International economics and financial markets

About this programme

No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students. This course introduces various basic topics in international economics including balance of paymentsaccounting, the structure and operations of the foreign exchange and forward currency markets,exchange-rate systems, the nature of international financial crises, simple models of exchange-ratedetermination as well as more advanced open economy macroeconomic modelling. Admission to the course requires at least 45 credits of completed courses at both the introductory and intermediate levels in Economics with a passing grade, of which at least 5 credits must be a course in Financial Economics, NEK106 or equivalent. Selection is based upon the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits.