Optional Course Profile & Dedicated Minors

You can fill in your Optional Course Profile in many different ways.

By choosing a Dedicated Minor
By taking a UU minor
By taking more major elective courses
By participating in the LUISS Programme
By compiling your own optional profile

For an overview, please check out the Flyer Optional Course Profile. Each year in February, the study advisors are hosting an information meeting about the possibilities within the Optional Course Profile. You can find the Power Point presentation from this year's meeting below.

PRESENTATION OPTIONAL COURSE PROFILE - 2024-2025 (PPT)
FLYER OPTIONAL COURSE PROFILE

Dedicated Minors

The Dedicated Minors are specially designed for economics students to broaden their insights. They consist of six courses in a discipline that is related to Economics and Business Economics. There are four different Dedicated Minors.

This Dedicated Minor introduces the law and the legal system from the perspective of the central economic subjects in an economic system: consumers, firms and governments and international authorities.
See the flyer for an overview or the table below:

Year 1	Period 4: Introduction to Law
Year 2	Period 3: European Union Law Period 4: Market Law and Regulation
Year 3	Period 1: Corporate Law and Regulation Period 2: Law and Economics Period 3: Industrial Organisation and Competition Policy

This dedicated minor focuses on the geographical dimension of economic structures, processes and conduct. The programme has a firm focus on the real world, both in theory and practice. See the flyer for an overview or the table below:

Year 1	Period 4: Geography in a Fast Changing Economy
Year 2	Period 3: Location in a Globalised World Period 4: Economics of Cities
Year 3	Period 1: Economics of Networks Period 2: Advanced Methods in Economics and Geography Period 3: Capita Selecta in Economics and Geography

This Dedicated Minor combines economic insights with insights obtained from sociology and psychology, applied to real world problems at the level of companies, industries and nation states. See the flyer for an overview or the table below:

Year 1	Period 4: Introduction to the Social Sciences
Year 2	Period 3: Social networks in Theory and Empirical Research* Period 4: Psychology and Economic Behaviour*
Year 3	Period 1: Behavioural Economics Period 2: Measurement and Modelling Social Data* Period 3: Doing Multidisciplinary Research in the Social Sciences

* Please note that these courses are also offered to students of Social Sciences and that these courses fall under the education and examination regulations of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural sciences. These regulations may differ from the U.S.E. regulations regarding testing and re-sits.

This Dedicated Minor introduces economics students to Data Science techniques, with an hands-on approach focusing on the use of programming in R to carry out empirical projects. See the flyer for an overview or the table below:

Year 1	Period 4: Introduction to Applied Data Science
Year 2	Period 3: Introduction to R Period 4: Applied Data Analysis and Visualization I for Economists
Year 3	Period 1: Applied Data Analysis and Visualisation II Period 2: Applied Microeconometric Techniques Period 3: Data Science Lab for Economics

UU Minors

You can also use the space in your programme to take a regular minor. The following minors are particularly interesting for economics students:

Minors at the LEG Faculty:

Minors at other UU Faculties

Educatieve minor gamma (Dutch)
Internationale betrekkingen (Dutch/English)
Governance for Sustainable Development (English)
Applied Data Science (English)

Take more Major Electives

It is also possible to not follow a specific programme and just take more major economics electives to fill up your optional course profile. By doing this, you can specialize in a specific topic or perspective. You can use the Study Routes to form a cohesive collection of electives.

LUISS Programme

While not an official way to fill in your optional course profile, you can also sign up to take part in the LUISS programme in International Business Economics in your first year. As part of this selective programme, you will study abroad in Rome during your second year.

Compiling your own profile

You can also opt for making your own profile, for example by choosing courses from different disciplines. This allows you to compile your optional profile based on your interests and future goals. You're required to do two level three courses (15 ECTS) out of the six courses.

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Optional Course Profile & Dedicated Minors

Dedicated Minors

Dedicated Minor Law

Dedicated Minor Geography

Dedicated Minor Social Sciences

Dedicated Minor Applied Data Science for Economists