Economics

Economics Minor Program for Political Science and International Relations Students

Students of the Economics Minor Program of the Department of Political Science and International Relations take the following 4 compulsory courses and, subject to the approval of their minor advisors, choose courses from the following minor program elective course pool to complete at least 10 ECTS if offered by the Department of Economics. In order for the courses in this pool to be selected by the minor students, the relevant course must be offered by the Department of Economics in that semester.

Students can apply to the minor program at the beginning of the third and at the latest the sixth semester of the major undergraduate program with an application form and a transcript. In order for students to apply to the Economics Minor Program, they must have successfully completed all the courses they must have taken in the Political Science and International Relations Major Program until the semester they apply, and their GPA in the major program must be at least 2.5 out of 4 at the time of application.

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Required Courses for Economics
 Minor Program
 
Course Code Course Name ECTS Course Language
VWL101 Introduction to Economics 1 6 German
VWL102 Introduction to Economics 2 6 German
VWL201 Microeconomics 6 German
VWL202 Macroeconomics 6 German


Elective Course Pool for Business Administration Minor Program
 
Course Code Course Name ECTS Course Language
VWL103 Mathematics 1 5 German
VWL105 Statistics 1 5 German
VWL104 Mathematics 2 5 German
VWL106 Statistics 2 5 German
VWL204 Game Theory 5 German
VWL205 Econometrics II 6 German
VWL206 Econometrics II 6 German
VWL208 Environmental and Natural Resources Economics 5 German
VWL210 Money, Banking and Financial Markets 6 German
VWL301 International Economics II 6 German
VWL303 Public Finance and Public Economics 5 German
VWL305 Behavioral Economics 5 German
VWL302 International Economics II 6 German
VWL304 History of Economic Thoughts 5 German
VWL306 Economic Growth and Development 5 German
VWL308 Industry and Innovation Economics 5 German
VWL 322 Energy Economics 5 German
VWL 324 Gender Economics 5 German
VWL419 Development and Analysis of Turkish Economy 6 German
VWL 426 Demography and Immigration Economics 5 German