Principles in Applied Economics, Digital Transformation and Technologies (24 ECTS Credits)

Choose a course in the amount of 3 ECTS from the following list. If you have already taken courses as part of the admission-based program, you may also choose from the following courses:

Principles in Analytic Methods (24 ECTS Credits)

Complete three of the following electives. Each of the three electives must be a minimum of 10 ECTS credits and all three electives must total a minimum of 36 ECTS credits.
If you choose Analytic Methods, you can complete 20 ECTS in addition to a second elective.

Organization and Markets

Digital Economy and Supply Chain Management

Health

Financial Economics

Analytic Methods

Principles in Applied Economics, Digital Transformation and Technologies (24 ECTS Credits)

If you have already take courses as part of the admission-based program, you may choose from the following courses:

Principles in Analytic Methods (24 ECTS Credits)

Complete three of the following electives. Each of the three electives must be a minimum of 10 ECTS credits and all three electives must total a minimum of 36 ECTS credits.

Organization and Markets

Digital Economy and Supply Chain Management

Health

Financial Economics

Analytic Methods I

Analytic Methods II

The list is identical with modules/courses in the elective subject area of Analytic Methods I however, you may only complete one of the modules/courses not yet taken in Analytic Methods I.

Principles in Applied Economics 

In addition, you must complete 6 ECTS credits from the following course list:

Principles in Management, Digital Transformation and Technologies (12 ECTS)
 

In addition, you must complete 6 ECTS credits from the following course list:

Principles in Analytic Methods (24 ECTS)
 

Complete three of the following electives. Each of the three electives must be a minimum of 10 ECTS credits and all three electives must total a minimum of 36 ECTS credits.

Industrial Organization and Supply Chain Management

Organization and Markets

Financial Economics

Digital Economy
 

Health
 

Analytic Methods I
 

Analytic Methods II

Identical list with modules/courses from the elective subject area Analytic Methods I, whereby you may only complete one of the modules/courses that have not yet been taken in Analytic Methods I.

Ideally, you should base your thesis topic on your personal interests. In this regard, we recommend consulting with course supervisors in order to learn more about potential topics. Your thesis topic should interdisciplinary, spanning the field of economic and business analytics. 

If you wish to focus mainly on economics, we recommend taking a look at the Department of Economic's research areas. If you wish focus mainly on business analytics, we recommend taking a look at the JKU Business School's research projects, opens an external URL in a new window. 

In addition to information available at the institutes and departments, there are numerous publicly accessible databases. Some include:

• Eurostat, opens an external URL in a new window
• CEPII, opens an external URL in a new window (trade and geographical data)
• World Bank, opens an external URL in a new window
• EU KLEMS Growth and Productity Accounts, opens an external URL in a new window
• Regionalstatistik Deutschland, opens an external URL in a new window
• Statistik Austria, opens an external URL in a new window
• Kaggle, opens an external URL in a new window
• Open Data Österreich, opens an external URL in a new window

Finished theses submitted by students in the past are available at the JKU's Main Campus library (see: lisss.jku.at and search, i.e., for ‘masterarbeit volkswirtschaft’). These are some theses that demonstrate diverse topics:

• Changing rules: How do increased costs of risk affect the risk taking of men and women in a competitive setting?
• The Impact of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on Consumer Sentiment: Its Nature and Transmission Channels
• Intergenerational mobility across Austria: Patterns and drivers
• The Split Health Care System of Austria - Econometric Insights into Health Care Funds
• The Piketty-Saez Model of Optimal Inheritance Taxation: A Critical Appraisal and Some Extensions