# Curriculum

**Source**: https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/bssc-economics/programme-structure/curriculum/
**Parent**: https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/bssc-economics

Students are required to complete a minimum of 72 units of courses, including (a) Faculty Package (9 units), (b) Required Courses (27 units), and (c) Elective Courses (36 units). Please refer [here](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_24.pdf) for the curriculum 2024-25.

The recommended course pattern for studying 12 cores is as follows –

| **Topics/Year** | **Project** | **Econometrics** | **Micro-economics** | **Macro-economics** | **Mathematics** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year  **1** | Project  **ECON1902**A Guide to Learning  Economics (2) | Econometrics | Micro-economics  **\*ECON2011**Basic Macroeconomics (3) | Macro-economics  **ECON2021**Basic Macroeconomics (3) | Mathematics  **ECON1101**Mathematical Methods in  Economics I (2)    **ECON1111**Mathematical Method in  Economics II (2) |
| Year  **2** | Project  **ECON2901**Guided Study in Current  Economic Problems I (2) | Econometrics  **ECON2121**Methods of Economic  Statistics (3) | Micro-economics  **ECON3011**Intermediate  Microeconomics Theory (3) | Macro-economics  **ECON3021**Intermediate  Macroeconomic Theory (3) | Mathematics |
| Year  **3** | Project | Econometrics  **ECON3121**Introductory  Econometrics (3) | Micro-economics | Macro-economics | Mathematics |
| Year  **4** | Project  **ECON4901**Guided Study in Current  Economic Problems II (2)    **ECON4903**Economics in Practice (2) | Econometrics | Micro-economics | Macro-economics | Mathematics |

\*Students must take ECON2011 and any two more courses, offered by two different Programmes/Departments/Schools, to fulfil the required 9 units of the Faculty Package. Please refer to the details of your admission year’s curriculum.

**Legend**

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| --- | --- |
| **ECON1902**A Guide to Learning  Economics (2) | Course Code  Course Name  (No. of unit) |

Summary of the curriculum for different admission years –

- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2024-25)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_24.pdf)
- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2023-24)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_23.pdf)
- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2022-23)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_22.pdf)
- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2021-22)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_21.pdf)
- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2020-21)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_20.pdf)
- [4-Year Curriculum (for students admitted in 2019-20)](https://admission.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECONN_ENG_19.pdf)