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Professional Certificate in Economics & Development Studies Education

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Total learning hours
600 h
Scheduled class / seminar
200 h
Guided study, lab & research
400 h
Credits
30 ECTS

Each module is 60 hours: 5 lessons × 4 h class = 20 h class + 40 h guided study, laboratory or fieldwork. Programme version 2026.10 · fingerprint CB02AC6F7030DDF3

Graded courses on the transcript · 10
CodeCourseHoursECTS
SWY-16-M01Microeconomics603
SWY-16-M02Macroeconomics603
SWY-16-M03Development Economics603
SWY-16-M04International Trade & Finance603
SWY-16-M05Regional Integration & AfCFTA603
SWY-16-M06Quantitative Methods & Data603
SWY-16-M07Public Finance & Taxation603
SWY-16-M08Environmental & Resource Economics603
SWY-16-M09Teaching Economics603
SWY-16-M10Capstone — Policy Brief & Teaching Unit603
M01 Microeconomics · Module 1 · 60 h

Demand and supply, elasticity, market structures, market failure.

Unit 1.1Microeconomics20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 1.1.1The economic problem — Scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and production possibility curves.4h
  2. 1.1.2Demand, supply and equilibrium — Determinants, shifts, price mechanism and consumer/producer surplus.4h
  3. 1.1.3Elasticities — Price, income and cross elasticity; calculation and business use.4h
  4. 1.1.4Market structures — Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.4h
  5. 1.1.5Market failure — Externalities, public goods, information gaps and government intervention.4h
M02 Macroeconomics · Module 2 · 60 h

National income, inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy.

Unit 2.1Macroeconomics20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 2.1.1National income accounting — GDP, GNI, real versus nominal, the circular flow.4h
  2. 2.1.2Aggregate demand and supply — AD/AS model, multiplier and output gaps.4h
  3. 2.1.3Inflation and unemployment — Causes, measurement, Phillips curve and costs.4h
  4. 2.1.4Fiscal policy — Budgets, automatic stabilisers, deficits and crowding out.4h
  5. 2.1.5Monetary policy — Central banks, interest rates, money supply and inflation targeting.4h
M03 Development Economics · Module 3 · 60 h

Growth, poverty, inequality, Human Development Index, SDGs.

Unit 3.1Development Economics20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 3.1.1Growth versus development — Measures of development, HDI and multidimensional poverty.4h
  2. 3.1.2Theories of growth — Harrod-Domar, Solow, structural change and Lewis model.4h
  3. 3.1.3Poverty and inequality — Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient and redistribution.4h
  4. 3.1.4Human capital — Education, health and demographic dividend.4h
  5. 3.1.5Sustainable Development Goals — Aid, debt, institutions and SDG financing.4h
M04 International Trade & Finance · Module 4 · 60 h

Comparative advantage, exchange rates, balance of payments.

Unit 4.1International Trade & Finance20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 4.1.1Comparative advantage — Absolute and comparative advantage, terms of trade.4h
  2. 4.1.2Protectionism — Tariffs, quotas, subsidies and the World Trade Organization.4h
  3. 4.1.3Balance of payments — Current, capital and financial accounts; deficits.4h
  4. 4.1.4Exchange rates — Floating, fixed and managed regimes; currency unions.4h
  5. 4.1.5Globalisation — Multinational firms, FDI, remittances and global value chains.4h
M05 Regional Integration & AfCFTA · Module 5 · 60 h

Trade blocs, African Continental Free Trade Area, regional policy.

Unit 5.1Regional Integration & AfCFTA20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 5.1.1Stages of integration — Free trade area, customs union, common market, economic union.4h
  2. 5.1.2Trade creation and diversion — Viner's analysis applied to regional blocs.4h
  3. 5.1.3The African Continental Free Trade Area — Rules of origin, tariff schedules and opportunities.4h
  4. 5.1.4Comparative blocs — EU, ECOWAS, CEMAC, SADC, ASEAN and Mercosur.4h
  5. 5.1.5Regional policy design — Infrastructure corridors, payments systems and SMEs.4h
M06 Quantitative Methods & Data · Module 6 · 60 h

Index numbers, basic statistics, reading economic data and charts.

Unit 6.1Quantitative Methods & Data20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 6.1.1Economic data sources — World Bank, IMF, national statistics offices and data quality.4h
  2. 6.1.2Index numbers — Price indices, CPI construction, base years and deflating.4h
  3. 6.1.3Descriptive statistics — Mean, median, dispersion and growth rates.4h
  4. 6.1.4Correlation and regression — Simple regression in spreadsheets and interpretation.4h
  5. 6.1.5Charts and data stories — Reading and drawing economic graphs for the classroom.4h
M07 Public Finance & Taxation · Module 7 · 60 h

Government budgets, tax systems, public debt.

Unit 7.1Public Finance & Taxation20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 7.1.1The role of government — Allocation, distribution and stabilisation functions.4h
  2. 7.1.2Tax principles — Direct and indirect taxes, incidence and progressive systems.4h
  3. 7.1.3Public expenditure — Budget cycles, health and education spending and efficiency.4h
  4. 7.1.4Public debt — Sustainability, debt ratios and restructuring.4h
  5. 7.1.5Local government finance — Decentralisation, municipal revenue and accountability.4h
M08 Environmental & Resource Economics · Module 8 · 60 h

Externalities, natural resources, green transition.

Unit 8.1Environmental & Resource Economics20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 8.1.1Environmental externalities — Pigouvian taxes and pollution permits.4h
  2. 8.1.2Natural resource economics — Renewable and non-renewable resources, resource curse.4h
  3. 8.1.3Climate economics — Carbon pricing, adaptation finance and cost-benefit analysis.4h
  4. 8.1.4Agricultural economics — Smallholder markets, price stabilisation and food security.4h
  5. 8.1.5Green transition — Circular economy, green jobs and sustainable investment.4h
M09 Teaching Economics · Module 9 · 60 h

Case studies, simulations, data-based lessons, exam technique.

Unit 9.1Teaching Economics20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 9.1.1Economics curriculum design — Syllabus mapping, sequencing and learning outcomes.4h
  2. 9.1.2Case-method teaching — Using local markets and news as classroom cases.4h
  3. 9.1.3Classroom simulations — Market games, trading pits and policy role-play.4h
  4. 9.1.4Assessment in economics — Data-response, essay rubrics and exam technique.4h
  5. 9.1.5Financial literacy — Budgeting, saving, credit and mobile money education.4h
M10 Capstone — Policy Brief & Teaching Unit · Module 10 · 60 h

A local economic policy brief and a matching classroom unit.

Unit 10.1Capstone — Policy Brief & Teaching Unit20 h class + 40 h study = 60 h · 5 lessons
  1. 10.1.1Problem selection — Identifying a local economic issue and research question.4h
  2. 10.1.2Data collection — Secondary data and simple surveys of households or traders.4h
  3. 10.1.3Policy analysis — Options appraisal and recommendations.4h
  4. 10.1.4Teaching unit design — Five-lesson unit built from the brief.4h
  5. 10.1.5Defence — Presentation of the brief and unit before a review panel.4h
Assessment weighting (every course)
  • • Written examination — 30% of the course mark
  • • Laboratory / practical portfolio — 40% of the course mark
  • • Project defence — 20% of the course mark
  • • Professional conduct & participation — 10% of the course mark