Master`s degree in DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Master's degree in DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology ,
University of Łódź)
Description:
The Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz in
cooperation with United Nation Information Centre in Warsaw and United Nations
Development Program offers MA studies in Development Economics.
The aim of the programme is to educate open-minded specialists, who are
able to understand, analyse and solve different socio-economic problems in the
vast area of development economics and will be able to work in similar field in
various institutions. The programme includes essential knowledge in economic
fundamentals and, at the same time, allows students to expand individual
interests in complex issues of economic development - through numerous
elective courses. The programme content is designed to meet fully with current
market need of specialists in development economics. Understanding the gravity
of appropriate training, the studies supplement academic knowledge with
additional practise via case studies and group work. Students have various
opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills effectively to many areas of
their interests and to make themselves familiar with theoretical, as well as
empirical part of studies in development economies. Thus, the programme
attempts to educate most comprehensively on contemporary approach towards
globalisation and integration, and other dimensions of complex processes of
global economy.
Graduates of the programme can find employment as policy-makers,
economic analysts, researchers and other economic professionals. Generally as
those who are expected to understand development processes in global economy
on its various levels like the government representatives, public administration
workers, highly qualified advisors, etc. They are well prepared to work in flexible,
multicultural work environment where good knowledge of development is
essential.
Candidates profile:
Graduates of first (Bachelor’s) or second-level (Master’s) studies.
Duration and fees:
The programme last 4 semesters (2 academic years)
The payment for foreign students amounts to 2500 Euro (for students of Polish
origin the payment is reduced by 30%) per academic year plus an additional 200
Euro of registration fee.
Contact person:
• Krzysztofa Iwańska
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel. (0048 42) 635 51 32
Fax (0048 42) 635 50 32
WWW: www.eksoc.uni.lodz.pl
SEMESTER 1, FIRST YEAR
Unit
Coordinator
Course Name
Advanced
Macroeconomics
Advanced
Macroeconomics
Quantitative Methods
in Economics
International
Statistics
Development
Economics
History of World
Economics
Development
Social Policy
Elements of
Sociology of Culture
and Art
Thesis Seminar
Joanna Działo
Ph.D.
Andrzej Kacprzyk
M.A.
Jerzy
Korzeniewski
Ph.D.
Agnieszka Rossa
Ph.D.
Prof. Ryszard
Piasecki
Rafał Matera
Ph.D.
Number
ECTS Lecture/
of
Credists Tutorial
hours
30
6
L
Adam Sadowski
Ph.D.
Prof. Anna
MatuchniakKrasuska
15
T
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
TOTAL:
L
195
42
SEMESTER 2, FIRST YEAR
Mathematical
Economics
Econometrics
International
Economics(European
Integration)
Human Resource
Management
History of Economic
Thought
Finance and Banking
Elective (List below)
Thesis Seminar
Bogna GawrońskaNowak Ph.D. /
Grzegorz Walerysiak
Ph.D.
Prof. Mariusz Plich
30
6
L
30
30
6
6
L
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
30
6
L
5
L
S
Prof. Zofia
Wysokińska
Prof. Bogusława
Urbaniak
Joanna DzionekKozłowska Ph.D.
Prof. Monika
Marcinkowska
30
30
TOTAL: 210
FIRST YEAR TOTAL: 405
41
83
SEMESTER 3 , SECOND YEAR
Managerial
Economics
Prof. Stanisław Rudolf
Labour Economics
Prof. Eugeniusz
Kwiatkowski
Prof. Piotr Daranowski
30
6
L
30
6
L
6
5
L
L
5
5
L
L
S
International Law
30
Statistical Methods in
30
Prof. Agnieszka Rossa
International
Economics
Capital Markets
Prof. Jerzy Gajdka
30
Elective (List below)
30
Thesis Seminar
30
TOTAL 210
33
SEMESTER 4 , SECOND YEAR
The World Trading
Order & Developing
Countries
Regional and Urban
Economics
Elective (List below)
Elective (List below)
Elective (List below)
Thesis Seminar
Prof. Janusz
Świerkocki
Aleksandra
Nowakowska Ph.D. /
Mariusz Sokołowicz
Ph.D. /
Monika Maj-Słupińska
Ph.D.
30
6
L
30
6
Seminar
5
5
5
l
L
L
S
30
30
30
30
TOTAL: 180
SECOND YEAR TOTAL 390
27
60
LIST OF OPTIONAL COURSES (Semester 2):
• Economics of Transition – Prof. Jacek Kochanowicz
• International Organizations – Joanna Dzionek-Kozłowska Ph.D.
• Social Deviance – Prof. Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
• Social Inequality - Prof. Ewa Rokicka
Investment in Human Capital – Ewa Sadowska-Kowalska Ph.D.
LIST OF OPTIONAL COURSES (Semester 3 and Semester 4)
• Community Development - Prof. Paweł Starosta
• Culture and Communication - Prof. Bogusław Sułkowski, Prof. Anna
Matuchniak-Krasuska/ Emilia Zimnica-Kuzioła Ph.D. / Tomasz Ferenc
Ph.D.
• Economic Aspects of Environmental Protection in Developing Countries
– Jakub Kronenberg Ph.D.
• Foreign Direct Investments in the World Economy - Prof. Janina
Witkowska
• Globalization and Economic Development - Prof. Ryszard Piasecki
• Growth Theory and Convergence - Prof. Barbara Liberda
• Human Psychology and Market Actions - Bogna Gawrońska-Nowak
Ph.D. / Andrzej Kacprzyk M.A.
• Industrial Organizations – Prof. Piotr Urbanek
• Innovation in Contemporary Economy. Theory and Public Policy – Prof.
Witold Kasperkiewicz
• International Monetary Policy and Institutions – Grzegorz Walerysiak
Ph.D.
• Regional Modelling and Forecasting
• Regulations in Foreign Trade – the Role of WTO - Prof. Zofia
Wysokińska
• Rhetoric and Collective in the Political Discourse – Prof.. Andrzej
Piotrowski
• Sociology of Poverty - Prof. Wielisława Warzywoda-Kruszyńska / Prof.
Jolanta Grotowska-Leder
• Tax Policy and Development - Jarosław Neneman Ph.D.
• Strategies of Corporate Growth- Prof. Jan Duraj