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Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication

Economics School of Louvain

Master in Economics - Research Focus - ECON2MA (Finalité approfondie)

esl | Louvain-la-Neuve

2-year program - ECON2MA - 120 credits (Fully taught in English)

PROGRAM STRUCTURE - Link to ECON2M programme

  • Core course - 15 credits
  • Research Focus - 30 credits
  • 2 Options of Specialization - 30 credits
  • 1 elective - 5 credits
  • 4 advanced elective courses - 20 credits
  • 1 thesis - 20 credits

Note: OVER JURY DECISION, an access to master 120 with credit exemption possibility (60 credits) is possible for the holder of an undergraduate university degree of 4 years (or 240 credits) in Economics : Fast Track (60 credits), see last paragraph hereunder.

COURSES - 15 credits CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
1 econometrics course among the following      
LECON2031 Time Series UCLouvain Fall 1 F. Monti
LECON2033 Microéconométrie UCLouvain Fall 1 B. Verheyden (suppl. M. Dejemeppe)
ECONM826 Applied econometrics UNamur Fall 1 N. Debarsy
1 quantitative course      
LECON2500 Mathematics and Statistics for Economics UCLouvain Fall 1
S. Van Bellegem / R. Oikonomou
1 reflective learning course among the following      
LECON2065 History of Economic Thought UCLouvain Spring 2 L. Pensieroso
ECONM907 Institutional Foundation of Market UNamur Spring 2 G. Cassan
LECON2061 Philosophy and epistemology of the economics UCLouvain Spring 2 TBC
COURSES - 30 credits CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
LECON 2111 Advanced Microeconomics I: Individual Decision and General Equilibrium UCLouvain Fall 3 A. Panin
LECON 2121 Advanced Macroeconomics I : Intertemporal Behavior and Business Cycles UCLouvain Fall 3 L. Pensieroso
LECON 2112 Advanced Microeconomics II: Game theory and Information Economics UCLouvain Spring 4 B. Decerf
LECON 2122 Advanced Macroeconomics II : Growth, Dynamics and Policy UCLouvain Spring 4 R. Oikonomou
LECON 2131 Advanced Econometrics UCLouvain Spring 4 S. Van Bellegem
1 research seminar among the following       
ECONM 653  Research Seminar I : Microeconomics UNamur Spring 4 E. Toulemonde
LECON 2161 Advanced macroeconomics III UCLouvain Spring 4 D. De La Croix
LECON 2603 Econometrics Workshop UCLouvain Spring 4
E. San Martin Gutierrez

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

4 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).

COURSES

 

 CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
OS2. Politique économique: fondements et applications à la Belgique (FR) UNamur Fall 1/3  
OS4. Money and Finance (FR/EN) UCLouvain Fall 1/3  
OS5. Economic Development and the Environment (EN) UNamur Fall 1/3  
OS9. Economie, société et transition socio-écologique (FR/EN) UCLouvain Fall 1/3 & Spring 2/4  
OS10. Competition and Innovation (EN) UCLouvain Spring 2/4  
OS1. Business Cycle and Fluctuation (EN) UCLouvain Spring 2/4  
OS3. Finance: Markets (EN) UNamur Spring 2/4  
OS6. Growth and Globalisation (FR/EN) UCLouvain Spring 2/4  
OS7. Public Affairs (EN) UNamur Spring 2/4  
OS8. Labour and Human Ressource Economics (FR/EN) UCLouvain Spring 2/4  
OS11. International and regional Economics (EN) UCLouvain Spring 2/4  
COURSES - 10 credits CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
1 elective course   Fall/Spring  
COURSES - 30 credits CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
LECON 2608 Advanced Labour Economics UCLouvain Fall 3 V. Vandenberghe, M. Hungerbuhler
LECON 2610 Industrial Organisation UCLouvain Fall 3 J. Johnen
LECON 2069 Ethics and Social Choice UCLouvain Fall 3 F. Maniquet
LECON2600 Dynamica Methods in Economics UCLouvain Fall 3 R. Oikonomou
LECON 2604 Advanced International Trade UCLouvain Spring 4 J. Gomes, G. Vannoorenberghe
LECON 2601 Advanced Econometrics II - Time Series Econometrics UCLouvain Spring 4 S. Van Bellegem
LECON 2602 Advanced Econometrics II - Microeconometrics UCLouvain Spring 4 W. Parienté
LECON 2605 Capital Markets Theory (not taught in 2024-2025) UCLouvain Spring 4 -
LECON 2655 Population and Family economics (not taught in 2024-2025) UCLouvain Spring 4
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LECON 2609 Game Theory UCLouvain Spring 4 V. Vannetelbosch
LECON 2607 Public Economics UCLouvain Spring 4 J. Hindriks
LECON2065 History of Economic Thought UCLouvain Spring 4 L. Pensieroso
ECONM654 Advanced Monetary Economics UNamur Spring 4 R. Houssa, Y. Rychalovska
ECONM652 Advanced Development Economics UNamur Spring 4 J-M Baland, C. Cassan, C. Guirkinger

+ Courses from Advanced Master in Economics-KUL

      
COURSES - 30 credits CAMPUS TERM CONVENORS
LECON 2609 A  Thesis - 1st part - 5 credits   Spring 2  
LECON 2609 B Thesis - 2nd part - 15 credits   Spring 4  

Program structure - ECON2MA - 60 credits - 1 year

  • Research focus - 30 credits
  • 3 advanced elective courses - 15 credits
  • 1 thesis - 15 credits

An access to master 120 with credit exemption possibility (60 credits) is possible for the holder of an undergraduate university degree of 4 years (or 240 credits) in Economics.

 COURSE SITE TERM PROFESSOR

RESEARCH FOCUS - 30 credits

      
LECON 2111 Advanced Microeconomics I: Decision and Game Theory UCLouvain Fall 1 A. Panin
LECON 2121 Advanced Macroeconomics I : Intertemporal Behavior and Business Cycles UCLouvain Fall 1 L. Pensieroso
LECON 2112 Advanced Microeconomics II: game theory and information economics UCLouvain Spring 2 B. Decerf
LECON 2122 Advanced Macroeconomics II : Growth, Dynamics and Policy UCLouvain Spring 2 R. Oikonomou
LECON 2131 Advanced Econometrics UCLouvain Spring 2 S. Van Bellegem

1 Research Seminar among the following 3 courses:

- ECONM 653  Research Seminar I : Microeconomics
- LECON 2161 Advanced macroeconomics III
- LECON 2603 Econometrics Workshop

 

UNamur
UCLouvain
UCLouvain

 

Spring 2
Spring 2
Spring 2

 

E. Toulemonde
D. De La Croix
E. San Martin Gutierrez

3 ADVANCED ELECTIVE COURSES for Advanced Economic Analysis I - 15 credits

      
LECON 2608 Advanced Labour Economics UCLouvain Fall 1 V. Vandenberghe, M. Hungerbuhler
LECON 2610 Industrial Organisation UCLouvain Fall 1 J. Johnen

LECON 2069 Ethics and Social Choice

UCLouvain Fall 1 F. Maniquet
LECON2600 Dynamical Methods in Economics UCLouvain Fall 1 R. Oikonomou
LECON 2604 Advanced International Trade UCLouvain Spring 2 J. Gomes, G. Vannoorenberghe
LECON 2601 Advanced Econometrics II - Time Series Econometrics UCLouvain Spring 2 S. Van Bellegem
LECON 2602 Advanced Econometrics II - Microeconometrics UCLouvain Spring 2 W. Parienté
LECON 2655 Population and Family economics UCLouvain Spring 2 F. Mariani
LECON 2609 Game Theory UCLouvain Spring 2 V. Vannetelbosch
LECON 2607 Public Economics UCLouvain Spring 2 J. Hindricks
LECON 2065 History of Economic Thought UCLouvain Spring 2 L. Pensieroso
ECONM654 Advanced Monetary Economics UNamur Spring 2     R. Houssa, Y. Rychalovska
ECONM652 Advanced Development Economics UNamur Spring 2      J-M Baland - C. Cassan - C. Guirkinger

+ Courses from Advanced Master in Economics - KUL (open to UCLouvain students

      
LECON 2910 Thesis - 15 credits UCLouvain Spring