Programme structure
In the two year master's programme in Economics, you choose between three different programme options that will give you the opportunity to specialize in one of the department's core research themes.
This table gives an overview of the master's programme. For detailed schedules for the three different study options, see the pages for Research, Economics or Environmental-, Resource- and Development economics (ERDEC).
| 4. semester | ECON4090 - Master's thesis and ECON4082 - Oral Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. semester | Optional ECON4000 course or programme option course | Optional ECON4000 course or programme option course | Optional ECON4000 course or programme option course | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. semester | Optional ECON4000 course / ECON4150 - Introductory Econometrics * | Optional ECON4000 course or programme option course | Optional ECON4000 course or programme option course | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. semester | ECON4120 - Mathematics 2: Calculus and linear algebra ** | ECON4200 - Microeconomics and game theory | ECON4310 - Macroeconomic Theory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Students who have not completed introductory econometrics (ECON4150 or equivalent) as part of their bachelor's degree are strongly recommended to take ECON4150 as part of their master's degree. For students who wish to take the Research programme option, this course is compulsory.
**Students with a bachelor from the MAEC programme (study options Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse, Økonomi og statistikk or Matematikk og optimering) may be exempted from ECON4120 due to overlap with MAT-courses, but must replace the course with 10 credits optional courses in economics at the master level.
In the first semester, you choose a programme option. All three options have three compulsory master's course in common: ECON4120 - Mathematics 2: Calculus and linear algebra , ECON4200 - Microeconomics and game theory , ECON4310 - Macroeconomic Theory . In addition, we strongly recommend all master's students to take ECON4150 - Introductory Econometrics.
Students may apply to the department to replace up to 20 credits in the category "optional ECON4000 course" with other master's level courses without an ECON code, within the fields mathematics, statistics, informatics, (economic) history, health economics or ENERGI4010. Applications will be assessed on the basis of relevance to the field of economics.
For more information about the study options, including the structure of the optional courses and the master's thesis, please see the web pages of the programme options: