Jointly offered by

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(JUPAS Code 5232)
Jointly offered by Departments of Mathematics and
Economics
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• Academic Aspirations
• Provides students with solid training in
  fundamental theories in both mathematics
• and economics.
• Equips students with quantitative reasoning
  skills, conceptual understanding and the ability
  to effectively communicate in mathematics and in
  the language of
• economics and social science.

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• Provides a program of study for students who seek
  the option of taking a quantitatively oriented
  job in financial industry or intend to pursue
  postgraduate study in applied mathematics,
  economics, or in a related area, like
  quantitative finance or
• management science.

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• Why choose this degree program?
• The program is advantageous to students who
  otherwise would take a single major in
  mathematics or economics.
• Sequences of mathematics and economics courses
  are provided to equip students with a strong
  quantitative background in economics and related
  areas in management and finance.

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• Career Prospects
• Ample career opportunities in the financial
  sector for university graduates that fully
  understand the use of mathematical and economic
  tools and those who are able to use the knowledge
  and language of both
• disciplines.
• Equipped with the necessary background for entry
  into postgraduate degree programs in applied
  mathematics and economics.

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Key components in the curriculum Subject area
No. of courses Mathematics
8 Economics 8 Humanities and Social
Science 4 Business 1 Computer
Science 1 Language 2 Free electives 3
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• Major Program Requirements
• Core Courses
• MATH 101 Multivariate Calculus 3-1-04
• MATH 111 Linear Algebra 3-1-04
• MATH 201 Introduction to Analysis 3-1-04
• ECON 198 Microeconomic theory I 3-1-04
• ECON 199 Macroeconomic theory I 3-1-04

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• Required Courses
• MATH 241 Probability 3-1-04
• MATH 301 Real Analysis 3-1-04
• ECON 200 Microeconomic theory II 3-1-04
• ECON 201 Macroeconomic theory II 3-1-04
• ECON 233 Introduction to Econometrics 3-1-04

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• Elective Courses
• Three Mathematics electives are chosen at the
  300-level or above. Some recommended Mathematics
  electives
• are
• MATH310 Game Theory 3-1-04
• MATH341 Stochastic Modeling 3-1-04
• MATH362 Fundamentals of Mathematical
  Finance 3-1-04
• Three Economics electives are chosen at the
  300-level or above 1.

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• General Education Requirements
• Electives must be selected from among those
  general education courses that are listed under
  the section Designated General Education
  Courses.
• Minimum Minimum
• Elective Types Number of Course Credits
• __________________________________________________
  ______________
• GEE (BM) Business and Management 1 3
• General Education Elective
• GEE (ENGG) Engineering General Education
  Elective 1 3
• GEE (HSS) Humanities and Social Science 4
  12 General Education Elective

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MATH 102 Multivariable and Vector Calculus
2-1-04 ________________________________________
_____ This is a one-year course with focus on
limits, one variable calculus, sequences, series,
gradients, chain rule, extrema, Lagrange
multipliers, line integrals, multiple integrals,
Jacobians, Implicit function theorem, Green's
theorem, Stoke's theorem, divergence theorem.
Prerequisite AL Pure Mathematics/AL Applied
Mathematics or MATH 021 or MATH 022 or MATH
024
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MATH 111 Linear Algebra 3-1-04 ____________
__________________________________ Vector space,
matrices and system of linear equations, linear
mappings and matrix forms, inner product,
orthogonality, eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
symmetric matrix. Prerequisite AL Pure
Mathematics/AL Applied Mathematics or MATH 021
or MATH 022 or MATH 024
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MATH 202 Introduction to Real Analysis
2-1-04 ________________________________________
______________________ This is a one-year course
with focus on sets and functions, real numbers,
open and closed sets, limits of sequences and
series, limits and continuity of functions,
Taylor's series, differentiations, Riemann
integrations, uniform convergence.
Prerequisite AL Pure Mathematics/AL Applied
Mathematics or MATH 021 or MATH 022 or MATH
024
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MATH 161 Mathematics in Civilization 3-0-03 ___
__________________________________________________
________ The purpose of this course is to expose
students to the role of mathematics in the
development and maintenance of civilization. 
This course examines how mathematics shaped and
was shaped by the course of human events.  The
course will cover the growth, development and
far-reaching applications of trigonometry,
navigation, cartography, logarithms, algebra, and
calculus through ancient, medieval,
post-Renaissance and modern times.  Topics
include Number systems and the invention of
positional notation, Egyptian arithmetic,
Babylonian algebra, Greek trigonometry,
the contribution of Chinese mathematics etc.
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ECON 150 3-0-04 Big Problems in Economics
Issues, Ideas, and Principles ____________________
_________________________________________ Non-SBM
students are preferred.  The course introduces
students to some of the economic principles that
never have proven to be powerful tools for
analyzing real-world problems. A wide range of
the most pressing issues of our times will be
identified and discussed. The necessary framework
for analyzing them ill be developed. The course
is especially for the concerned non-business
citizen-student who wants to fulfill general
education requirements, No prior background in
economics is required.
ECON 191 Honors Microeconomics 3-1-04 _________
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__ Application of economic theory to important
real-world problems reading of selected excerpts
from important books and articles discussions of
methodology and current controversies.
Exclusions ECON 110, ECON 111, ECON 113, SOSC
144, AL Business and Economics Prerequisite B or
above in AL Economics
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COURSE IN LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS LABU
101 Business Case Analyses 0-3-04 _____________
_________________________________________________
A one-year course for Business students and
students in Technology and Management.  This
course develops students' critical thinking and
communication skills as well as interdisciplinary
awareness through a process of comprehending,
analyzing and presenting business cases in
various disciplines. Exclusion LANG 107 LANG
201 Business Communication 0-3-03 _____________
_________________________________________________
Restricted to students in the School of Business
and Management. Focuses on the processes and
skills of effective oral presentation, report and
letter writing in business situations where
English is the medium of communication.
Prerequisite LABU 101/LANG 107
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• Admission channels and requirements
• Interested applicants, under normal
  circumstances, may apply via the JUPAS or Early
  Admission Scheme. In addition to the general
• University entrance requirements, applicants
• must obtain
• grade D or above in AS use of English in HKALE
• pass in AL Pure Mathematics
• plus 1 AL / 2 AS subjects
• 2007 intake average JUPAS score 20.6

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page at http//www.math.ust.hk/ug/programs/bs
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