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Applying Economics - Period 3
Business & Economics Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - early Jun 2026
Applying Economics - Period 3
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Economics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: E_ME_APEC
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: "An Introduction to Economics", "Economic Challenges", "Choices, Inequality and Welfare" and "The Economics of Crises"
DESCRIPTION
In this intensive four-week course, you work in a policy area of your choice (e.g. international financial systems and banking regulation, macro policy, development and growth, environment, urban/transport, health, human capital, competition policy, industrial policy). You write an economic policy-oriented research paper focusing on policy analysis, design and/or evaluation.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.