Courses (Preview)
In the first year, you will tackle the fundamentals of finance, micro- and macroeconomics, the basics of mathematics and statistics, and write a short research paper. These include introductions to Financial Accounting, International Economics, and International Business. You will also tackle the fundamentals of Micro- and Macroeconomics, Mathematics and Statistics.
You will write a short research paper, an essential aspect of academic life. Finally, you will take an Academic English language course to develop academic writing and presenting skills.
In the second year, you will learn to conduct applied, research based on economic data and choose from one of the three profiles:
-Business Economics: you learn to understand (financial) decision-making within an organization from an economic point of view.
-Economics: you address a wide range of topics, like banking, fiscal and monetary policy issues, the origins of economic growth, decisions made by consumers on markets, and strategic behavior and competition between firms on markets.
-Economic Development and Globalization: you study the process of economic development and globalization and how this impacts firms' strategies, policies of governments, and sustainability issues.
In the third year, you will choose a minor (faculty, university or study abroad). You can pick from: a minor offered by your own degree programme, a minor from a different faculty of the University of Groningen or a minor that involves studying abroad for a full semester – be that in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, China, the USA or elsewhere in the world. At the end of the third year, you will write your Bachelor's thesis.
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