Requirements
To be awarded a Minor in Economics, students must complete 5 Economics courses of which 2 are compulsory and the remaining are Economics electives. All 5 courses must be registered as unrestricted (general) electives
Compulsory courses
- An introductory economics course such as
The following students who take any of the above Principles of Economics subject are required to replace the AUs with another Economics Electives:
- NBS students who take AB106 as a Core*.
- Students who take HE191 as a Prescribed Elective.
- HE192 Economic Theory (3 AUs).
This is an intermediate level economic theory course designed for non-economics majors. Its aim is to build up students' knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics so that they are prepared for the economics electives. Students may co-register HE192 with another Economics elective but are advised not to take Economics electives before taking HE192.
*NBS students who are exempted from AB106 will take HE192 plus 4 economic electives.
Economics Electives
Students are free to select any course from the list of Economics electives below to make up the required AUs. All HE2xx, HE3xx, HE4xx courses constitute 4 AUs. Some of the courses require a strong mathematical background but many do not.