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WEEKLY TIMETABLE – MASTER IN ECONOMICS – UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Example of a weekly timetable for a Master's degree student (indicative- find your courses at https://kurser.ku.dk/ )

The courses Econometrics II, Micro III and Macro III are mandatory during the first semester. If one or more of these courses are

included in the bachelor's degree, students can replace these courses with elective courses.

All students must have two seminars (typically during 2nd or 3rd semester). There will typically be some lectures / meetings at the

beginning of the semester. After an individual writing period, there will workshops with presentations at the end of the semester.

The Master´s thesis must be written at 3rd or 4th semester. There will be a thesis seminar prior in the beginning of the process.

Meetings with supervisor are arranged individually.

The weekly timetable below is based on 4 elective courses for a total of 30 ECTS. Basis for calculation: 30 ECTS credits distributed over the 14 weeks of teaching and 5 weeks for exams and exam preparation provides a workload of

approximately 43 hours a week. The student is expected to spend an average of 25 hours per week on preparation and group work,

distributed on weekdays and weekends.

Course title Teaching hours Preparation time and group work

Advanced Development Economics - Micro Aspects (ADE-MA) 5 6

Advanced Strategic Management (ASM)

3 7

Dynamic Programming

- Theory, Computation, and Empirical Applications (DP)

6 5

Financial Markets Microstructure (FMM)

4 7

At. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8-10 DP

Class teaching DP

Lecture

10-12 ADE-MA

Lecture

DP

Lecture

ADE-MA

Class teaching

FMM

Lecture

12-13 ADE-MA

Class teaching

13-15 FMM

Lecture

15-18 ASM

Lecture