The major in Economics, Business & Society is designed to provide students with a broad background in the field of economics and business administration and its impact upon and interaction with society. The combination of courses encourages students to take an active interest in exploring the broader world and teaches them the tools to explore relevant events empirically. Students graduating with a major in Economics, Business & Society should be attractive candidates for general master programmes in governance, public management and policy-making, business and society, or political economy. Given the broad set-up of the major Economics, Business & Society we currently do not propose a predefined minor. However, we expect in future to include courses from the EBS major in an interdisciplinary minor with courses offered by Social & Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, and/or Life Sciences.
Entry requirement
In order to succeed in many courses in the various majors offered by the Economics and Business department, you will need sufficient skill and knowledge in mathematics. Therefore, successful completion of the course EUC NT200 Mathematics is required for all majors offered by the Economics and Business department.
Coordinator: Dr C. van Wijnbergens
- Principles of Management
- Microeconomics
- Leadership Studies
- Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Statistics I
- Qualitative Research through Interviewing
- Foundations of Political Economy
- Intermediate Statistics II or Principles of Econometrics
- Impact Evaluation
- International Business Environment
- HR Management
- offered by the ECB department; or
- off campus course approved by the Head of the Economics & Business Department and the Examination Board
The major Economics, Business & Society needs to be concluded with a Capstone of 15 EC 400 level.