Economía (en inglés)
Undergraduate Programme. Academic Year 2024/2025.
Study Programme Structure Chart
General structure of the study plan
The study plan consists of basic, compulsory and elective (optional) training subjects.
The study plan is spread over four academic years.
Since the 2017-2018 academic year, first year students are offered the opportunity to take a "Mathematics Zero Course" aimed at students who want to reinforce their previous knowledge of mathematics. This subject is not part of the curriculum, and is currently taught only in Spanish.
Degree schedule establishment
Title implementation calendar
For information (in Spanish) on the implementation calendar of the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and the phasing out of the previous Economics “Licenciate” Degree, see here.
General information with regards to the distribution of credits and the credit value of every course unit
General information about the credit structure and distribution per subject area
Students attend the basic training ECTS credits in the first course (first and second semester). The compulsory subjects are taken during the second and third year. The fourth is dedicated to the elective subjects and the Bachelor Thesis.
The 58 elective ECTS credits are separated into 42 ECTS credits linked to the specializations (7 subjects of 6 ECTS each), and 16 ECTS not linked to any specialization, and which are in turn divided into 1 subject of 4 ECTS credits during the third year (to choose from 3 options), and either 3 subjects of 4 ECTS credits each (to choose from 6 options, offered rotatively) or the External Practices (12 ECTS) during the fourth year. See here for more information.
Brief description of modules/units, their sequence, and key skills taught.
Brief description of the modules and areas, their time sequence and associated competences
| MODULE | AREA | SUBJECT | YEAR | SEMESTER | General Comps. | Transversal Comps. | Specific Comps. |
| 1. Basic Formation | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | |||||
| 1.1. Economics | 3,6,8,9 | ||||||
| 1.1.1. Microeconomics I | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 1.1.2. Macroeconomics I | 1 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 1.2. Business | 2,3,7 | ||||||
| 1.2.1. Business Economics | 1 | 1 | 2,3,4 | 1,3 | 2,3,7 | ||
| 1.2.2. Financial Accounting | 1 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 2,3,7 | ||
| 1.3. Economic History and Institutions | 1,6 | ||||||
| 1.3.1. Economic History | 1 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 1.4. Economic Law | 1,6 | ||||||
| 1.4.1. Economic Law | 1 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 1.5. Mathematics | 8,9 | ||||||
| 1.5.1. Mathematics I | 1 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 8,9 | ||
| 1.5.2. Mathematics II | 1 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 8,9 | ||
| 1.6. Statistics | 7,8,9 | ||||||
| 1.5.1. Statistics I | 1 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 7,8,9 | ||
| 1.6. Modern Language | 10 | ||||||
| 1.5.1. Modern Language: English | 1 | 1 | 3,4 | 1,3 | 10 | ||
| 2. Bachelor Thesis | 2.1. Bachelor Thesis | 4 | 2 | all | all | all | |
| 3. Quantitative Methods | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | |||||
| 3.1. Advanced Mathematics | 8,9 | ||||||
| 3.1.1. Mathematics III | 2 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 8,9 | ||
| 3.1.2. Game Theory and Optimization (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 8,9 | ||
| 3.2. Statistics and Econometrics | 3,5,7,8,9 | ||||||
| 3.2.1. Statistics II | 2 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 5,7,8,9 | ||
| 3.2.2. Econometrics | 3 | 2 | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | 3,5,7,8 | ||
| 3.2.3. Applied Econometrics | 4 | 1 | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | 3,5,7,8 | ||
| 4. Public Sector Economics | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | |||||
| 4.1. Taxation | 1,2,4,8 | ||||||
| 4.1.1. Taxation | 3 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,4,8 | ||
| 4.1.2. Economics of Taxation (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,4,8 | ||
| 4.2. Public Economics | 1,2,6,9 | ||||||
| 4.2.1. Public Economics | 3 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 4.2.2. Fiscal Federalism (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 4.2.3. Economics of Public Spending (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,6,9 | ||
| 4.2.4. Public Management (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,6,9 | ||
| 5. Spanish, International and Sectorial Economics | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
| 5.1. Spanish and Sectorial Economics | 1,4,5,7 | ||||||
| 5.1.1. Spanish Economy | 3 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,4,5,7 | ||
| 5.1.2. Methods for Applied Economics | 2 | 2 | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,4,5,7 | ||
| 5.1.3. Regional Economics (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,4,5,7 | ||
| 5.1.4. Innovation Economics (*) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4,5 | ||
| 5.1.5. Industrial Economics (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 4,5 | ||
| 5.1.6. Industrial Organization (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 4,5 | ||
| 5.1.7. Economics of Regulation (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,4,5,7 | ||
| 5.2. International Economics | 1,3,5,6 | ||||||
| 5.2.1. International Economics | 2 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.2. International Economic Organization | 3 | 1 | 2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5 | ||
| 5.2.3. International Trade and Finance (*) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.4. World Economy | 2 | 1 | 2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.5. European Economy (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.6. Economy of the European Union (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.7. Development Economics (*) | 4 | 2 | 2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.8. Advanced International Economics (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.2.9. World Political Economy (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5,6 | ||
| 5.3. Monetary and Financial Economics | 1,2,3,9 | ||||||
| 5.3.1. Economic Policy | 3 | 1 | 1,2,4 | 1,2 | 1,2,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.2. International Finances (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2 | 1 | ||
| 5.3.3. Monetary and Financial Economics | 3 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.4. Financial Theory I (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.5. Financial Theory (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.6. Spanish and Comparative Financial System (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.7. Monetary Economics. Theory and Policy (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,3,9 | ||
| 5.3.8. Financial Theory II (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,3,9 | ||
| 5.4. Economic History | 1,6 | ||||||
| 5.4.1. Economic History II | 2 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 5.4.2. History of Economic Thought | 3 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 5.4.3. Contemporary Economy in Historical Perspective (*) | 3 | 2 | 2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 6. Cross-sectional Formation | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | |||||
| 6.1. Economy and Society | 1,6 | ||||||
| 6.1.1. Sociology and Social Structure (*) | 4 | 2 | 2,4 | 1,2,3 | 1,6 | ||
| 6.1.2. Gender and Economics (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 6 | ||
| 6.2. Business Management | 2,3,7 | ||||||
| 6.2.1. Analytical Accounting | 2 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 2,3,7 | ||
| 6.2.2. Finance | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | 1,2 | 2,3,7 | ||
| 6.2.3. Principles of Marketing (*) | 3 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 2,3,7 | ||
| 6.2.4. Market Research (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 2,3 | ||
| 6.3. External Internship | 4 | 1 or 2 | all | all | all | ||
| 7. Economic Analysis | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | |||||
| 7.1. Microeconomics | 3,6,8,9 | ||||||
| 7.1.1. Microeconomics II | 2 | 1 | 1,2 | 1,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.1.2. Microeconomics III | 2 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.1.3. Advanced Microeconomic Analysis (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.1.4. Advanced Microeconomic Analysis: Financial Theory (*) | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.1.5. Economics of Natural Resources (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.2. Macroeconomics | 3,6,8,9 | ||||||
| 7.2.1. Macroeconomics II | 3 | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.2.2. Macroeconomics III | 3 | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.2.3. Advanced Macroeconomics | 4 | 1 | 1,2,3 | 1,2 | 8,9 | ||
| 7.2.4. Economic Growth Theory (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3 | 1,2 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| 7.2.5. Economic Growth (*) | 4 | 2 | 1,2,3 | 1,2 | 3,6,8,9 | ||
| Marked with (*) are elective subjects currently offered in Spanish only. | |||||||
Programme Choices (Major, Specialization, Honours)
Specializations
The Bachelor’s Degree in Economics offers five specializations: Economic Analysis, Applied Economics, Monetary and Financial Economics, Global Economy and Public Economics. The student necessarily has to choose one of them, and take the 7 optional subjects associated to it. For more detail on the specializations and associated subjects, see here.
Study guides
Study guides
The study guides for all subjects are available here.
Collaboration Agreements and Students Exchange Programmes
Collaboration Agreements and Support Programs for Exchange Students
For information about international mobility programs, as well as support for international exchange students, see here. For information (in Spanish) about national exchange programs, see here.
Internships (agreements with public or private institutions, tutoring programmes, application procedures, selection criteria ...)
External Internships (agreements with public or private entities, mentoring system, application systems, award criteria ...)
The Faculty of Economics & Business offers the opportunity to take an External Internship during the second semester of the fourth year. This counts for 12 elective ECTS credits.
The Internship can be done in Spanish or English, either in Spanish territory or abroad.
For complete information about External Internships (in Spanish), see here, or visit the Faculty’s Internship Office (Central Pavilion, 1st floor, Office 33)
Admission of students including those from mentoring and/or refugee programmes
Student welcoming and mentoring program
Final year undergraduate project
Bachelor Thesis
During the final semester of their Degree, students will have to perform a Bachelor Thesis. This counts for 6 ECTS credits and can be written in Spanish or English.
For complete information about this Bachelor Thesis, see here.