Plano de Estudos para 2024/2025
Unidades curriculares | Créditos | |
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Crescimento Económico
6.0 ECTS
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História do Pensamento Económico
6.0 ECTS
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Métodos Econométricos I
6.0 ECTS
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Microeconomia
6.0 ECTS
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Teoria dos Jogos e dos Contratos
6.0 ECTS
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Macroeconomia
6.0 ECTS
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Métodos Econométricos II
6.0 ECTS
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Seminário de Investigação em Economia I
6.0 ECTS
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Seminário de Investigação em Economia II
6.0 ECTS
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Dissertação em Economia
48.0 ECTS
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Optativas recomendadas
Reference of one of the following thematic areas in the diploma supplement is provided to those who wish to focus on that specific area and complete the pair of corresponding electives:
Thematic Area of Banking, and Financial and Monetary Markets:
01928 | Monetary Theory and Policy
03322 | Economics of Banking and Financial Markets
Thematic Area of Computing and Modelling for Economics & Business
Objetivos
MSc in Economics aims to prepare students for advanced professional work, in national or international institutions. Therefore the general objectives of the programme are:
To provide students with a deeper knowledge of theoretical and empirical constructs in the main fields within Economics at an international level
To promote the development of modelling ability in economic theory and the use of advanced methods and techniques
To stimulate analytical and critical thought on the different approaches to economic issues
To stimulate the development of capabilities in autonomous and original work, promoting excellence in thought and action
To develop the students’ ability to summarise and communicate their work
To gain a level of economic knowledge enabling students to achieve high-quality performance suitable for various hierarchical levels and professional occupations
Objective 1: Display effective written communication skills, including the following aspects: produce a well-structured document; demonstrate that the key messages have been clearly identified; express theoretical arguments to a specific application; summarize ideas and conclusions.
Objective 2: Display effective oral communication skills, including the following aspects: select appropriate format for a given presentation; demonstrate confidence and that the communication was well-prepared; develop and make presentations with impact.
Objective 3: Develop critical thinking skills, including the following aspects: select and interpret relevant data and references from academic and non-academic sources; identify and debate ethical issues in business and management; formulate well-supported conclusions or solutions, apply appropriate methodologies or formulas to analyze and assess business issues and problems.
Objective 4: Develop the ability to analyze and summarize economic issues, and more specifically; identify and replicate the main contributions of contemporary economic theories and policies; apply statistical and mathematical techniques to represent and understand economic reality; understand and debate the controversies about approaches, models, techniques and policies in economics.
Objective 5: Develop the ability to solve practical problems using economic methods, and more specifically: understand that economic reality is extremely complex and requires simplifications to be analyzed; use computational methods to solve numerical and statistical problems in economics; understand how to extract information from the models in order to interpret and compare their outputs with the observed empirical data