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Modules' design

EVENTS

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First year. The first year provides students with the necessary theoretical background, but also opts to incorporate applicative component in each course. Electives enable specialization in analysis of bank balance sheet or other finances, but are mainly based on applications in the respective areas.

Code	Module	ECTS	Class	Load	60%	30%	10%
ECON4003	Advanced macroeconomics	8	4+1	200	a
ECON4103	Advanced microeconomics	8	4+1	200	a
ECON4203	Econometric analysis	8	4+1	200	a
ECON4403	Monetary policy and analysis	8	4+1	200	a
ECON4703	Research methods	8	4+1	200			a
ECON4123	Macroeconomy and financial stability	8	4+1	200	a
	Elective 1	8	4+1	200		a
	Elective 2	8	4+1	200		a
Total credits in the first year		64

Code	Elective Module	ECTS	Class	Load	60%	30%	10%
ECON4503	Data analysis	8	4+1	200		a
FINC4633	Financial products and pricing	8	4+1	200		a
FINC4583	Brokerage and portfolio management	8	4+1	200		a
FINC4703	Bank risk management and stress testing	8	4+1	200		a

Second year. The second year is geared toward empirics and is highly relevant for policymaking. Electives provide further specialization in quantitative econometric techniques or quantitative techniques for analysis in banks and are also focused on applications.

Code	Module	ECTS	Class	Load	60%	30%	10%
ECON5133	Macro-management of open economy	8	4+1	200	a
ECON5343	Macroeconomic modeling and forecasting	8	4+1	200	a
	Elective 1 (group 1)	8	4+1	200		a
	Elective 2 (group 2)	8	4+1	200		a
THES 5000	Master thesis	26			a
Total credits in the second year		58
Total credits		120

Code	Elective Module (group 1)	ECTS	Class	Load	60%	30%	10%
ECON5603	Labour market and active policies	8	4+1	200		a
ECON5513	Panel econometrics	8	4+1	200		a

Code	Elective Module (group 2)	ECTS	Class	Load	60%	30%	10%
CASE5503	Financial engineering in banks (applications)	8	4+1	200		a
CASE5513	Economic transition in South-east Europe	8	4+1	200		a
CASE5553	Economics of BRIC countries	8	4+1	200		a
CASE5593	Growth policies in emerging economies	8	4+1	200		a