BSocSc (Hons)
in China Studies (Economics Option)
Option
Aims & Career Prospects
Since 1979 China
has been following a new development strategy
which emphasizes the role of improving productivity
and strengthening external economic relations.
To implement this strategy, China is in the process
of reforming her system of economic administration.
This involves generally giving greater autonomy
to local authorities and basic economic units,
reforming national enterprises and a greater use
of market mechanisms to regulate and coordinate
economic activities, and to enlarge consumer choice.
These changes are in recognition of past problems
and defects in China's socialist economic development.
Theoretical work has been carried out to justify
and guide the reforms, and policies have been
adjusted frequently in response to problems which
have emerged during the reform process.
For both traders and researchers concerned with
China, a sound understanding of China's administration
system and development strategies has become increasingly
important. Hong Kong business and other institutions
with interests in China have become particularly
keen to recruit economists with expertise in Chinese
economy, both to help formulate trade and investment
decisions and to advise on the Chinese macro context.
The Economics
Option of the BSocSc (Hons) in China Studies aims
to meet a growing need for a programme oriented
towards the Chinese economy.
Summer
Sojourn
A distinctive
feature of the Course is the summer sojourn
programme in which all students have to spend
one month at Tsinghua University, Beijing to receive
intensive training in Putonghua during the summer
at the end of the second year. Since the students
have taken the six-unit subject Spoken Modern
Chinese (Putonghua) I & II during the second year,
the sojourn acts as an "immersion" programme in
Putonghua training. Students will undertake Putonghua
training for three hours per day, five days per
week.
Another part of the
summer sojourn programme consists of seminars
on topics relating to current issues in China.
A total of eight to ten seminars on issues relating
to topics of a political, economic, sociological,
historical and geographic nature will be conducted
during the sojourn.
A third part of the
programme is composed of visits to places of particular
interest to this Course. It is felt that students
should be given some field experience in Mainland
China by visiting factories, farms, historical
sites, government offices, etc. Four whole-day
visits will be organized to places around the
Beijing area during the sojourn period.
Course
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Curriculum
Economics, as taught
in most university programmes, is a highly sequential
discipline, proceeding from a core of theory and
quantitative skills on to empirical applications.
The Economics Option curriculum preserves this
basic structure for its academic integrity: the
theoretical component is carefully chosen for
its applicability to subjects which serve either
as prerequisite(s) for subjects on Chinese economy,
or are relevant to themes of the Chinese economy.
Quantitative methods and
research methodology are taught in the first and
second years to provide a background for later
empirical applications.
The level two core subject
Foundations of Chinese Economy provides students
with a basis for understanding the historical
and functioning of the Chinese national economy.
Built on these foundations, elective subjects
covering the most important aspects of the Chinese
economy are offered for students to select as
their areas of concentration for more specialized
study.
Study
Plan
Core Subjects
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Mathematics for Economists |
Applied Econometrics |
Economic Development |
Principles of Economics |
Foundations of Chinese Economy |
International Economics |
Statistics for Economists |
Intermediate Microeconomics |
Honours Project |
Government & Politics of
China |
Intermediate Macroeconomics |
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Money & Banking |
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Option-electives: |
Option-electives: |
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Chinese Legal System |
China's Foreign Economic Relations
and Trade |
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Ideology & Socialism in
China |
Economic Administration in
China |
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Introduction to Modern Chinese
History |
Industrial Economics |
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Modern Chinese Society |
Industrial Management &
Development in China |
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Regional Geography of China |
Money & Finance in China |
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Comparative Economics |
Public Finance |
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Asia-Pacific Economies |
Rural Economic Development
in China |
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Econometric Modelling and Analysis |
For more detail
of the course structure and requirements, please
click this link:
Bachelor
of Social Sciences (Honours) in China StudiesEconomics
Option
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