The coursework is structured in 6 main modules (Syllabi of the courses are available here): 

• Mathematics for Economics
• Econometrics
• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Economic History and History of Economic Thought
• Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Each module is organized in several courses, with compulsory attendance and final exams.

Some courses are assigned to external experts, while Internal Faculty is heavily involved in courses reflecting the areas of expertise of the Institute of Economics at Sant'Anna and associated partners (IUSS-Pavia, UCA-Nice, IMT-Lucca, Strasbourg).

Here is the list of modules/courses scheduled in a recente academic year (this is essentially replicated every year with small adjustments):

• Mathematics for Social Sciences:
  - Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Economics (15 hours)
  - Static and Dynamic Optimization (20 hrs)
• Econometrics:
  - Introduction to Econometrics (24 hrs) 
  - Time Series Analysis (20 hrs)
  - Panel Data Analysis (12 hrs)
  - Applied Econometric Methods (12 hrs)
  - Casual Inference in Macroeconometrics (10 hrs)
  - Computational Econometrics (6 hrs)
• Microeconomics:
  - Consumption, Production and Equilibrium (27 hrs)
  - Financial Economics (20 hrs)
  - Games and Decision Theory (20 hrs)
  - Industrial Organization (15 hrs)
• Macroeconomics:
  - Business cycle theory (30 hrs)
  - Growth Theories (15 hrs)
  - Introduction to Stylized Facts (4 hrs)
  - Empirical Macroeconomics (12 hrs)
  - Agent-Based Macroeconomics (24 hrs)
  - Introduction to Agent-Based Economics (10 hrs)
  - Evolutionary Development Theories (15 hrs)
• Economic History and History of Economic Thought:
  - Introduction to Economic History (20 hrs)
  - Marx (4 hrs)
  - Keynes (6 hrs)
  - Quesnay, Smith and Ricardo (8 hrs)
  - Seminars
• Innovation and Industrial Dynamics:
  - Theory of the Firm (8 hrs)
  - Economics of Innovation (21 hrs)
  - Industrial Dynamics (25 hrs)
  - Innovation and Industrial Dynamics (24 hrs)
  - Evolutionary Microeconomics (20 hrs)
• Advanced courses @UCA-Nice:
  - Advanced innovation & industrial dynamics (6 hrs)
  - Financial and Economic Networks (6 hrs)
  - Economics of Climate Change (15 hrs)
  - Calibration in Agent-Based Models (10 hrs)
  - Power and Institutions (3 hrs)
   

Additional modules may be activate during the year.

Starting from the academic year 2017/18, part of the advanced and field courses are held at Universitè de Cote d'Azur, Nice, France, where students are hosted for about two months at the beginning of their second year. Modules taught in Nice encompass: Advanced industrial dynamics and innovation, International trade, Labour & Technology, Introduction to Experimental Economics, Complexity in Economics, Topics in Monetary Economics,  Economic and financial networks, Advanced econometrics, Inequality and income distribution, Classical development, Topics in institutions and economic policy.

Currently, the coordinators and contact persons for the courses are: Prof. Daniele Giachini (Mathematics for Economics), Prof. Laura Magazzini (Econometrics), Prof. Daniele Moschella (Microeconomics), Prof. Francesco Lamperti (Macroeconomis), Dr. Giacomo Gabbuti (Economic History and Hystory of Economic Thought), Prof. Arianna Martinelli (Innovation and Industrial Dynamics).