The training component in Economics is 45 ECTS, and includes the following components:
- Obligatory courses in Philosophy of Science and Ethics (6 ECTS)
- One obligatory course in microeconomics, macroeconomics or econometrics (10 ECTS)
- Optional PhD courses (29 ECTS)
- Mid-term evaluation (ph.d. workshop) in the third semester
- Presentation
Recommended plan of education
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3. year |
Presentation of your own work in one of the Department research seminars |
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2. year |
Optional PhD course |
Optional PhD course
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Mid-term avaluation |
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1. year |
Optional PhD course |
ECON9100 /ECON9200/ ECON9300 10 ECTS |
ECON9010/SV9102 Philosophy of Science and Ethics, 6 ECTS
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Obligatory courses in Philosophy of Science and Ethics
6 ECTS
All doctoral candidates must pass compulsory courses in Philosophy of Science and Ethics. Candidates at the Department of Economics can choose whether to sit ECON9010 Theory of Science for Economists or if they will sit for SV9101 The Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences. All candidates must sit for SV9102 Ethics.
Obligatory course
10 ECTS
All doctoral candidates must pass a compulsory course in either microeconomics (ECON9200), macroeconomics (ECON9300) or econometrics (ECON9100) (the course which is not completed before admission to the PhD program).
Optional courses
29 ECTS
All doctoral candidates must pass optional courses that may be of particular interest for the dissertation. These credits can be achieved through PhD courses at the Department of Economics or at other educational institutions in Norway or abroad. All external courses must be approved by the supervisor and the doctoral committee at the department.
Mid-term evaluation/Ph.d. workshop
To facilitate an early start on the dissertation, each candidate must present a paper at a mid-term evaluation (PhD-workshop), usually held in the third semester of the admission period. A written draft must be made available. The supervisors are expected to be present, and external opponents are invited. The presentations must be approved by the doctoral committee.
Presentation
At least six months before expected submission, all candidates must present a paper within a topic related to his/her dissertation at one of the research seminars at the Department of Economics.
Communication of research
All candidates are required to submit a contribution on research communication. Examples of activities that may count as communication are:
- Teaching at bachelor or master level
- Lectures
- Feature articles
- Popular science works
- Presentation of papers at conferences, research seminars etc.