Bachelor of Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Bachelor of Economics began in 1995. The main objective of this program is to produce skilled manpower in the field of economics to fulfill the requirements for national development and progress.

Employment Opportunities

Graduate in this program are able to get jobs in the private and public sectors. They function as economists, economic planners, teachers, researchers, administrators, managers, entrepreneurs, bankers, etc.

Curriculum Component

The curriculum for Bachelor of Economics is divided to four (4) components: foundation courses, humanity, core and specialization.

The foundation component includes mathematic, statistics, management functions and principles of accounting courses. This component consists of 18 credit hours or 17.1 percent of the total program credit hours.

The humanity component includes professionalism and ethics courses, and communication and language courses. The humanity content consists of 15 hours credits or 14.3 percents from the total program credit hours.

The core component comprises 51 credit hours or 48.6 percent from the total program credit hours. This component consists of Economic History Thinking courses, Malaysia Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods and Current Issues. These courses expose candidates to the basic concepts, principles and methods of economics.

The specialization component includes 21 credit hours or 20 percent from the total program credit hours.

Bachelor of Economics offers eight (8) areas of specializations. Each student is required to enroll for 21 credit hours or 20 percent from the total credit hours from one of the following areas:

Financial Economics
International Trade and Finance
Business Economics
Public Finance
Development Economics
Resource and Environmental Economics
Industrial Economics
Hospitality and Recreation Management

Note: The total number of specialized area offered for each semester is subject to the demand and the availability of resources.

Courses by Curriculum Component

Foundation Courses

MTH 3003 – Statistics for Applied Science
MTH 3004 – Introductory to Business and Mathematic Economics
SAK 3002 – Information Technology and its Usage
ACT 2112 – Introductory Accounting
MGM 2111 – Organization and Business Management

Humanity Courses

SKP 2203 – Islamic Civilization and Asian Civilization
SKP 2204 – Ethics Relations
SKP 2101 – Nationhood Studies
PRT 2008 – Agriculture and Man
SKP 2102 – Introductory Sociology and Anthropology
or
FEM 3301 – Ethics and Value in Development
BBI 2410 – Skills in Grammar
or
BBI 2412 – Writing for Academic Purposes

Core Courses

SAK 3100 – Computer Programming I
ECN 3003 – Principle of Microeconomics
ECN 3005 – Principle of Macroeconomics
ECN 3103 – Microeconomics I
ECN 3104 – Microeconomics II
ECN 3105 – Macroeconomics I
ECN 3106 – Macroeconomics II
ECN 3111 – History of Economic Thoughts
ECN 3120 – Statistics Economics and Business
ECN 3121 – Mathematical Economics
ECN 3141 – Money and Banking
ECN 3161 – Malaysian Economy
ECN 4121 – Econometrics
ECN 4124 – Research Methodology
ECN 4181 – International Economics
ECN 4171 – Public Financing I

Specialization Courses

Students are required to select one of the areas of specializations:

A. Financial Economics
ECN 4141* – Financial Economic
ECN 4149* – Current Issues in Financial Economic
ECN 4183* – International Finance
ECN 4199A/B* – Project Paper
or
ECN 4198A/B* – Case Study
ACT 3211 – Financial Management
ACT 4211 – Corporate Finance
ACT 4212 – Financial Theory
ACT 4214 – Islamic Finance
ACT 4218 – Security Law
ACT 4221 – Investment Analysis
ACT 4231 – Bank Management
ACT 4241 – Financial Derivation
ECN 3112 – Introductory for Islamic Economics
ECN 4107 – Information Economics
ECN 4123 – Time Series Analysis
ECN 4125 – Operation Research
ECN 4153 – Labor Economics
ECN 4163 – Planning and Development Economic I
ECN 4311 – Project Planning and Evaluation
ECN 4233 – Options and Futures Market
MGM 3351 – Commercial Law