Master of Science in Data Analytics and Business Economics
Programme Director: Dr WAN, Shui Ki
The programme provides solid training in business economic analysis and data analytics. By taking various applied electives, in addition to the core foundation courses, students will be trained to analyse business economic issues using relevant data. A distinct feature of this programme is a balanced training in business economic knowledge, statistical models and programming skills. Specifically, this programme aims at training competent analytics-enabled professionals and proficient data strategists.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Courses | 18 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| 30 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 18 units |
| ECON7870 Managerial Economics and Business Strategy | 3 units | |
| ECON7880 Foundations in Big Data Analytics: Concepts and Techniques | 3 units | |
| ECON7890 Foundations in Big Data Analytics: Programming | 3 units | |
| ECON7900 Statistics for Data Science | 3 units | |
| ECON7910 Data Visualization with Story-telling | 3 units | |
| ECON7920 Executive Workshop Series | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| Four of the following courses: | ||
| ECON7035 Artificial Intelligence for Business | 3 units | |
| ECON7045 Law and Economics of Data Protection | 3 units | |
| ECON7055 Projects for Data Analytics | 3 units | |
| ECON7430 Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis | 3 units | |
| ECON7850 Economics of Digital Markets | 3 units | |
| ECON7930 Analytics for Spatial, Textual and Social Network Data | 3 units | |
| ECON7940 Data-driven Decision Making | 3 units | |
| ECON7950 Business and Economic Forecasting with Big Data | 3 units | |
| ECON7960 User Experience and A/B Testing | 3 units | |
| ECON7970 Applied Predictive Modeling | 3 units | |
| ECON7980 Innovation and Entrepreneurial Economy: China and Global Development | 3 units | |
| ECON7990 Economics of Smart Cities | 3 units | |
| 30 units | ||
