Core Electives MiQE/F

Students choose 12 - 22 ECTS credits from core electives.

The core electives for the MiQE/F are divided into core courses and other core electives. From the core courses Quantitative Finance/Econometrics at least two courses (8 ECTS) must be taken. From the core courses Economics at least one course has to be taken.

Additional courses will be credited towards the other core electives and the independent electives respectively.

1: Core Courses Quantitative Finance/Econometrics	II: Core Courses Economics	III: Other Core Electives
8-18 ECTS Credits	4-14 ECTS Credits	0-10 ECTS Credits
at least 2 courses have to be chosen from this field; additional courses will be credited towards the Other Core Electives and Electives.	at least 1 course has to be chosen from this field; additional courses will be credited towards Other Core Electives and Electives.	You can either take another field course or choose from a wieder list of courses. Please refer to the offical Course Catalogue Online of the University.

I: Core Courses Quantitative Finance/Econometrics (8 ECTS)

Course	ECTS	Lecturer	Language	Semester
7,320 Quantitative Risk Management	4	Prof. Ph.D. Enrico De Giorgi	EN	Autumn
8,272 Big Data Analytics	4	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Matter	EN	Spring
8,310 Asset Pricing	4	Prof. Dr. Matthias Fengler	EN	Spring
8,312 Microeconometrics	4	Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner	EN	Spring
8,314 Time Series Econometrics	4	Prof. Dr. Matthias Fengler	EN	Spring
8,318 Financial Volatility	4	Prof. Ph.D. Francesco Audrino	EN	Spring

II: Core Courses Economics (4 ECTS)

Course	ECTS	Lecturer	Language	Semester
7,260 Industrial Organization and Digitalization	4	Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler Ph.D. Nicolas Eschenbaum	EN	Autumn
8,262 Labor Economics: Theory and Applications (not offered in Spring 2023)	4	Prof. Dr. Beatrix Eugster	EN	Spring
8,260 Public Economics - The Economics of Taxation	4	Prof. Dr. Christian Keuschnigg.	EN	Spring
8,274 Corporate Finance, Banking and Venture Capital	4	Prof. Dr. Christian Keuschnigg Ph.D. Michael Kogler	EN	Spring

III: Other Core Electives

Course	ECTS	Lecturer	Language	Semester
7,162 Financial Programming with Matlab (MBF*)	4	Dr. Michael Hermann Schürle	EN	Autumn
7,250 Advanced Macroeconomics I: Growth and Innovation (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Reto Föllmi	EN	Autumn
7,252 Advanced Mircoeconomics I: Consumer, Firms and Markets (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Christian Keuschnigg.	EN	Autumn
7,264 Data Handling: Databases (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Michael Grossniklaus	EN	Autumn
7,322 Quantitative Asset Management	4	Prof. Dr. Axel Kind Dr. Ralf Seiz	EN	Autumn
7,325 Smart Data Handling	4	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Härdle	EN	Autumn
9,164 Fixed Income Instruments (MBF*)	2	Dr. Stephan Suess	EN	Autumn
9,168 Theory of Risk and Insurance (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Hato Schmeiser	EN	Autumn
9,172 Real Estate Modelling (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Kathleen Kürschner Rauck Prof. Dr. Roland Füss	EN	Autumn
9,264 Recent long-run Macroeconomic Trends (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Ph.D. Timo Boppart	EN	Autumn
9,268 Political Economics (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Roland Hodler	EN	Autumn
9,272 Economics of Central Banking (MEcon*)	4	Ph.D. Nicolas Cuche-Curti	EN	Autumn
9,276 Debt and Fiscal Policy (MEcon*)	4	Ph.D. Jochen Mankart	EN	Autumn
9,322 Advanced Econometric Methods	4	Prof. Ph.D. Petyo Bonev	EN	Autumn
9,334 Theoretical Behavioural Finance	4	Prof. Ph.D. Enrico De Giorgi	EN	Autumn
8,152 Derivatives (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann Prof. Dr. Matthias Fengler	EN	Spring
8,154 Financial Econometrics (MBF*)	4	Prof. Ph.D. Paul Söderlind	EN	Spring
8,159 Risk Management and Insurance (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Hato Schmeiser	EN	Spring
8,166 Market Microstructure (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo	EN	Spring
8,172 Real Estate Finance (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Kathleen Kürschner Rauck	EN	Spring
8,174 Financial Modeling Workshop: Asset Allocation (MBF*)	4	Dr. Stephan Kessler	EN	Spring
8,178 Asset Liability Management for Insurance Companies (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Hato Schmeiser	EN	Spring
8,194 Derivatives Modeling in Excel VBA (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann	EN	Spring
8,250 Advanced Microeconomics III: Game Theory (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler	EN	Spring
8,252 Advanced Macroeconomics III: Money and Prices (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Martin Wolf	EN	Spring
8,258 When Distribution Matters: Inequality, Mobility, Poverty, and Welfare	4	Prof. Ph.D. Paolo Giovanni Piacquadio	EN	Spring
8,264 International Trade (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Reto Föllmi Ph.D. Stefan Legge	EN	Spring
8,266 Economics in Practice (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Reto Föllmi Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler Prof. Ph.D. Michael Knaus Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner Prof. Dr. Ulrich Matter Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo	EN	Spring
8,268 Quantitative Applications in Economics and Finance	4	Prof. Ph.D. Arnau Valladares-Esteban	EN	Spring
8,270 International Macroeconomics (Mecon*)	4	Prof. Ph.D. Marc-Andreas Mündler M.A. David Torun	EN	Spring
8,273 Multivariate Statistical Analysis with Python	4	Prof. Dr. Matthias Fengler	EN	Spring
8,277 Macroeconomics, Development and Agriculture (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Ph.D. Timo Boppart Prof. Ph.D. Charles Gottlieb	EN	Spring
8,278 Environmental Economics (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Christian Keuschnigg Prof. Ph.D. Petyo Bonev	EN	Spring
8,280 Beyond Homo Oeconomicus: Decision Making and Well-being in Economics (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Martin Kolmar	EN	Spring
8,282 Asset Liability Management für Schweizer Pensionskassen (MEcon*)	4	Dr. Roger Baumann Dr. David Schiess	DE	Spring
8,286 Selected Topics in Swiss Public Finance (MEcon*)	4	Prof. Dr. Christoph Schaltegger	EN	Spring
8,320 Methods for Data-Driven Optimal Policy	3	Prof. Dr. Jana Mareckova	EN	Spring
8,322 Real Estate Economics (MBF*)	4	Prof. Dr. Kathleen Kürschner Rauck	EN	Spring
8,330 Machine Learning (MiQE/F)	4	Prof. Ph.D. David Preinerstorfer	EN	Spring
8,355 Political Economoyc of Development in African States (MIA*)	4	Visiting Professor of Political Science Opalo Kennedy	EN	Spring
8,338 Introduction to Web Mining for Social Scientists (every two years: Spring 2021, Spring 2023,...)	4	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Matter	EN	Spring
8,391 Empirical Policy Evaluation (MIA*)	4	Prof. Ph.D. Frank Pisch	EN	Spring
8,398 Game Theory and Applications (MIA*)	4	Assistant Professor of Political Science Oliver Westerwinter	EN	Spring
9,266 The Economics of Strategy (MEcon*) (as of Spring 2023)	4	Prof. Dr. Dennis Gärtner	EN	Spring