Report on Foundation and Organization of Econophysics Graduate Courses, at Faculty of Physics of University of Warsaw and Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Wrocław University

R. Kutner a and D. Grech b a Division of Physics Education, Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Smyczkowa 5/7, PL-02-678 Warsaw, Poland b Institute of Theoretical Physics, Wrocław University, pl. Maxa Borna 9, PL-50-204 Wrocław, Poland

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Received: 22 11 2007;

Two different, working examples of organization of econophysics graduate courses at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Wrocław University are considered. In the first example we have a system where the interdisciplinary, econophysical education begins only after three years study of physics. Within this system the M.Sc. as well as Ph.D. theses in econophysics are conducted only at the Faculty of Physics. In the second example the B.Sc. theses in econophysics are accomplished in the Department of Physics and Astronomy again after three years study but higher degrees can be prepared either in physics in the Institute of Theoretical Physics or in economy in the Institute of Economical Sciences. M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses can also be conducted. For both examples, the graduate students of econophysics are obliged to participate in traditional (typical) economical lectures and trainings which are offered them by economical departments while lectures and trainings (tutorials and/or laboratory classes) in econophysics are offered them by physics departments themselves. Thus Poland is one of a few countries, where so modern interdisciplinary knowledge is systematically offered to students.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.114.637 PACS numbers: 01.10.Hx, 89.65.Gh, 01.40.Di, 01.10.-m