Master in Economics - Professional Focus - ECON2MS/G (Finalité spécialisée)

A 2-year program - 120 credits (FR / EN) - Link to ECON2M programme

STRUCTURE OVER THE 2 YEARS

Core Courses - 10 credits
Professional Focus - 15 credits
Internship - 15 credits + 3 electives (15 credits)
Options of Specialization - 45 credits
Other electives
1 Thesis - 20 credits

Core Courses - 10 credits

COURSES	CAMPUS	TERM	PROFESSORS
1 econometrics course among the following (5 credits)
LECON2031 Applied Econometrics: Time series	UCLouvain	Fall 1	F. Monti
LECON2033 Econométrie appliquée: microéconométrie	UCLouvain	Fall 1	B. Verheyden (suppl. M. Dejemeppe)
ECONM826 Applied econometrics	UNamur	Fall 1	N. Debarsy
1 reflective learning course among the following (5 credits)
LECON2421 Histoire du développement économique et social	UCLouvain	Fall 1/3	JC. Defraigne
LECON2061 Philosophy and epistemology of economics	UCLouvain	Spring 2/4	TBC
ECONM907 Institutional Foundations of Markets	UNamur	Spring 2/4	P. Lefebvre

Professional Focus - 15 credits

COURSES	CAMPUS	TERM	PROFESSORS
1 mandatory course (10 credits)
LECON2806 Using economic tools to solve global challenges	UCLouvain	Start Fall, lasts all year	TBC
1 seminar of contemporary economic issues (SACTU) among the following (5 credits)
LECON2446 SACTU I - Energy transition and climate change	UCLouvain	Spring 2/4	V. Van Steenberghe
LECON 2373 SACTU II - Macro-Financial consequences and economic policy implications of the energy crisis and climate change	UNamur	Spring 2/4	Y. Rychalovska
LECON 2382 SACTU III - European Economic Policy in Africa	UCLouvain	Fall 1/3	A. Panin
LECON2820 SACTU IV - Global Commodity Markets : Recent Developments and Policy Issues	UNamur	Fall 1/3	R. Houssa

Internship / International Exchange / INEO - 30 credits

1 Internship (15 credits + 3 electives courses) OR 1 International Exchange (30 credits)

OR INEO option*** (30 credits)

If Internship, add 3 Elective courses (see next paragraph for the whole list of Options) / Consult list of Electives

It's strongly recommended to add one of the following seminars of economic analysis (SAE) among the following
(Descriptions are available via the ESL intranet)

COURSES	CAMPUS	TERM	PROFESSORS
LECON 2476 SAE I - Digital Economy: EU Policies	UNamur	Fall 1/3	A. De Streel
LECON 2486 SAE III - Applying Behavioral Insights in Practice	UCLouvain	Fall 1/3	J. Johnen
LECON 2416 SAE II - Economics of Inequality	UCLouvain	Spring 2/4	V. Vandenberghe
LECON 2824 SAE IV - Gender Discrimination	UNamur	Spring 2/4	G. Cassan

Options - 45 credits

3 OPTIONS of SPECIALIZATION (OS) among the following 11 - 30 credits
(1 option = at least 3 courses = 15 credits)

CLUSTERS RECOMMENDED: To help you compose a coherent programme, please consult this document with OPTION combinations around 4 CLUSTERS. These are guidelines but feel free to mix your options as you want (taking into account schedule constraints).

Clusters:

Public Affairs and Policy
Sustainable Development
Firm Strategies
Markets Macro & Finance

COURSES	CAMPUS	TERM	PROFESSORS
Business cycles and fluctuations	UCLouvain
Politique économique : fondements et applications	UNamur
Finance : Markets	UNamur
Money and Finance	UCLouvain
Economic Development and the Environment	UNamur
Growth and Globalization	UCLouvain
Public Affairs	UNamur
Labour and Human Ressources Economics	UCLouvain
Economie, société et transition socio-écologique	UCLouvain
Competition and Innovation	UCLouvain
International and Regional Economics	UCLouvain

Other Electives

Want to specialize in Finance and/or Data Science?

Combine our Options in Finance (OS2 / OS7) with an additional offer in Quantitatives methods and Finance

You can also complete your programme with

Additional courses in Economics
Language courses at UCL ouvain
Languages courses at UNamur

Thesis - 20 credits

See details on the ESL INTRANET