Double Degree Programme in cooperation with the University of Florence
In the first year (the programme begins in the winter term), you
will take both mandatory and specialization modules of the Master of
Development Economics programme in Göttingen, and leave for Florence in the
second year.
Programme Structure
First and Second Semester: Göttingen (60 Credits)
1st and 2nd semester |
Socioeconomics of Rural Development and Food Security |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Development Economics I, Macro Issues in Economic Development |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Development Economics II, Micro Issues in Development Economics |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Econometrics I or Econometrics II |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Poverty and Inequality |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Course in Quantitative Economics |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Seminar in Development Economics |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
Course in Statistics |
6 C |
1st and 2nd semester |
2 courses in Management and Business Studies |
12 C |
Third and Fourth Semester: Florence (60 Credits)
3rd and 4th semester |
Mandatory course in Law |
6 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Mandatory course in International Economics |
6 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Mandatory courses in Economics |
12 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Mandatory course in selected topics |
6 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Electives |
6 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Mandatory seminar (joint seminar Florence-Goettingen) |
3 C |
3rd and 4th semester |
Master thesis |
21 C |
For further information, see the Study and Examination
Regulations for the MSc in Development Economics ("Prüfungs- und
Studienordnung") [in German]