Courses

The taught part of the programme consists of a compulsory part of 38 ECTS and an optional part of 7 ECTS.

Students must attend all compulsory courses. Further students must choose one subject from the list of Advanced subjects optional courses and one subject from the list of Skills optional courses. They may, however, choose more than one optional course from each list. For the calculation of the overall GPA, only the best mark from each list will be used.

A detailed description of the courses offered in the academic year 2017-2018 can be found here.

Compulsory courses

Term Course ECTS
1 * Advanced Microeconomics

Advanced Macroeconomics

Applied Econometrics

6

6

6

2 * Economics of European Integration – Part I

Economics of Globalisation

Open Economy Macroeconomics

4

4

4

3 * Economics of European Integration – Part II

International Trade: Theory & Policy

2

6

* The term in which courses are offered and the name of the lecturers might change from academic year to academic year.

Optional courses

Term Advanced subjects (4 ECTS) Skills (3 ECTS)
1 * Chinese Economy [only at Xiamen University] Mathematics for Economists

Language Course [not at Staffordshire University]

 

2 * Special Topics in Applied Econometrics Academic Writing

Language Course

3 * Special Topics in International Trade

Special Topics in International Finance

Economics of Regulation

Language Course

* The term in which courses are offered and the name of the lecturers might change from academic year to academic year.