Modules of the Master Development Economics
Compulsory Modules (18 credits) - You have to study all of these modules:
Module | Title | Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0008 | Development Economics I, Macro Issues in Economic Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0009 | Development Economics II, Micro Issues in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E11 | Socioeconomics of Rural Development and Food Security | 6 Credits |
Further Mandatory Modules in Development Economics I (6 credits) - You have to study one of these modules:
Module | Title | Credits |
M.WIWI-QMW.0004 | Econometrics I | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-QMW.0005 | Econometrics II | 6 Credits |
Specialization (12 credits)
You have to select two modules either from the economics specialization or from the agricultural economics specialization:
Specialization Economics
Module | Title | Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0010 | Development Economics III: Regional Perspectives in Development Economies | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0019 | Advanced Developement Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0099 | Poverty & Inequality | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0147 | Empirical Political Economy | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0138 | Quasi-Experiments in Developing Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0175 | International Developement Policy | 6 Credits |
and the
Specialization Agricultural Economics
Module | Title | Credits |
M.SIA.E12M | Quantitative Research Methods in Rural Development Economies | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E14 | Evaluation of Rural Development Projects and Policies | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E24 | Topics in Rural Development Economics I | 6 Credits |
M.Agr.0086 | Weltagrarmärkte | 6 Credits |
Further Mandatory Modules in Development Economics II (36 credits)
a) You have to study one of the following modules (6 credits)
Module | Title | Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0023 | Seminar on the Economic Situation of Latin America in the 21st Century: 'Trade-related and Macroeconomic Issues for Latin American Policy Making' | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0024 | Seminar on the Economic Situation of Latin America in the 21st Century: 'Challenges of Economic Development in Latin America' | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0025 | Seminar Development Economics IV | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0035 | Economic Effects of Regional Integration | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0055 | Seminar: Globalization and Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0063 | Seminar: Sustainable Development,Trade and Environment | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0065 | Seminar: Economics of Crime | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0096 | Essentials of Global Health | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0105 | Seminar: Controversies in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0137 | Games in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0143 | Mind, Society and Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0182 | Evaluating Development Effectiveness | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0184 | Empirical Analysis of Conflict and Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0185 | Seminar in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0187 | Social Assistance in Developing Countries | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0190 | Seminar Topics in Urban Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0191 | Seminar Advanced Topics in Urban Economics | 12 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0192 | Economics, Politics and African Societies | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E20 | Agricultural Policy Seminar | 6 Credits |
b) Furthermore, modules totaling 30 credits must be successfully completed. In addition to the modules that were not selected in the area of specialization nor in the sections "Further Modules in Development Economics I" and "Further Modules in Development Economics II", the following modules can be selected if they have not yet been successfully completed:
1) All modules of the Faculty of Business and Economics with the designation M.WIWI-QMW. may be selected.
2) You may select the following modules:
Module | Title | Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0001 | Advanced Microeconomics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0019 | Advanced Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0021 | Gender and Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0040 | Empirical Trade Issues | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0041 | Panel Data Econometrics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0046 | Topics in European and Global Trade | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0083 | Economic Reform and Social Justice in India | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0086 | Macroeconomics of Open Economies | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0092 | International Trade | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0095 | International Political Economy | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0113 | Macroeconometrics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0117 | Growth, Resources and the Environment | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0122 | Behavioral Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0123 | Recent Topics in Macroeconomics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0128 | Deep Determinants of Growth and Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0132 | New Development in International Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0135 | Advanced Economic Growth | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0140 | Economics of Education | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0144 | Migration Economics: Replication Course | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0147 | Empirical Political Economy | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0148 | Field Research in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0174 | China's Economic and Political Development | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0175 | International Development Policy | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0176 | The Political Economy of Social Protection | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0183 | Geospatial Analysis for Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-VWL.0186 | Topics in Development Economics | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-WB.0005 | Advanced Topics in Stata | 6 Credits |
M.WIWI-WB.0016 | Growth Econometrics with Stata | 6 Credits |
M.Agr.0106 | China Economic Development: From an agricultural economy to an emerging economy | 6 Credits |
M.Agr.0118 | Applied Microeconomics | 6 Credits |
M.Agr.0148 | Policy analysis of international agri-environmental schemes | 6 Credits |
M.Agr.0156 | Microfinance for the Rural Poor: A Business Class | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E02 | Agricultural price theory | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E19 | Market Integration and Price Transmission I | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E34 | Economic valuation of ecosystem services in developing countries | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E37 | Agricultural Policy Analysis | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E40 | Agriculture, Environment and Development | 6 Credits |
M.SIA.E42 | Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable food systems | 6 Credits |
The following module may also be taken if the entry requirements are met and teaching capacity is available. Possible free places for this highly demanded module can be requested from the respective lecturers:
Module | Title | Credits |
M.Agr.0151 | Data Analysis with R in Agricultural Economics | 6 Credits |
Elective Area (18 credits)
Modules comprising a total of 18 credits according to the following requirements must be successfully passed:
- All modules of the Faculty of Business and Economics with the designations M.WIWI. may be selected, as long as the entry requirements have been fulfilled.
- All modules of the Faculty of Agricultural Science from the Master’s programme „Sustainable International Agriculture“ (SIA) may be selected, as long as the respective entry requirements have been fulfilled. In addition, the following courses can be selected:
For capacity reasons, examinations for the following modules can only be taken with the consent of the examiners:Module Title Credits B.Inf.1236 Machine Learning 6 Credits B.Inf.1237 Deep Learning 6 Credits M.Agr.0197 Sustainability - basics and application 6 Credits (NEW; summer semester 2023) M.Inf.1151 Vertiefung Softwaretechnik: Data Science and Big Data Analytics 5 Credits M.MIS.30 Development Economics of India Seminar 6 Credits S.RW.1229 Internationales und europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht 6 Credits S.RW.1230 Cases and Development in International Economic Law 6 Credits SK.MIS.3 Studienreise nach Indien 6 Credits Module Title Credits M.Agr.0151 Data Analysis with R in Agricultural Economics 6 Credits B.Geg.04-1 Geoinformatik 1 5 Credits M.iPAB.0015.Mp Applied Machine Learning in Agriculture with R 6 Credits - Modules from the language offer of the university (except for English and native language) may be selected, as long as they are B-level courses and not part of the bachelor's degree.
- Students, who have acquired their university entrance qualification neither in the Federal Republic of Germany nor in any country or region in which German is the official language, and students whose programme of study that is the basis for entry into the Master's degree programme is not in German can also acquire 12 credits in the elective area by successfully taking modules from "German as a foreign language". Prerequisite is the verification of the level "Grundstufe III" (A.2.1).
- The certificate "Fachliches und literarisches Übersetzen (FLÜ)" (18 C) can be chosen as an elective module since summer semester 2023, but students must complete the entire certificate programme and will only get credits for the complete certificate.
In the elective area, other modules (alternative modules) instead of the stated modules may be taken according to the following conditions. Requirements for the consideration of an alternative module are:
- a) A written application from the student that must be submitted to the Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Business and Economics before beginning with the alternative module
- b) Consent by the Dean of Studies of the Faculty or teaching unit that offers the alternative module
The decision as to the approval of the application is made by the Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Business and Economics. The Dean will first obtain a statement on the purposefulness of the alternative module from a teacher of the programme in which the student is enrolled. The application may be rejected without a statement of the reason; no legal right is constituted for the applicant. Modules already taken cannot be considered as an alternative module.