Economics and Data Analytics Concentration

Economics and Data Analytics Concentration offers knowledge for economic reasoning and data analytics – a powerful combination that meets the employers’ demand nowadays. The program offers a variety of economics courses that allow students to apply economic reasoning to analyse individual markets, macroeconomies and international economies; to make decisions and formulate strategies for business and government. It also prepares students for developing careers in the field of data analytics by providing them with skills associated with quantitative and statistical analysis, big data analytics, programming, data gathering and machine learning. By taking various applied electives, in addition to the core foundation courses, students will be trained to analyse business and social issues using relevant data and appropriate statistical methods. It allows them to customise their learning experiences to fit their preferences and career aspirations.

Graduates can develop a wide range of career options in business and government sectors. On top of the likely employment for BBA graduates in management, marketing, accounting and banking, many advanced career opportunities in financial and commercial sectors, such as research analysts, business consultants, asset management, credit analyst, risk management, treasury, and compliance, require specifically a degree in economics or other relevant disciplines in finance, law and science. These jobs usually require both technical and broad-based knowledge that the Applied Economics degree offers. Our training also paves way to graduate studies, which are commonly required for further career advancement.

Requirements

 Concentration Required Courses 12 units
  ECON3076 Managerial Microeconomics 3 units
  ECON3077 Managerial Macroeconomics 3 units
  ECON3096 Causal Inference: Capturing Cause-and-Effect Relationships with Data 3 units
  ECON3105 Big Data Analytics with Python 3 units
     
 Concentration Elective Courses 9 units
  ECON2016 Mathematics for Economists  3 units
  ECON2035 Introduction to Technical Analysis 3 units
  ECON3005 Applied Econometrics  3 units
  ECON3006 Asia-Pacific Economies 3 units
  ECON3007 Industrial Organization and Competitive Strategy 3 units
  ECON3017 International Trade and Finance 3 units
  ECON3025 Money and Banking 3 units
  ECON3026 Chinese Economic Developments 3 units
  ECON3036 Economics of Human Resources 3 units
  ECON3055 Games and Economic Decisions 3 units
  ECON3066 Business Economics Internship 3 units
  ECON3085 Economics of Entrepreneurship 3 units
  ECON3086 Python Programming for Economic and Business Analysis 3 units
  ECON3087 Understanding the Digital Economy 3 units
  ECON3097 Data Visualization for Economic Storytelling 3 units
  ECON4005 China's Foreign Economic Relations and Trade 3 units
  ECON4006 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting 3 units
  ECON4007 Money and Finance in China 3 units
  ECON4016 Digital Platform Analytics 3 units
  ECON4035 Economics of Digital Currencies 3 units
  ECON4036 Business Forecasting for Analysts 3 units
    21 units

 

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