Program structure
MSC ECONOMICS STUDY PLAN AND TRACKS COHORT 2024/2025
The program starts at the beginning of September and lasts two years. Each of the two academic years is divided into two semesters, and each semester is divided into two modules. Each module involves six weeks of teaching, with exams taking place at the end of each module.
I YEAR, I SEMESTER
- Statistics Pre-course (non-compulsory but highly recommended)
- Mathematics - Paolo Gibilisco - I module - 12 CFU (72 hours)
Part I - Linear Algebra and Probability
Part II - Calculus and Optimization - Statistics - Maura Mezzetti - I module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Econometrics - Federico Belotti - II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Microeconomics I - Eloisa Campioni - II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Coding for Economic Applications - I and II modules - 6 CFU (36 hours)
Part I - Matlab - Antonio Parisi
Part II - Stata, Python Francesca Marazzi
I YEAR, II SEMESTER
- Macroeconomics - I and II modules - 12 CFU (72 hours)
Advanced Macroeconomics I - Gaetano Bloise
Advanced Macroeconomics II - Andrey Alexandrov - Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
II YEAR, I SEMESTER
- Public Sector Economics and Management - I module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
Part I - Francesco Sobbrio,
Part II - Giorgio Gulino - Law and Economics - II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
Part I - TBA
Part II - Alberto Iozzi - Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
II YEAR, II SEMESTER
- Labour and Personnel Economics - Stefano Gagliarducci - I module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Elective course - I or II module - 6 CFU (36 hours)
- Thesis - 18 CFU
Students must take 6 elective courses, 6 credits each, for a total of 36 credits. Electives can be chosen starting from the second semester of the 1st year. The degree programme proposes the following tracks:
ECONOMICS TRACK
Students choose one:
- Microeconomics II - Juha Tolvanen - Spring semester, I module
Students choose two:
- Microeconometrics - Federico Belotti - Spring semester, I module
- Time Series - Alessandro Casini - Spring semester, I module
- Big Data Analysis for Economics and Finance - Alessio Farcomeni - Autumn semester, II module
- Causal Inference - Tiziano Arduini - Autumn semester, II module
- Advanced Topics in Time Series - Spring semester, II module
Part I - Gianluca Cubadda
Part II - Stefano Grassi
Students choose three:
- Curricular Internship
- Health Economics and Policy - Vincenzo Atella - Autumn semester, I module
- Industrial Organization - Juha Tolvanen - Autumn semester, II module
- Research Methods for Economics and Policy - Spring semester, II module
- Topics in Behavioural Macroeconomics - Robert Waldmann - Spring semester, II module
- Environmental Economics and Policy - Alessio D'Amato - Spring semester, I module
- International Economics - Luisa Corrado - Spring semester, I module
- Political Economy - Stefano Gagliarducci - Spring semester, I module
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
Students choose one:
- Microeconomics II - Juha Tolvanen - Spring semester, I module
Students choose four:
- Statistical Learning (LM EEBL) - Tommaso Proietti -Autumn semester, I module
- Fundamentals of Data Management - Autumn semester I module
- Big Data Analysis for Economics and Finance - Alessio Farcomeni- Autumn semester, II module
- Microeconometrics - Federico Belotti - Spring semester, I module
Students choose one:
- Causal Inference - Tiziano Arduini - Autumn semester, II module
- Time Series - Alessandro Casini - Spring Semester, I module
QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS TRACK
Students choose three:
- Microeconomics II - Juha Tolvanen - Spring semester, I module
- Microeconometrics - Federico Belotti - Spring semester, I module
- Time Series - Alessandro Casini - Spring semester, I module
Students choose two:
- Big Data Analysis for Economics and Finance - Alessio Farcomeni - Autumn semester, II module
- Causal Inference - Tiziano Arduini - Autumn semester, II module
- Advanced Topics in Time Series - Spring semester, II module
- Part I - Gianluca Cubadda
- Part II - Stefano Grassi
Students choose one:
- Curricular Internship
- Health Economics and Policy - Vincenzo Atella - Autumn semester, I module
- Industrial Organization - Juha Tolvanen - Autumn semester, II module
- Research Methods for Economics and Policy - Spring semester, II module
- Topics in Behavioural Macroeconomics - Robert Waldmann - Spring semester, II module
- Environmental Economics and Policy - Alessio D'Amato - Spring semester, I module
- International Economics - Luisa Corrado - Spring semester, I module
- Political Economy - Stefano Gagliarducci - Spring semester, I module
STUDY PLAN
Students enrolling in MSc Economics for the first time in the 2024/2025 academic year should use the form below to communicate their chosen study plan, which must be submitted by 30 November 2024 to msc_economics@economia.uniroma2.it.
Students may use the above-proposed tracks to prepare their study plan proposal. However, students may also choose from other courses offered in English, which are taught at Tor Vergata at the Master of Science level.
Please note that the study plan is subject to formal approval by the MSc Economics Academic Board. Any successive changes must also be submitted for formal approval.
CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP
You may substitute one elective course with a curricular internship, i.e. you earn the same credits: 6 credits for 150 hours (3 months) of internship activity. There are two possible types of internship:
- Internship Private Sector & National/International Institutions
- Research Assistant Internship
The internship may be chosen only once during enrollment in MSc Economics and may be activated at any time of the year.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
The following activities are organized to strengthen students' academic and professional competencies over the course of their two years of studies. While we encourage students to take part in these activities, no credits will be earned for the participation.
Program Structure Details from Previous Years
- Program Structure a.y. 2023/2024
- Program Structure a.y. 2022/2023
- Program Structure a.y. 2021/2022
- Program Structure a.y. 2020/2021
- Program Structure a.y. 2019/2020
- Program Structure a.y. 2018/2019
- Program Structure a.y. 2017/2018
- Program Structure a.y. 2016/2017
- Program Structure a.y. 2015/2016
- Program Structure a.y. 2014/2015
- Program Structure a.y. 2013/2014
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