Master's Programme: Economics and Finance

Academic year 2022/2023

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 ExternĂ odkaz doc. PhDr. Adam Geršl Ph.D.

Program coordinator is ExternĂ odkaz Jiří Novák M.Sc., Ph.D.

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

Program structure:

3 compulsory courses (9-10 ECTS credits each): 28 credits
2 compulsory seminars (10 ECTS credits each): 20 credits
core and other elective courses: minimum 60 credits, of which at least 36 credits from the group of core elective courses
optional courses: maximum 12 credits
Master Thesis

Final exam:

(JDIP01) Master's Thesis Defense

(JSZ659) General Discussion

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

Compulsory Courses: (J#0730)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM213	Master's Thesis Seminar I	Schwarz Havránek Havránková	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	10
JEM214	Master's Thesis Seminar II	Schwarz Havránek Havránková	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	10
JEM215	Advanced Microeconomics	Gregor	WS	2/2	Examination	9
JEM216	Advanced Macroeconomics	Horváth	WS	2/4	Examination	10
JEM217	Advanced Econometrics	Baruník	WS	2/2	Examination	9

Total: 48

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

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM214	Master's Thesis Seminar II	JEM213
JEM215	Advanced Microeconomics				JEM003
JEM216	Advanced Macroeconomics				JEM004
JEM217	Advanced Econometrics				JEM005

Core Elective Courses: (J#0731)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM007	Applied Microeconometrics	Pertold-Gebicka	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM027	Monetary Economics	Holub	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM032	Banking and Risk Management	Geršl Pečená	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM034	Corporate Finance	Geršl	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
JEM037	Financial Markets	Kočenda	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM059	Financial Econometrics I	Vácha Baruník	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM092	Asset Pricing	Čech	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM101	Health Economics	Bertoli Votápková	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	Holub	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM116	Applied Econometrics	Horváth Baruník Kukačka	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM123	Development Economics	Bauer	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM132	Company Valuation	Novák	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM142	Banking and Financial Regulation	Tůma Dvořák	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM158	Tools for Modern Macroeconometrics	Baxa Vácha	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM184	New Keynesian DSGE Modelling	Žáček	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM203	Public Economics	Janský	SS	2/1	Examination	6
JEM208	Health Econometrics	Bertoli	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM218	Environmental Economics	Ščasný	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM220	Data Science with R II	Krištoufek	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM227	Data Science with R I	Krištoufek	WS	2/0	Examination	6

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

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM034	Corporate Finance			JEM187 JEM188 JEM189
JEM092	Asset Pricing				JEM186
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	J#R079
JEM218	Environmental Economics				JEM115
JEM220	Data Science with R II	J#R073
JEM227	Data Science with R I				JEM181 JEM221

Other Elective Courses: (J#0732)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM012	European Economic Policies	Komárek	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM013	Game Theory	Gregor	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM020	Ethics and Economics	Cahlík	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM061	Financial Econometrics II	Baruník Vácha	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM062	Introductory Econometrics	Kukačka	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM126	Empirical Law and Economics	Dušek	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM128	Financial Modelling Using MS Excel and VBA	Jakubík	SS	1/1	Examination	4
JEM131	Antitrust Economics	Vacek	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM159	International Commercial Dispute Resolution	Hülle	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JEM161	Private Equity	Fencl	SS	1/1	macc	4
JEM162	Energy Markets & Economics	Valíčková Elms	SS	2/2	Examination	4
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	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM178	Intermediate Macroeconomics II	Horváth	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM183	Mathematical Methods in Macroeconomics	Stráský	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM185	Microeconomics of Banking	Geršl Janda	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM198	Bank Asset and Liability Management	Kuc Kotlán	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM201	Internship	Geršl	WS/SS	0/4	Course credit	3
JEM207	Data Processing in Python	Čech Hronec	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM228	Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Policy	Geršl	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM229	Treasury Management	Ranostaj	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM230	Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance	Geršl Curi	WS	3/3	Course credit	3
JEM231	Mergers and Acquisitions	Fidrmuc Gregor	WS	3/3	Course credit	3
JEM232	Financial Crisis and Risk Management	Horváth	WS/SS	6/0	Course credit	3
JEM233	FinTech and Blockchain	Gregor Colak	SS	6/0	Course credit	3
JEM235	Traditional and Alternative Risk Transfer in the Insurance Sector	Teplý Pompella	WS	2/0	Course credit	3
JEM236	Risk Management and Insurance	Kukačka	SS	6/0	Course credit	3
JEM333	Energy Markets & Economics	Valíčková Elms	SS	2/2	Course credit	3
JEM334	Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Sovereign Debt Ratings	Schneider	SS	3/3	Course credit	3
JLM057	Academic Writing for Masters	Goodall	SS	0/2	Course credit	3

The following four courses can only be taken by students who have not studied the Bachelor in Economics and Finance (BEF) at the IES FSV UK:

JEM175 Intermediate Microeconomics I

JEM176 Intermediate Microeconomics II

JEM177 Intermediate Macroeconomics I

JEM178 Intermediate Macroeconomics II

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

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM020	Ethics and Economics				JPB338
JEM128	Financial Modelling Using MS Excel and VBA				JEM189
JEM162	Energy Markets & Economics				JEM333
JEM177	Intermediate Macroeconomics I				JEB114
JEM178	Intermediate Macroeconomics II				JEB115
JEM183	Mathematical Methods in Macroeconomics			JEM096	JEM096
JEM185	Microeconomics of Banking				JEM113
JEM198	Bank Asset and Liability Management				JEM197
JEM232	Financial Crisis and Risk Management				JEM199
JEM233	FinTech and Blockchain				JEM205
JEM333	Energy Markets & Economics				JEM162
JEM334	Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Sovereign Debt Ratings				JEB129

Optional Courses:

Any course offered by any Department at Charles University or at partner universities.

Study plan code:

J22NPMEF1474