Specialisation in Finance
Course plan
Below you will find an overview of the courses included in the programme and when they are offered.
Finance
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| Course | Course type | ECTS | Semester |
| Advanced Microeconomics | Common | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
| Advanced Statistics | Common | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
| Asset Pricing Theory | Common | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Panel Data/ Microeconometrics | Common | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Corporate Finance Theory | Specialisation | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
| Empirical Asset Pricing | Specialisation | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Research Ethics | Specialisation | 0 ECTS | Autumn 2021 Autumn 2023 |
| Topics in Asset Pricing | Specialisation | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Topics in Corporate Finance | Specialisation | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Empirical Corporate Finance (Aalto) | Specialisation | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Numerical Methods in Finance and Economics | Elective | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2021 Autumn 2023 |
| Time Series Econometrics | Elective | 6 ECTS | Spring 2021 Spring 2023 |
| Advances in Asset Pricing Theory | Elective | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2021 Autumn 2023 |
| Advanced Macroeconomics I | Elective | 3 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
| Advanced Macroeconomics II | Elective | 3 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
| Electives from Nordic Finance Networks | Elective | 3 ECTS | Autumn 2021 Autumn 2023 |
| Introduction to Capital-Markets Research in Accounting | Elective | 6 ECTS | Autumn 2019 Autumn 2020 Autumn 2021 Autumn 2022 |
| Mathematics, Ph.D | Elective | 4 ECTS | Autumn 2022 Autumn 2024 |
PhD candidates in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Finance, Economics, Leadership and Organization, and Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation programmes must complete the following:
| Courses | ECTS |
| Common courses | 24 |
| Specialisation courses | 24 |
| Elective courses | 12 |