Advanced Seminar in Macroeconomics

5 Credit points

Advanced Seminar in the winter semester 2025/2026

The Department of Macroeconomics offers a advanced seminar on “Economic Uncertainty” in the winter semester 2025/2026. You can find more information about the seminar schedule here in the  seminar announcement (PDF, 64 kB).

 Instructions (PDF, 88 kB) for the formal structuring of seminar papers and theses.

Qualifikation goals

Students are expected to earn advanced knowledge in macroeconomics. They should develop the ability to apply up-to-date scientific approaches in the process of preparing a coursework. They should further improve their communication skills by presenting their coursework in front of the class.

Content

Topics of advanced macroeconomics

Components and semester hours per week

Seminar 2 semester hours per week. 

Frequency

Winter semester / summer semester

Examination per formence

Paper (10-30 pages) and presentation (15-45 minutes) in the seminar

Calculation of the module grade

The partial examination in the term paper is given a weighting of 50% and the partial examination in the presentation is given a weighting of 50% in the module grade.