Information for exchange students 2019-2020

Department of Economics

Information for exchange students 2019-2020

All courses at Department of Economics (except SØK3800/SØK3801 Experts in Teamwork and the Master Thesis' SØK3900, SØK3950 and FIN3900) are open for all students with a right to study at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology. The lectures for most courses are given in Norwegian. The required literature is often in English, however, and students are free to read this as self tuition and take the exam. Term papers and exams can be written in English in all courses at the Department of Economics.

Previous knowledge

None of the SØK/FIN courses have required previous knowledge. Please visit the course pages on the links below to check the recommended previous knowledge.

Course level

Courses in the SØK1000 series are elementary bachelor courses. The SØK2000 courses are advanced bachelor courses.
Courses in the SØK3000 series are fundamental master level courses.
SØK3500/FIN3000 courses are advanced master courses. Recommended previous knowledge are the fundamental master level courses (advanced maths, micro, macro and econometrics).
Courses in the SØK/FIN8000 series are PhD courses. They are not open for exchange students.

Exams

You find old exams (Norwegian and English on the same page) on the department`s Norwegian web site. Sign up for a free membership in ECONnect (box: "bli medlem"), and take a look at A-papers in Faktor. Some of them are in English.

Bachelor level courses in English fall 2019

SØK2009 International Macroeconomics. 7.5 ECTS.
SØK2012 Behavioral Economics. 7.5 ECTS.
SØK1151 Macroeconomics for Managers, 7.5 ECTS. The course is taught at campus Gløshaugen.

Courses that will be taught in Norwegian: SØK1000 Introduction, SØK1001 Mathematics, SØK1002 Micro, SØK1004 Statistics, SØK2011 Public

Master level courses in English fall 2019

FIN3005 Asset Pricing, 7.5 ECTS. Recommended previous knowledge is compulsory master courses in financial economics (SØK3001, SØK3004, TIØ4145, IF400, IF440)
FIN3006 Applied Time Series Econometrics, 15 ECTS. Recommended previous knowledge is compulsory master courses in financial economics (SØK3001, SØK3004, TIØ4145, IF400, IF440)
SØK3521 Economics of Education. Recommended previous knowledge is compulsory master courses in economics (SØK3001, SØK3004, SØK3005, SØK3006 and SØK3007)
SØK3524 Environmental and Resource Econmoics. Recommended previous knowledge is compulsory master courses in economics (SØK3001, SØK3004, SØK3005, SØK3006 and SØK3007)

Courses that will be taught in Norwegian: SØK3006 Foreign Exchange, Oil and Macroeconomic Policies, SØK3007 Taxation, Behavior and Economic Policies, SØK3004 Advanced Calculus and SØK3514 A pplied Economcetrics.

Bachelor level courses in English spring 2020

1) SØK2006 International Trade . 7.5 ECTS.

2) SØK2007 Development Economics 7.5 ECTS.

3) SØK2010 Banking 7.5 ECTS.

4) SØK1101 Environmental and Resource Economics 7.5 ECTS.

Courses that will be taught in Norwegian: SØK1012 Macroeconomic analysis , SØK1011 Markets and market failures, SØK2005 Financial markets, SØK2901 Bachelor's Thesis Economics.

Master level courses in English spring 2020

1) SØK3001 Econometrics (15 ECTS)

Courses that will be taught in Norwegian: SØK3005 Information and Market Theory and SØK3527 Fiscal federalism.
SØK3529 Dynamic macro: Language has not been decided yet.

10 Sep 2019

Exchange Students - Department of Economics