Economics Courses
Course Catalogue
The official LMU course catalogue ("Vorlesungsverzeichnis") is usually available 2-3 month before the semester starts. It can be accessed through the LSF website.
An (preliminary) overview of courses offered by the Department of Economics can be downloaded below. In addition, the commented course overview ("Modulhandbuch") provides syllabi for most courses offered within the bachelor and master program in economics.
Lectures & Tutorials
Most courses at the Department of Economics are lectures, which are offered in conjunction with tutorials.
Lectures ("Vorlesungen") aim at the mediation of basic knowledge, deepening students' understanding of specific economic problems and at development of methodological skills. The purpose of tutorials ("Übungen") is to deepen the acquired knowledge and the conveyance of necessary methodical knowledge.
Exchange students at the Department of Economics may take all regular courses (lecture + tutorial) offered in the bachelor and the master program (Master of Science in Economics). Exchange students cannot take courses from the Master of Science in Quantitative Economics.
It is not required to sign up for courses consisting of a lecture and a tutorial offered by the Department of Economics before arriving in Munich.
While only some courses of the economics' bachelor program are taught in English, our master program is entirely taught in English.* Of course exchange students that can speak German (recommended level CEF B2) are welcome to attend bachelor courses taught in German.
Lectures require a written exam at the end or shortly after the end of the semester. Please find further information about exams and the grading system here.
*Bachelor exchange students may also take courses from the master program. However, please be aware that these courses are naturally more demanding and challenging and thus can be only recommended to advanced and highly motivated undergraduate students, who are willing to put in the required extra effort and are used to technical approaches and formal proofs (-> sound knowledge of math is required!).
Seminar
Exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics LMU* may apply to take part in the seminar Introduction to the Germany Economy offered by the Department of Economics. However, please be aware this seminar has a limited capacity of 20 seats.
Exchange students attend the weekly lecture and write an essay (approximately 30 000 characters, 4 weeks). 6 ECTS is awarded upon successful completion.
Application is online at semester begin. Details will be posted here and will be covered at the Economics Incoming-Exchange Welcome Meeting in September.
*Due to capacity constraints, exchange students from other Departments cannot take part in the seminar offered by the Department of Economics.