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Prerequisites for courses in Economics


The below prerequisites refer to courses offered in English.

All courses get new codes from the autumn term 2011. Please see the below key for translation between old and new codes.

Intermediate level

Course code/course name Prerequisites (or the equivalent)
Development Economics, NEKG71 Basic Microeconomics (basic International Economics is recommended)
Economic Integration, NEKH71 Basic Microeconomics nd Basic International Economics
Environmental Economics, NEKH52 Basic Microeconomics
Industrial Organisation, NEKH21 Basic Microeconomics
Macroeconomic Analysis, NEKG41 Basic Macroeconomics and Basic Microeconomics
Public Economics, NEKG51 Basic Microeconomics
Tax Policy, NEKH51 Basic Microeconomics
Trade Theory, NEKH72 Basic Microeconomics and Basic International Economics

Advanced level

The basic prerequisite for all of our courses at the advanced level is, in general, the equivalence of 60 ECTS in Economics (one year of full-time studies) including Intermediate Microeconomics and Econometrics. However, for some courses there are additional prerequisites as well. It is also recommended that students have studied the topic in question at the intermediate level. For example, it is recommended that students who wish to take Advanced Health Economics also have studied Health Economics (or similar) at the intermediate level.

Course code/course name Prerequisites (or the equivalent)
Advanced Development Economics, NEKN73 Intermediate Microeconomics, Basic Development Economics
Advanced Econometrics, NEKN31 Intermediate Econometrics
Advanced Economic Integration, NEKN71 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics, basic Economic Integration
Advanced Health Economics, NEKN61 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis, NEKN41 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics, Intermediate and higher Macroeconomics
Advanced Microeconomic Analysis, NEKN21 Intermediate Microeconomics
Advanced Trade Theory, NEKN72 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics, basic Trade Theory
Applied International Macroeconomics, NEKN42 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics, Intermediate Macroeconomics
Applied Microeconometrics, NEKN33 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Continuous Time Finance, NEKP81 90 ECTS in Economics, including Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics and Intermediate Financial Economics
Econometric Theory, NEKP34 90 ECTS in Economics,including Advanced Econometrics and Statistical Methods for Econometrics
Economic and Financial Decision Making, NEKN22 Intermediate Microeconomics
Economic Evaluation, NEKN51 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Economic Growth, advanced course, NEKP41 90 ECTS in Economics, including Advanced Microeconomics and Advanced Macroeconomics
Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights, NEKMXX Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Empirical Finance, NEKN82 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics and Basic Financial Economics
Financial Valuation and Risk Management, NEKN83 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics and Basic Financial Economics
Food Economics, NEKMXX Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Foundations of Finance, NEKN81 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics and Basic Financial Economics
Human Capital Theory and Economics of the Family, NEKN63 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Institutions, Markets and Firms in a Chinese Context, NEKN75 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
International Macroeconomic Theory, NEKN42 90 ECTS in Economics, including Advanced Microeconomics and Advanced Macroeconomics
Mathematical Methods - Dynamic Optimization, NEKP32 90 ECTS in Economics,including Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Mathematical Methods - Static Optimisation, NEKP31 90 ECTS in Economics, including Intermediate Microeconomics
Applied Microeconometrics, NEKN33 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Microeconomics - Strategic Interaction, NEKP22 90 ECTS in Economics, including Advanced Microeconomics
Microeconomics - Theory for Individual Choice and Game Theory, NEKP23 90 ECTS in Economics, including Advanced Microeconomics
Public Finance, NEKN52 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Statistical Methods for Econometrics, NEKP33 90 ECTS in Economics, including Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
The Chinese Economy, NEKN74 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Time Series Analysis, NEKN34 75 ECTS credits in Economics, of which 15 ECTS at the advanced level and either the course Advanced Econometrics or Empirical Finance or their equivalents.
Topics in Financial Economics, NEKP82 90 ECTS in Economics, including Intermediate Microeconomics, Advanced courses in Foundations of Finance and Empirical Finance
Topics in Labour Economics, NEKN62 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics
Topics in Public Economics, NEKN53 Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Econometrics


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