Double degree Jena-Trento

According to the following list, students obtain an M.Sc. in Economics with a special qualification in Economics and Strategy in Jena.

In Trento, students are enrolled in the “Laurea Magistrale in Behavioural and Applied Economics - Economia Comportamentale e Applicata”.

1st year

Courses with 8 ECTS in Trento are credited as follows: One part (6 ECTS) is counted as equivalent to a 6 ECTS course in Jena. The other (2 ECTS) is counted as equivalent to 1/3 of a seminar in Jena. Three such courses from Trento (with 8 ECTS each) are equivalent to three courses in Jena (6 ECTS each) plus 1 seminar.

Trento	ECTS	Jena	ECTS
Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy	6	MW21.1 Advanced Macroeconomics (BE)	6
Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy - 2	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Microeconomics and Game Theory	6	MW20.1 Advanced Microeconomics (BE)	6
Microeconomics and Game Theory - 2	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Statistics	8	MW26.5 General Key Qualifications (BMC) (In Jena a course with statistical content, e.g. Introduction into R, must be taken)	6
Law, Economics and digital policy	6	MW26.1 Approaches to Economic Science (BMC)	6
Econometrics	6	MW24.1 Empirical Methods (BMC)	6
Econometrics - 2	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Business Strategy in the Digital Economy	6	MW20.3 Economics of Innovation I	6
Psychology of decision making	6	MW 17.1 Decision making (BE)	6
Performance analysis and Business Analytics	6	MW23.6 Advanced Public Finance (BE)	6
	56		54

2nd year

Students write a Master's Thesis and take the following courses

2nd year, compulsory

There are a number of courses from Trento with 8 ECTS where Jena has only 6 ECTS. The missing 2 ECTS are each equivalent to 1/3 of a seminar in Jena.

Trento	ECTS	Jena	ECTS
Master's Thesis	14	Master's Thesis	24
Public Policies A - Nudging	6	MW25.1 Public Choice (BE)	6
Public Policies A - Nudging	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Public Policies B - Evaluation methods	6	MW23.2 or MW23.5 Advanced Public Economics II or III (SE)	6
Public Policies B - Evaluation methods	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Behavioural Economics - Experimental methods	8	MW24.2 Quantitative Economics I (SC)	6
Behavioural Economics - Theory	6	MW24.5 Quantitative Economics III (SC)	6
Attività formativa a scelta (Behavioural Finance/Data mining)	6	MW24.3 Quantitative Economics II (SE)	6
	50		58

2nd year, electives (Esami liberi consigliati)

Students take two out of the following (and one of these two counts as 1/3 of a seminar, too):

Trento	ECTS	Jena	ECTS
Computer simulation for social sciences	6	MW21.9 Computational Macroeconomics	6
… this or any other course	2	1/3 Seminar	2
Financial Markets and Economic Activity	8	MW21.2 Money and Financial Markets	6
International trade and competitiveness	8	MW21.5 International trade	6
	16		14

ECTS

	Trento	Jena
1st year	56	54
Master's Thesis	14	24
2nd year, compulsory	34	34
2nd year, elective	16	14
	120	126