Master's Programme 6201T009: Economics and Finance

Academic year 2020/2021

Master in Economics and Finance (MEF) is a two-year English-language program accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education. The program equips the student with a thorough understanding and advanced skills in theoretical and applied economics and finance. English is the only language of instruction.

The program director is doc. PhDr. Adam Geršl Ph.D.

For more information, visit the webpage of Faculty of Social Sciences:

Program structure:

5 compulsory courses (6-9 ECTS credits each): 33 credits
2 compulsory seminars (6-9 ECTS credits each): 15 credits
elective courses: minimum 60 credits
optional courses: maximum 12 credits
Master Thesis

Final exam:

(JDIP01) Master's thesis defence

Compulsory Courses: J#006818

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM001	Master's Thesis Seminar I	Havránek Havránková Schwarz	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	6
JEM002	Master's Thesis Seminar II	Havránek Havránková Schwarz	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	9
JEM004	Advanced Macroeconomics	Baxa Hromádková	WS	2/4	Examination	9
JEM005	Advanced Econometrics	Baruník	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM032	Banking	Geršl Teplý Pečená	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM037	Financial Markets	Kočenda	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM185	Microeconomics of Banking	Janda	SS	2/0	Examination	6

Total: 48

WS = Winter Semester (Oct. - Feb.), SS = Summer Semester (Feb. - June).

Prerequisites, co-requisites, incompatibility, interchangeability for compulsory courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM001	Master's Thesis Seminar I			JEM124	JEM124
JEM002	Master's Thesis Seminar II	JEM001		JEM125	JEM125

Elective Courses: J#012620

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEB112	Strategic Management	Balcar Stříteský	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEB129	Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Sovereign Debt Ratings	Schneider	SS	3/1	macc	2
JEB141	Introduction to Market Design	Kastl Gregor	WS	3/0	Examination	2
JEB153	Introductory Banking	Pečená	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM003	Advanced Microeconomics	Janda	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM007	Applied Microeconometrics	Pertold-Gebicka	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM012	European Economic Policies	Komárek	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM013	Game Theory	Janda Gregor	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM017	Business Cycles Theory	Vošvrda Baxa	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM020	Ethics and Economics	Cahlík	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM027	Monetary Economics	Holub	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM034	Corporate Finance	Bychkova	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM035	Financial Markets Instruments I	Dědek	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM036	Financial Markets Instruments II	Dědek	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM059	Financial Econometrics I	Vácha Baruník	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM061	Financial Econometrics II	Baruník Vácha	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM062	Introductory Econometrics	Kukačka	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM092	Asset Pricing	Čech	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM100	Corporate Governance		SS	0/2	Examination	4
JEM101	Health Economics	Bryndová	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	Holub	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM115	Environmental Economics	Ščasný	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM116	Applied Econometrics	Horváth Baruník Kukačka	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM123	Development Economics	Bauer	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM128	Financial Modelling Using MS Excel and VBA	Jakubík	SS	1/1	Examination	4
JEM129	Introduction to International Investment Protection	Sekanina	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JEM131	Antitrust Economics	Vacek	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM132	Company Valuation	Novák	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM137	Real Estate Investment	Streblov Jandík	WS	2/0	Examination	4
JEM140	Quantitative Multivariate Finance	Burda	SS	2/0	Examination	3
JEM141	Traditional and Alternative Risk Transfer in the Insurance Sector	Teplý Pompella	WS	2/0	macc	2
JEM142	Banking and Financial Regulation	Tůma Dvořák	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM158	Tools for Modern Macroeconometrics	Matějů	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM159	International Commercial Dispute Resolution	Hülle	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JEM160	Robust statistics and econometrics	Křehlík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM161	Private Equity	Fencl Šmejkal	SS	1/1	macc	4
JEM162	Energy Markets & Economics	Valíčková Elms	WS	2/2	Examination	4
JEM171	Financial Derivatives	Babiak	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM173	Topics in Macroeconomics	Kudashvili	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM175	Intermediate Microeconomics I	Šťastná	SS	4/2	Examination	6
JEM176	Intermediate Microeconomics II	Chytilová	WS	4/2	Examination	6
JEM177	Intermediate Macroeconomics I	Horváth Kudashvili	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM178	Intermediate Macroeconomics II	Horváth Kudashvili	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM183	Mathematical Methods in Macroeconomics	Vošvrda Stráský	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM184	New Keynesian DSGE Modelling	Žáček Bechný	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM198	Bank Asset and Liability Management	Walos Kotlán	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM199	Financial Crisis and Risk Management	Horváth	WS/SS	6/0	macc	2
JEM201	Internship	Krohová	WS/SS	0/4	Course credit	3
JEM203	Public Economics	Janský	SS	2/1	Examination	6
JEM205	FinTech and Blockchain	Gregor Colak	SS	6/0	macc	2
JEM206	Introduction into Health Economics	Stavrunova	WS	4/0	macc	2
JEM207	Data Processing in Python	Macháček Hronec	WS/SS	2/1	Examination	5
JEM208	Health Econometrics	Bertoli	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM220	Data Science with R II	Krištoufek	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM221	Data Science with R I	Krištoufek	WS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM224	Version Control with Git	Hronec	SS	5/2	macc	2
JLM057	Academic Writing for Masters	Goodall	SS	0/2	Course credit	3

Prerequisites, co-requisites, incompatibility, interchangeability for elective courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEB153	Introductory Banking				JEB126
JEM020	Ethics and Economics				JPB338
JEM034	Corporate Finance			JEM188 JEM187 JEM189
JEM092	Asset Pricing				JEM186
JEM100	Corporate Governance				JEM188
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	JEM004
JEM128	Financial Modelling Using MS Excel and VBA				JEM189
JEM173	Topics in Macroeconomics			JEM097	JEM097
JEM177	Intermediate Macroeconomics I				JEB114
JEM178	Intermediate Macroeconomics II				JEB115
JEM183	Mathematical Methods in Macroeconomics			JEM096	JEM096
JEM198	Bank Asset and Liability Management				JEM197
JEM207	Data Processing in Python	JEB110
JEM220	Data Science with R II	JEM221
JEM221	Data Science with R I				JEM181

Optional Courses:

Any Master-level course. Optional courses can be taken at any faculty of the Charles University or at partner universities.

Kód plánu

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