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Economics & Finance

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES (BA & BComm DEGREE PROGRAMMES)

ECON 103 Basic Microeconomics
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to offer a broad coverage of microeconomic principles essential
to an understanding of the economic activities of households, business organizations and
governments. It also equips students with the ability to apply microeconomic theory to critically
analyse and evaluate social issues from economic perspectives.

ECON 104 Basic Macroeconomics
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at equipping students with the understanding of the principles and
concepts of macroeconomics. The structure of the course follows a standard pattern including
topics like fiscal policy, monetary policy, economic growth, open economy and business cycles.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to acquire a well-balanced foundation for
evaluating macroeconomic issues.

ECON 105 Quantitative Methods for Economics and Finance
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to provide students with a quantitative foundation in mathematics for
economic and financial analysis. It further aims to equip students with knowledge in various
quantitative techniques, such as differentiation, integration, optimization, annuities and present
values which are applicable to economic and financial problems and enable students to
interpret the analytical results, and broad overview of statistics.

ECON 113 Mathematics for Economics and Finance
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to give first year students a quantitative foundation in mathematics for
business and economic analysis, equip students with knowledge in various quantitative
techniques applicable to economic and business problems and enable students to interpret the
analytical results.

ECON 114 Economic Statistics
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to provide students with a broad overview of statistics with specific
emphasis on preparing them for the Year 2 Econometrics course.

ECON 203 Intermediate Microeconomics
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims to offer an in-depth treatment of microeconomic theory in order to
explore the relationship between economics analysis and human behaviours. It also equips

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