5/F, Wing Lung Bank Building, Hong Kong Bap�st University, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong.

3411-7544 econ@hkbu.edu.hk

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Excellent Further Study Opportunities

Career Enhancement

Regardless of whether you have found your path towards success at the moment, evi-dence shows that our program offers you every opportunity to be comparable with the best in pursuing a promising career, as well as fulfilling your dream.

Source: HKBU Graduate Employment Survey, 2016

Haoyue XU (2018)Columbia University

Dan Christine LIU (2018)HKUST - Business Analytics

Weikun YANG (2017)University of Michigan

Li WANG (2016)UCLA

Xuewan Sharon LU (2016)University of Southern California - Business Analytics

Fendi TSIM (2017), Fiona TSE (2014)Warwick University

Yueyi SUN (2015), Wancheng XIE (2014)London School of Economics and Political Science

Bijia Eri CAI (2013)University of Texas at Dallas

Shiyao Esther LI (2013)University of Wisconsin, Madison

Qingran Lyn LI(2013)Stanford UniversityDuke University

The curriculum of the AE program is designed for students with diverse backgrounds. All BBA first-year students are required to take the core courses of Principles of Economics I/II, which will provide sufficient econom-ics training for pursuing the AE degree. As the undergraduate program emphasizes on understanding and applica�on, students without economic background are not disadvantaged in their studies.

Economics background important?

No. AE students can tailor-make the curriculum to their preferences. Apart from the three core courses, AE students can complete their degree requirement by taking ONLY FOUR concentra�on elec�ves. Most of AE courses emphasize intui�ve reasoning, not complicated modelling. While there are certainly some quan�ta�ve elements in a few courses, experience suggets that even students without strong mathema�cal background can manage these contents a�er par�cipa�ng a voluntary summer workshop, which covers most of the necessary mathema�cal knowledge for the undergraduate study.

Advanced mathematical skills required?

Professional career outlook after graduation?In addi�on to the likely employment for every BBA graduates, job opportu-ni�es abound in the banking and commercial sectors (e.g., treasury, global risk management and business intelligence). Such jobs require data analy�-cal and broad-based knowledge that AE alone offers. AE graduates may also become research analysts in business strategy development and public policy analysis for consul�ng firms, government and public u�li�es.

Bloomberg Training Workshop

Business Seminars: Sharing Economy, Artifical Intelligence, and many more

Departmental Awards and Scholarship

Exchange Sponsorship

Prof. Tsang Shu-ki Memorial Scholarship

Entrance Scholarships

Award for Services

$3,000 - 10,000

$12,000

$5,000

$3,000

Applied Economics - a high value-creating program

HKBU BBA (HONS)Applied Economics ConcentrationJUPAS Code: JS 2130

Training Lab: Python Workshop

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HKBU GRADUATES (IN %) PURSRING FURTHER STUDIES

of our graduates pursue further studies in 2017.

14.6%

Why Applied Economics?

Qualitative Quantitative

‧Asia-Pacific Economies‧Chinese Economic Developments‧Money and Finance in China‧Economies of Hong Kong & the Pan-Pearl River Delta‧Economics of Entrepre- neurship

‧Mathematics for Economists‧Mathematical Analysis for Economics‧Economic and Business Forecasting‧Big Data Analytics‧Advanced Data Analytics for Business‧Programming for Economic and Business Analysis

Create Your Own Curriculumonly 3 concentration cores + any 4 concentration electives

Promising Career Prospects

Applied Economics (AE) o�ers knowledge of economic decision making and data analytics – a combi-nation that de�nes current business and economy, as well as your career prospect.

The program aims to enable students to apply economic reasoning in analyzing individual markets, macroecono-mies and international economics, as well as making decisions and formulating strategies for business and government. It also prepares students for developing careers in data analytics by providing training in quanti-tative and statistical analysis, big data analysis, program-ming (e.g. Python and R), machine learning, and so on. Students can customize their learning experiences to �t their preferences and career aspirations.

In a fast-changing world, the market for routine-cogni-tive jobs is trimming. The demand for graduates with speci�c skills may wane, but not for those who can apply advanced analytics to improve decison making. Hence, AE graduates have excellent career prospects. Our training also paves way to graduate studies, which might enhance their further career advancement.

Applied Economics - a perfect blend of data analyt-ics and economic decision making.

JOIN US!

Economicsis more

than wethink.

value-creating

‧Business Economic Internship

‧Intermediate Microeconomics‧Intermediate Macroeconomics

‧Applied Econometrics

Source: The Wall Street Journal, 2016

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Starting Salary Mid-Career Salary

Median Salary by Major (Relative to Starting Salary of Economics Graduate)

Accoun�ng Economics FinanceManagement Informa�on System

Marke�ng Human Resources Management

Source: HKBU Graduate Employment Survey, 2017

* including one starting up own business. Source: HKBU Graduate Employment Survey,

According to The Wall Street Journal, Economics graduates earn a higher salary at the start of their career than most other business majors. The differences grow as they enter their mid-career.

100%

Full-Time Employment/Further Studies Within Six Months

William KONG (2018)Analyst, Equities, China International Capital Corporation

Tony CHENG (2018)Financial Data Associate, Moody’s Investors Service

Edward LIU (2018)Analyst, Avista Valuation Advisory

Sam CHEUNG (2017)Corporate Finance Executive, Lego Corporate Finance

Alfred MAK, Karson TANG (2017)Assistant Compliance O�cer, Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance, Bank of China

Fresh Graduate Jobs

Chao LU (2011)Treasury, China Construction Bank

Xinyu XIE (2012)Senior Vice President, China Resources Capital

Benny MAK (2013)Manager, Internal Audit Analytics, Citibank

Early to Mid-Careers

Graduation Requirement:

of one of the Experiential Learning activities in form of Internship, Exchange Program or Service Learning.

120 hours

Yueyi SUN (2015)M&A Tax Consultant, KPMG

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HKBU GRADUATES MEAN MONTHLY SALARY

In 2017, the average monthly salary of our graduates is

$16,200

‧International Trade‧International Financial Economics‧Money and Banking‧Public Finance‧Introduction to Technical Analysis

‧Understanding Digital Economics‧Economics of Human Resources‧Industrial Organization and Business Decisions‧Games and Economic Decisions

Brenda SUN (2017)Associate, Audit & Assurance, Delottie

Charlotte MAN (2016)Management Trainee, Corporate Planning & Strategic Investment Department, Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency

Yin Yi AU YEUNG (2017)Research Analyst, Estee Lauder

Hermes CHOW (2016)Liquidity Risk Trainee, Societe Generale

Francis CHENG (2016)Junior Research Analyst, CEIC Data