Economics

Courses per study program

Here you can find an overview of the offered courses provided by the Department of Economics per study program.

Leiden Law School 

Obligatory courses 

• Introductory course Law and Economics
• Law and economics 

Optional courses / seminars 

• Principles of economics 
• Social security 
• Reform of social legislation 

Tax Law 

Obligatory courses 

• Economics 
• Public sector economics 
• Tax policy analysis 

Optional courses / seminars 

• Social security 
• Reform of social legislation 

Graduate school of legal studies 

• Quantitative empirical research methods in Law 

Criminology 

Obligatory courses 

• Law and economics criminology 

Optional courses / seminars

• Social security 
• Reform of social legislation 

International Business Law

Obligatory courses

• Principles of Economics / IBL

Oprtional courses / seminars

• Social Security 
• Reform of social legislation                              

Law and economics 

Obligatory courses 1st year

• Introductory course Law and Economics

Obligatory courses 2nd year 

•  Principles of Economics
• Case study market regulation 

Obligatory courses 3rd year 

• Public sector economics 
• Trade and Finance in the Global Economy
• Social Security 
• Reform of social legislation 
• Law and economics 
• Economic Policy in the EU               

Minor Economics and Transitions: inequality, climate and globalisation (30 EC)

These three courses of 5 EC make the minor in the 3rd year of your bachelor 

Blok 1 - Basis:
1. International economics   (niveau 200)
2. Public sector economics (niveau 200)
3. Financial economic policy (niveau 200)

Blok 2 - Specialisation:
1. Labour market policy and social security (niveau 300)
2. Economic policy in the European Union (niveau 300)
3. Climate policy and circular economy (niveau 300)

Leiden Law Courses

• Trade and Finance in the Global Economy
• Economic Policy in the EU

Leiden Law Master (LL.M) Financial Law

• Macro and Monetary Economics and Policy

Public administration BBO

• Principles of economics 
• Public sector economics 
• Public financial management    

Bestuurskunde: Economie, Bestuur en Management

Obligatory courses 1st year 

• Micro-economics
• Macro-economics 
• Policy economics 
• EBM I: Markets and governance 

Obligatory courses 2nd year 

• Public sector economics 
• Public financial management    
• Socio-Economic Policy: Theory and Institutions
• Socio-Economic Policy: Empirical analysis 
• EBM II: market-like practices in the public sector

Obligatory courses 3rd year

• European economic integration 
• Thesis
• Optional courses, minor etc.

Master public administration The Hague 

Public Administration (PA): Economics and Governance

• Welfare State Economics
• Managerial Economics, Business and Politics
• Research Methods Applied Empirical Economics
• Markets and Competition Policy 
• Political Economy in International Perspective
• Economics of Regulation

• Masterthesis

Institute of Security and Global affairs

Obligatory courses in the 2nd year of the bachelor Security studies 

• Economics of Security

Political science 

Obligatory courses

• Economics for political scientists                  

Optional courses / seminars 

• Social Security 
• Reform of social legislation   

LUC The Hague

The department of economics teaches 5 courses fpor LUC The Hague 

• Principles of Economics
• The Economics of the European Union
• International Economics 
• Micro-economics
• Macro-economics
• Behavioral Economics 

Master Management public sector 

• Governance of public values 
• Economics for policy makers 
• Economic policy advice 
• Master thesis