YEAR 1:
Fall Semester, Year 1 | ||
Course Name | Credits (ETS) | |
Required Courses: | ||
1 | Microeconomic Theory I (Classical Theory) | 6 |
2 | Macroeconomic Theory I (Growth) | 6 |
3 | Mathematics for Economists I (Linear Algebra) | 6 |
4 | Probability Theory and Statistics (6 credits) | 6 |
Total for Fall Semester, Year 1: | 24 |
Spring Semester, Year 1 | ||
Course Name | Credits (ETS) | |
Required Courses: | ||
1 | Microeconomic Theory II (Game theory, strategic behavior) | 6 |
2 | Macroeconomic Theory II (Business cycles) | 6 |
3 | Mathematics for Economists II (Multivariable
Calculus, Optimization) |
6 |
4 | Econometrics I | 6 |
5 | Development Economics | 6 |
Total for Spring Semester, Year 1 | 30 |
YEAR 2:
Fall Semester, Year 2 | ||||
Course Name | Credits (ETS) | |||
Required Courses: | ||||
1 | Econometrics II | 6 | ||
2 | Economic Research Methods | 6 | ||
Elective courses from the list below | 18 | |||
Total for Fall Semester, Year 2: | 30 | |||
Spring Semester, Year 2 | ||||
Course Name | Credits (ETS) | |||
1 | Elective courses from the list below | 18 | ||
2 | Master Thesis | 18 | ||
Total for Spring Semester, Year 2 | 36 | |||
List of Possible Elective Courses
Many elective courses are co-taught with NMBU School of Economics and Business Faculty.
Course name | Credits (ETS) | |
1. | Agricultural Policy and International Trade(co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
2. | Environmental Economics (co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
3. | Energy Economics (co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
4. | Behavioral Economics (co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
5. | Finance and Investment (co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
6. | Energy Economics (co-taught with NMBU) | 6 |
7. | Labor Economics | 6 |
8. | Finance and Investment | 6 |
9. | Industrial Organization | 6 |
10. | Game Theory | 6 |
11. | Behavioral Economics | 6 |
12. | Public Economics | 6 |
13. | Economic Growth | 6 |
14. | Open-economy macroeconomics | 6 |
15. | Time Series Econometrics | 6 |