Minor in Economics

STUDENTS MATRICULATED IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/20 AND ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/21

(FASS and Non-FASS* students)

Please note the following requirements:

Pass at least 20 units of EC-coded or EC-recognised courses, which include the following:
(1) EC1101E Introduction to Economic Analysis (See Note 1)
(2) EC2101 Microeconomic Analysis I and/or EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I (See Note 2)
(3) A maximum of 8 units of EC-recognised courses (double counting) for minor programme.

Note 1: BSP1703/1703X, RE1704 are preclusion courses for EC1101E/EC1301. Students who have passed BSP1703/1703X need not read EC1101E. Please note that BSP1703/1703X is not a replacement for EC1101E. Students who have passed BSP1703/1703X are required to read any level-2000 or level-3000 EC elective or EC-recognised course to meet the minimum of 20 units of EC-coded or EC-recognised courses for the Minor in Economics programme. The units for BSP1703/1703X is not counted towards the requirements for the Minor in Economics programme.

Students who have passed RE1704 need not read EC1101E. RE1704 is an EC-recognised course that can be counted towards the requirements for the Minor in Economics programme.

Students who have read and passed EC1301 may still count the course towards the Minor in Economics. EC1301 is a preclusion to EC1101E.

Note 2: BSP2001, BSE3701 are preclusion courses for EC2102. Students who have passed BSP2001 or BSE3701 need not read EC2102. Please note that BSP2001 or BSE3701 are not a replacement for EC2102. Students who have passed BSP2001 or BSE3701 are required to read any level-2000 or level-3000 EC elective or EC-recognised course to meet the minimum of 20 units of EC-coded or EC-recognised courses for the Minor in Economics programme. The units for BSP2001 or BSE3701 are not counted towards the requirements for the Minor in Economics programme.

Students may read both EC2101 and EC2102, or one of the two courses.

Note 3: EC-prefixed course exemptions (with 'EXE' grade) cannot be counted towards the Minor in Economics programme.

Note 4: The Minor in Economics programme is offered to non-FASS students (with the exception of Business students who specialised in Business Economics) and to FASS students.

*Business students who specialised in Business Economics are not allowed to graduate with a Minor in Economics.

EC-recognised courses for MINOR Programme
(Note: These courses are NOT applicable to students pursuing the Major in Economics and Second Major in Economics Programmes)

FIN2004/FIN2004X/FIN2704/FIN2704X
RE1704 Principles of Real Estate Economics
RE2705 Urban Economics
MA1102R / MA2002 Calculus
MA1521 Calculus for Computing
ST3131 Regression Analysis

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