Undergraduate Curriculum
Undergraduate Curriculum
(2025 Academic Year)
The curriculum of the Department is divided into four categories:
- (1) University Required Courses of General Education (28credits);
- (2) Department Foundation Courses (48 credits);
- (3) Department Elective Courses (27 credits);
- (4) Elective Courses (25 credits). There are 128 credits in total.
|
Domain Title |
Credits |
Note |
|
University Required Courses of General Education |
28 |
Please refer to : NCKU General Education Course Enrollment Guideline |
|
Department Foundation Courses |
48 |
|
|
Department Elective Courses |
27 |
|
|
Free Elective Courses |
25 |
|
|
Total |
128 |
Department Foundation Courses (48 credits)
| Course Title | Credits | 1st Sem. | 2nd Sem. | Year |
| 1 Principles of Economics | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1st |
| 2 Statistics | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1st |
| 3 Accounting | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1st |
| 4 Calculus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1st |
| 5 Macroeconomics | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2nd |
| 6 Microeconomics | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2nd |
| 7 Public Finance | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 8 Money and Banking | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 9 International Trade | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 10 International Finance | 3 | 3 | 3rd |
Note: Each of the following four courses—Principles of Economics, Calculus, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics—includes an additional 1-hour (0-credit) discussion session every semester.
Department Elective Courses (27 credits)
Group 1: Math. & Quantity Analysis (12 credits)
| Course Title | Credits | 1st Sem. | 2nd Sem. | Year |
| 1 Mathematical Statistics | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 2 Economic Mathematics | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 3 Experimental Economics | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 4 Econometrics (I) | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 5 Econometrics (II) | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 6 Programming for Social Scientists | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 7 Game Theory | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 8 Empirical Data Analysis in Health Economics | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 9 Data Analysis and Big Data in Social Sciences | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 10 Computational Finance and Data Analysis | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 11 Computational Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 12 Economic Analysis of Natural Disaster | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 13 Economic Growth | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 14 Mathematical Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 15 Development Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 16 Impact Evaluation: Methods and Applications | 3 | 3 | 4th |
| Course Title | Credits | 1st Sem. | 2nd Sem. | Year |
| 1 Urban Economics |
3 |
3 | 2nd | |
| 2 Behavioral Economics |
3 |
3 |
2nd | |
| 3 Financial Markets | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 4 Economics of Sports Industry | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 5 Industrial Economics | 3 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 6 Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy |
3 |
3 |
3rd | |
| 7 Resource Economics |
3 |
3 |
3rd | |
| 8 Financial Economics | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 9 Environmental Economics | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 10 Risk Management and Insurance | 3 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 11 Labor Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 12 Neuroeconomics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 13 Economics of Population and Poverty | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 14 Health Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 15 Law and Economics |
3 |
3 | 4th | |
| 16 Economics of Information | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| 17 Special Topics in Economics | 3 | 3 | 4th |
Free Elective Courses (25 credits)
| Course Title | Credits | 1st Sem. | 2nd Sem. | Year |
|
**Explanation:** 1. Additional department electives may be counted as free electives. 2. General education courses cannot be counted as free electives. 3. Professional required and elective courses taken from other departments may be recognized as free elective credits. 4. Credits earned from elective physical education courses cannot be applied toward the department's free elective requirements. |
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| Course Title (*are required) | Credits | 1st Sem. | 2nd Sem. | Year |
| *Labor Program | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
| *Labor Program | 0 | 0 | 2nd | |
| *Physical Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
| *Physical Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
| Military Training | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st |
| Military Training | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd |
NCKU Course Information & Enrollment System
Syllabus Administration System
Pre-Required
Pre-Required Courses
(2025.06.23)
|
Courses |
Pre-Required courses |
Score |
|
MACROECONOMICS（I） |
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS（II） |
60 |
|
ECONOMETRICS（I） |
STATISTICS（I） STATISTICS（II） CALCULUS（I） |
60 60 60 |
|
ECONOMETRICS（II） |
ECONOMETRICS（I） or METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES or Data Analysis and Big Data in Social Science or MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS |
60 60 60 60 |
|
MONEY AND BANKING |
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS（II） MACROECONOMICS（II） |
60 40 |
|
ECONOMIC MATHEMATICS |
CALCULUS（I） |
60 |
|
MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS |
CALCULUS（I） |
60 |
|
INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
MICROECONOMICS（I） or MICROECONOMICS（II） |
60 60 |
|
PUBLIC FINANCE |
MICROECONOMICS（II） |
40 |
|
Computational Finance and Data Analysis |
STATISTICS（I） |
60 |
|
Data Analysis and Big Data in Social Science |
STATISTICS（I） STATISTICS（II） |
60 60 |
|
Financial Economics |
STATISTICS（II） MICROECONOMICS（I） |
60 60 |
|
Impact Evaluation: Methods and Applications |
ECONOMETRICS（I） PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS（I）or MICROECONOMICS（I） |
60 60 |
**Notes:**
1. Effective in the second semester of the 2024–2025 academic year (Academic Year 113, Semester 2).
2. Applies to all students in this department.
3. Students with a minor, double major, or from other departments must follow the latest regulations of this department.
Curriculum for Master Program
Curriculum for Master Program
(2025 Academic Year)
1、 Required course
|
Course Name |
Credit |
1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
Year |
|
Microeconomics(I ) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Microeconomics(II) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Macroeconomics(I) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Macroeconomics(II) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Econometrics(I) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Econometrics(II) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Seminar(I) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Seminar(II) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Seminar(III) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Seminar(IV) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2、Elective Courses
I. The Field of Theory and Method
|
Course Name |
Credit |
1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
Year |
|
Mathematical Economics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Computational Economics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Economic Analysis of Natural Disaster |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Economic Development |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Applications of Python Programming and AI in Economic Research |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Time Series Analysis for Macroeconomics |
3 |
3 |
2 |
II. The Field of Application and Policy
|
Course Name |
Credit |
1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
Year |
|
Neuroeconomics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Law and Economics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Economics of Poverty and Population |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Labor Economics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
International Finance: Theory and Policy |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Health Economics |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Credit Requirement:
1、To graduate,
students must complete a minimum of 30 credits, including 18 credits from
required courses and 12 from electives. The 6 credits for the Master's thesis
are counted separately.
2、Additionally, students must meet the Graduate General Education requirements:
- Academic Ethics: at least 6 hours
- Chinese and English Writing Proficiency: at least 1 hour
- Communication and Presentation Skills: at least 1 hour
Curriculum Map
