Master of Science in Applied Economics
Programme Director: Dr CAO, Kang Hua
This programme provides a balanced training in advanced economic theories and a set of analytical tools necessary for evaluating business strategies or formulating government policies. Students will have opportunities to study areas of applications at the frontiers such as data analytics, digital economy, industrial organization and risk management. In the era of information and communication technology, we endeavour to equip our graduates with strategic economic thinking and programming skills for business analysis and policy evaluation, which are the essential elements in both the private and public sectors.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Courses | 12 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 18 units |
| 30 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 12 units |
| ECON7100 Graduate Workshops and Seminars | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| ECON7790 Microeconomics | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| ECON7820 Advanced Microeconomics | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| ECON7800 Macroeconomics | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| ECON7830 Advanced Macroeconomics | 3 units | |
| ECON7810 Econometric for Economic Analysis | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 18 units |
| Six of the following courses: | ||
| ECON7025 Business Economics Internship | 3 units | |
| ECON7110 Advanced Econometrics | 3 units | |
| ECON7210 International Trade | 3 units | |
| ECON7220 International Finance | 3 units | |
| ECON7230 Monetary Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON7240 Economic Development and Growth | 3 units | |
| ECON7250 Financial Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON7260 Economic Analysis of the Firm | 3 units | |
| ECON7270 Topics in Microeconomics | 3 units | |
| ECON7280 Topics in Macroeconomics | 3 units | |
| ECON7310 Economic Institutions in China | 3 units | |
| ECON7320 Public Finance and Monetary Economics in China | 3 units | |
| ECON7330 Foreign Economic Policies of China | 3 units | |
| ECON7340 Productivity Analysis of the Chinese Economy | 3 units | |
| ECON7350 Corporate Finance and Governance in China | 3 units | |
| ECON7410 Development and Policies of Hong Kong's Major Economic Sectors | 3 units | |
| ECON7420 Applied Time Series Analysis and Forecasting | 3 units | |
| ECON7430 Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis | 3 units | |
| ECON7440 Applied Economics Research Paper | 3 units | |
| ECON7450 Energy Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON7460 Banking and Capital Markets | 3 units | |
| ECON7470 Environmental Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON7480 Industrial Organization | 3 units | |
| ECON7490 Business Economics Field Study | 3 units | |
| ECON7640 Economics of Digital Currencies | 3 units | |
| ECON7780 Economic and Financial Risk Management for Financial Institutions | 3 units | |
| ECON7840 Big Data Analytics for Business | 3 units | |
| ECON7850 Economics of Digital Markets | 3 units | |
| 30 units | ||
