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



Group 2: Applied Economics (15 credits)

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.

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



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Pre-Required

Pre-Required Courses

(2025.06.23)


Courses

Pre-Required courses

Score

MACROECONOMICSI

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICSII

60

ECONOMETRICSI

STATISTICSI

STATISTICSII

CALCULUSI

60

60

60

ECONOMETRICSII

ECONOMETRICSI

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 ECONOMICSII

MACROECONOMICSII

60

40

ECONOMIC MATHEMATICS

CALCULUSI

60

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

CALCULUSI

60

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

MICROECONOMICSI

or MICROECONOMICSII

60

60

PUBLIC FINANCE

MICROECONOMICSII

40

Computational Finance and Data Analysis

STATISTICSI

60

Data Analysis and Big Data in Social Science

STATISTICSI

STATISTICSII

60

60

Financial Economics

STATISTICSII

MICROECONOMICSI

60

60

Impact Evaluation: Methods and Applications

ECONOMETRICSI

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICSIor MICROECONOMICSI

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

2Elective 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



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