn 6

Institutional Economics

Spring 6
Social Policy Spring 6
Elective courses (select 12 ECTS) Semester Credits
Grand Strategy and the Multipolar World Autumn
Public Strategy and Behavior Autumn
Ecological Economics Autumn
Internship Autumn-Spring
Economics of Development Autumn
Advanced Macroeconomics: Equilibrum and Dynamics Spring
Advanced Microeconomics: Game Theory and Asymmetric Information Autumn
Advanced Econometrics: Non-Linear Methods Spring
Networks in Socio-Economic Systems Spring
EU and Global Justice Autumn
Complexity Economics and Agent-Based Modelling Spring
Master thesis (18 ECTS)