Program
The Master’s in Economics and Data, and Sustainability is a two-year program that offers top notch training in Economics and Data Analysis. It will equip graduates with a unique skill set that is highly relevant to a rapidly evolving job market focused on sustainability, data-driven decision-making, and the global transition towards a more environmentally and socially responsible future.
Recommended Reading LIST
Students willing to prepare their arrival before the first semester are recommended to refer to the following course material before September:
Calculus: We recommend that you try to follow the following lectures during the summer: https://ocw.uci.edu/courses/math_4_math_for_economists.html
Undergraduate Microeconomics
Undergraduate Macroeconomics
Year 1 - Semester 1
Data
Introduction to Programming
Introductory Econometrics
Economics
Mathematics for Economists
Microeconomics
Sustainability
Inequalities
Climate and institutional changes
Resource and Environmental Economics
Year 1 - Semester 2
Data
Public Policy Evaluation
Introduction to time series
Economics
Macroeconomics
Finance
Sustainability
International Economics and European Integration
Development Economics
Public Policy: Health and education
Year 2 - Semester 1 - Professional Track
Data
Advanced Time Series and Forecasting
Introduction to Big Data and Machine Learning
Economics
Macroeconomic policies
Society and the environment
Sustainability
Family Economics
Aging societies
Sustainable quantitative marketing
Year 2 - Semester 2 - Professional Track
Data
Application of econometrics
Advanced Topics of Big Data
Economics
Labour Market and contemporaneous challenges
Industrial Organization
Sustainability
Public Economics
Urban and transport economics
Welfaire Economics
Year 2 - Semester 1 - Research Track (M2EA)
Microeconomics I: Choice and Decision Theory
Econometrics I: Fundamentals of Econometric Theory
Mathematics for Economics (starts faster and early September)
Macroeconomics I: Growth and overlapping generation model (starts in October)
Applications of Econometrics I (10 hours, starts faster and early September)
Year 2 - Semester 2 - Research Track (M2EA)
3 core courses
Macroeconomics II: Fluctuations
2 elective courses among any of the four specializations below
Environmental Economics
Industrial Organization
International Economics
Public Policy
Labor Economics
Master’s Thesis
The master’s thesis is a piece of original scholarship, written under the direction of a faculty advisor, on a relevant topic in economics the student is interested in. Students are strongly advised to find a supervisor by the beginning of the academic year. Meetings with professors to discuss possible topics will be organized.