Minor in Economics

For CHS and non-CHS Students Who Matriculated in Academic Year 2021/22 and after

Students who would like to graduate with a Minor in Economics are required to 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 4 units of EC-recognised courses for minor programme.

Important Notes:

Note 1: BSP1703 and RE1704 preclude EC1101E. Students who have passed BSP1703 or RE1704 need not read EC1101E. Please note that BSP1703 is not a replacement for EC1101E. Students who have passed BSP1703 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 is not counted towards the requirements of 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 of the Minor in Economics programme.

Note 2: BSE3701 precludes EC2102. Students who have passed 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 BSE3701 are not counted towards the requirements of 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 requirements.

Note 4: The Minor in Economics programme is available to CHS and non-CHS students. Business students who specialised in Business Economics are not allowed to declare the Minor in Economics programme.

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 Finance
RE1704 Principles of Real Estate Economics
RE2705 Urban Economics
MA1102R / MA2002 Calculus
MA1521 Calculus for Computing
ST3131 Regression Analysis

 

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