Concentration in Social Data Analytics and Management
The Social Data Analytics and Management Concentration, comprising 21 units, is a transdisciplinary concentration jointly offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Business. This concentration combines the insights of social sciences with the methodologies of data analytics, empowering students with a comprehensive understanding of complex social and business challenges. It equips them with the skills to devise data-informed solutions to these issues.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Course | 3 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 18 units |
| 21 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Course | 3 units |
| Either | ||
| BUSI3067 Social Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Internship | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| SOSC3007 Social Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Internship | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 18 units |
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Students may choose six elective courses from the list below. |
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| Courses offered by the School of Business: | ||
| BUSI2045 Data Analytics for Business Decision Making | 3 units | |
| ECON3005 Applied Econometrics | 3 units | |
| ECON3086 Python Programming for FinTech | 3 units | |
| ECON3087 Understanding Digital Economy | 3 units | |
| ECON3096 Causal Inference: Capturing Cause-and-Effect Relationships with Data | 3 units | |
| ECON3097 Data Visualization for Business Storytelling | 3 units | |
| ECON3105 Big Data Analytics with Python | 3 units | |
| ECON4006 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting | 3 units | |
| ECON4016 Digital Platform Analytics | 3 units | |
| ECON4036 Business Forecasting for Analysts | 3 units | |
| ISEM2006 Programming for Business Applications using Python | 3 units | |
| ISEM3006 Data Management in Business | 3 units | |
| ISEM3035 Introduction to Business Data Analytics and Visualization | 3 units | |
| ISEM3036 Advanced Business Analytics and Data Visualization for Digital Commerce | 3 units | |
| ISEM4017 Consumer Insight: Online Customer Data Analytics and Machine Learning Approaches | 3 units | |
| ISEM4036 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy | 3 units | |
| ISEM4037 Machine Learning for Financial and Business Forecasting | 3 units | |
| ISEM4045 Textual Analysis in Business and Finance | 3 units | |
| MKTG3047 Big Data Marketing | 3 units | |
| Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: | ||
| Either | ||
| CHSG4047 Resource and Environment Management in China | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| GEOG4047 Resource and Environment Management in China | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| GEOG7510 Resource and Environment Management in China | 3 units | |
| GEOG2007 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography | 3 units | |
| GEOG3007 Energy Problems and the Environment | 3 units | |
| GEOG4087 Natural Resource Evaluation and Policy Approaches | 3 units | |
| HIST3406 Information Technologies and Quantitative Methods for Historical Studies | 3 units | |
| HIST4127 Social and Economic Development of Modern China | 3 units | |
| HIST4326 Science and Society: A Historical Perspective | 3 units | |
| POLS2017 Foundations of International Relations | 3 units | |
| POLS2026 Ethics, Social Well-being, and Public Health | 3 units | |
| POLS4226 Public Policy and Governance | 3 units | |
| SOCI2005 Qualitative Methods of Social Research | 3 units | |
| SOCI2006 Social Statistics | 3 units | |
| SOCI2007 Quantitative Methods of Social Research | 3 units | |
| SOCI2027 Social Problems | 3 units | |
| SOCI2035 Social Inequalities | 3 units | |
| SOCI2047 Hong Kong Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3025 The Internet and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI4017 Management, Organization and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI4026 Selected Topics in Contemporary Sociology | 3 units | |
| SOCI4027 Selected Topics in Contemporary Sociology II | 3 units | |
| SOWK4225 Data Methodology in Social Sciences Research | 3 units | |
| 21 units | ||
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