Study Plan Double Degree 2020-2021

The Double Degree program in Development Economics is four semesters in length during which 120 Credits are required according to the following regulations.

Participants with home university Florence, Master thesis according to the regulations of the University of Göttingen.

1. Participants have to spend the first two semesters of the first year (academic year: September-July/August) at the University of Florence. During the first two semesters at the University of Florence students have to pass courses in the scope of 60 Credits according to the following regulations:

a. Mandatory courses (27 C):

B016433	Development Microeconomics	9 C
B016434	Development Macroeconomics	9 C
B016441	Statistical Inference	9 C

b. Mandatory course in Quantitative Economics (6 C)

Choose one of the following courses:

B016458	Mathematical Methods for Economic Analysis	6 C
B020849	Measurement and Causes of Poverty	6 C

c. Mandatory course in Selected Topics (6 C)

Choose one of the following courses:

B020853	Labour Economics	6 C
B016505	Agriculture Development and Poverty	6 C
B016512	Environment and Development	6 C
B016456	Microeconometrics	6 C
B016470	Local and Industrial Development	6 C

d. Mandatory course in Law (6 C)

Choose one of the following courses:

B020836	Economic Law	6 C
B020837	International law	6 C

e. Mandatory course in Management and Business Studies (12 C)

Choose one of the following courses:

B019219

Firms’ financing, bank management and sustainable finance

Corporate governance, bank management and sustainable finance

Corporate Governance, Firms’ Financing and Financial Markets

12 C

f. Mandatory seminar (3 C)

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Joint-Seminar Florence - Göttingen

3 C

2. Participants spend the third and fourth semester at the University of Göttingen academic year: October – July/August). During this period participants have to pass 60 Credits according to the regulations of the Master program in Development Economics of the University of Göttingen scheduled in the paragraphs below. 60 C will be recognized for the Master program in Economics and Development within the framework of the Double Degree program by the University of Florence.

a. Mandatory Course in Development Economics (6 C)

M.SIA.E11

Socioeconomics of Rural Development and Food Security

6 C

b. Mandatory courses in selected topics (12 C)

Choose one of the following courses from two different tables:

M.WIWI-VWL.0122	Behavioural Development Economics	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0086	Macroeconomics of Open Economies	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0155	International Trade and the Labour Market	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0117	Growth, Resources, and the Environment	6 C

	Advanced Development Economics	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0144	Migration Economics: Replication course	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0083	Economic reform and social justice in India	6 C
	Quasi-Experiments in Development Economics	6 C
	International Development Policy	6 C

M.WIWI-VWL.0096

Essential of Global Health

6 C

c. Mandatory courses in International Economics (6 C)

Choose one of the following courses:

M.WIWI-VWL.0040	Empirical Trade Issues	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0092	International Trade	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0095	International Political Economy	6 C
M.SIA.E.19	Market Integration and Price Transmission I	6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0162	Firms in International Trade	6 C

d. Mandatory Seminar (6 C)

Choose one of the following modules:

M.WIWI-VWL.0025	Seminar Development Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0024	Seminar on the Economic Situation of Latin America in the 21st Century: 'Challenges of Economic Development in Latin America'
M.WIWI-VWL.0035	Seminar: Economic Effects of Regional Integration, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0046	Seminar: Topics in European and Global Trade, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0055	Seminar: Globalization and Development, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0061	Seminar: Methods of Policy Evaluation: Case Studies, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0063	Seminar: Sustainable Development, Trade and Environment,6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0065	Seminar: Economics of Crime, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0105	Seminar: Controversies in Development Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0122	Seminar: Behavioral Development Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0131	Seminar: Business Cycles in Developing Countries, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.xxx	Seminar: Empirical Applications of Game Theory, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0132	Seminar: New Development in International Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-QMW.0024	Seminar: Financial Liberalization, Financial Development and Economic Growth, 6 C
M.WiWi-VWL.0167	Seminar: Topics in International Trade, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0123	Seminar: Recent Topics in Macroeconomics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.xxxx	Seminar: Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0161	Seminar: Empirical Development Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0025	Seminar: Development Economics IV, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0132	New Developments in International Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0063	Sustainable Development, Trade and Environment, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0123	Recent Topics in Macroeconomics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0137	Seminar: Games in Economic Development, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0029	Seminar in Operations Research, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0143	Seminar: Mind, Society and Development, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0023	Seminar on the Economic Situation of Latin America in the 21st century: Trade related and Macroeconomic Issues for Latin American Policy Making, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0130	Seminar Gender Differences in Labor Economics, 6 C
M.WIWI-VWL.0046	Seminar in European and Global Trade, 6 C
M.SIA.E20	Agricultural Policy Seminar, 6 C
	The Political Economy of Social Protection
	Seminar: China's Economic and Political Development

e. Master Thesis (30 Credits)

The Master Thesis will be written in the fourth semester according to the regulations of the University of Göttingen. The Master Thesis will be recognized for the Master program in Economics

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11.04.2024

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Study Plan Double Degree 2020-2021

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