Contact
PSME Panthéon-Sorbonne Master in Economics
Centre Pierre Mendès France
90, Rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris
Tél. : +33 (0)1 44 07 88 89
Email: psme.ees@univ-paris1.fr
PSME Financial Economics Track
This track will give students with a background in economics a deeper understanding of the economic and quantitative tools applied to the field of financial economics. Students will be trained at an upper intermediate level (M1 level) and will have a broad understanding of the main themes in both economics and finance.
Interested applicants should clearly state in their motivation letter that they would like to apply to this track and choose the PSME Financial Economics track in the application form that they should submit along with the rest of the documents in the admission section.
This specialized training in financial economics allows for a better preparation and integration into the different M2 courses of the MBFA Master's degree. The main objectives, admission procedures, number of teaching hours (and ECTS credits), languages of instruction follow those of the main course of the PSME, but students enrolled in the "Financial Economics" course will follow a balanced mix of courses in economics and also in finance.
Courses in economics and languages are shared with the main course of the PSME, while courses in finance are either shared with M1 MBFA or created specifically for students in the PSME Financial Economics course.
Coursework
In the first semester, students will take courses in general economics:
Microeconomics*
Macroeconomics*
Econometrics*
plus three courses oriented towards financial economics:
Economics of banking**
Financial economics***
Computer programming for applied financial economics***
All first semester courses are mandatory.
In the second semester, two blocks of courses are offered. The first block includes three mandatory courses in finance:
Principle of finance (corporate finance)*
Financial econometrics***
Market finance and derivatives***
The second block consists of three courses chosen by students from a list of 8 courses covering macroeconomics, international economics and finance, development economics and industrial economics.
NB: *PSME courses common to all courses; ** courses shared with M1 MBFA; *** PSME courses created for the "Financial economics" course.