Course Summary
Course List of BS in Economics
A: GED Courses (33 Credits)
I. Required GED Courses (24 credits)I. Required GED Courses (24 credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| BUS 1102 | Introduction to Business | 3 | None |
| CST 1206 | Computer Applications | 3 | None |
| ECO 1303/ BMT 1103 | Mathematics for Business and Economics I / Business Mathematics I | 3 | MAT 1300 |
| ECO 1334/ BST 1308 | Statistics for Business and Economics I / Business Statistics I | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ACN 1205 | Financial Accounting I | 3 | None |
| ENG1101 | Basic English | 3 | None |
| ENG1204 | Composition and Communication Skills | 3 | ENG 1101 |
| BUS 3226/ ECO 3226 | Bangladesh Studies | 3 | ENG 1101 |
II. Optional GED Courses (9 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ACN 1309 | Financial Accounting II | 3 | ACN 1205 |
| MAT1300 | Basic Mathematics [Compulsory for those students who have no mathematics in HSC or equivalent level. This is a prerequisite course to ECO 1303 and must be taken at the point of entry, i.e., in the first semester] | 3 | None |
| ECN 3230 | Economic Geography | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ENV 3227 | Fundamentals of Natural Science | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ENV 2308 | Ecological System and Environment | 3 | ENG 1204 |
| FIN 2319 | Principles of Finance | 3 | ECO 1334, ACN 1205 ECO 1334 |
| HRM 4357 | Industrial Psychology | 3 | PSY 2217 |
| ITR 2311 | International Relations | 3 | ENG 1204 |
| MGT 1307 | Principles of Management | 3 | BUS1102 |
| MKT 2320 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 | ENG 1101 ECO 1301 |
| PAM 1301 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | ENG 1204 |
| PSY 2217 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | ENG 1101 |
| SOC 1310 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | ENG 1101 |
| SOC 2306 | Eastern Culture and Heritage | 3 | SOC 1310 |
| Any other approved courses from undergraduate curriculum approved by UGC. |
B: ECONOMICS CORE COURSES (60 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 2303/ BMT 2213 | Mathematics for Business and Economics II Business Mathematics II | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ECO 1301 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 | None |
| ECO 1302 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 1374/ BST 2216 | Statistics for Business and Economics II Business Statistics II | ECO 1303, ECO 1334 | |
| ECO 2301 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I | 3 | ECO1301 |
| ECO 2302 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I | 3 | ECO1302 |
| ECO 2360 | Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 3303 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II | 3 | ECO 2301 |
| ECO 3304 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II | 3 | ECO 2302 |
| ECO 3310 | Money and Banking | 3 | ECO3304 |
| ECO 3314 | Public Finance: Revenue | 3 | ECO 2301, 2302 |
| ECO 3315 | Public Finance: Expenditure | 3 | ECO 3314 |
| ECO 3328 | International Trade and Finance | 3 | ECO2301, ECO 2302 |
| ECO 3350 | Development Economics | 3 | ECO2301, ECO 2302 |
| ECO 3360 | Socioeconomic Profiles of Bangladesh | 3 | ECO 2301, ECO 2302 |
| ECO 3372 | Basic Econometrics | 3 | ECO 1374 |
| ECO 4328 | Globalization and History | 3 | ECO 3328 |
| ECO 4375 | History of Economic Thought | 3 | ECO1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4390 | Research Methodology | 3 | ECO 1374 |
| ECO 4395 | Guided Research | 3 | All core courses |
C: OPEN ELECTIVE COURSES (27 Credits)
NOTE 1: At lest 15 credits must be ECO courses.
NOTE 2: Courses in this category cannot be below 3000 levels
NOTE 3: Students can also complete 27 credits without a specialization area of study
C1 : ECO Courses (15 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 3316 | Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 3354 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics II | 3 | ECO 2360 |
| ECO 3361 | Health Economics | 3 | ECO1301, ECO 2301 |
| ECO 4350 | Labor Economics | 3 | ECO 3303 |
| ECO 4380 | Urban Economics | 3 | ECO 3314 |
| ECO 4384 | Project Analysis and Evaluation | 3 | ECO1302, ECO 3303 |
| ECO 4386 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 | ECO 3303 |
| ECO 4351 | Industrial Organization | 3 | ECO 2301 |
| ECO 4392 | Law and Economics | 3 | ECO3303, ECO 3304 |
| Any other approved ECO courses of level 3000 or more |
C2: SECIALIZED AREA COURSES
AREA 1: QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 4326 | Mathematical Statistics I | 3 | ECO 1374 |
| ECO 4327 | Mathematical Statistics II | 3 | ECO 4326 |
| ECO 4349 | Economics of Information and Uncertainty | 3 | ECO 3304 |
| ECO 4353 | Game Theory and Applications | 3 | ECO1302, ECO 3303 |
| ECO 4374 | Mathematical Economics II | 3 | ECO2303,3303,3304 |
| ECO 4387 | Applied Econometrics | 3 | ECO 3372 |
| ECO 4391 | Welfare Economics | 3 | ECO 3304 |
| Any other course added in this area |
AREA 2: TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (15 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 3329 | International Economic Cooperation and Trade Negotiation | 3 | ECO 3328 |
| ECO 4314 | Trade Theory and Policy | 3 | ECO 3328 |
| ECO 3317 | The Underground Economy | 3 | ECO3328, ECO 2301 |
| ECO 3353 | Economic Development in South Asia | 3 | ECO1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4333 | Economics of Gender | 3 | ECO 3350 |
| ECO 4343 | Micro-finance: Theory, Principles and Performance | 3 | ECO 3360 |
| ECO 4344 | Advanced Topics in Development Economics | 3 | ECO 3350 |
| ECO 4348 | Political Economy of Underdevelopment | ECO 3350 | |
| any other courses added under this section |
AREA 3: BUSINESS ECONOMICS (15 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| FIN 3123 | Managerial Finance | 3 | FIN 2319, ECO 1301 ACN 1309 |
| ECO 4343 | Micro-finance: Theory, Principles and Performance | 3 | ECO 3360 |
| ECO 4360 | Managerial Economics | 3 | ECO1301, |
| FIN 4219 | Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | |
| FIN3337 | Principles of Banking and Insurance | 3 | ECO 1302 |
| FIN 4321 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 | |
| FIN 4317 | International Finance | 3 | ECO 3304 |
| IBS 3121 | International Business | 3 | ECO 1302 |
| MGT 3224 | Production and Operations Management | 3 | ECO 1303, ECO 1334 |
| MGT 3341 | Project Management | 3 | MGT 3224 |
| MGT 3229 | Entrepreneurship Development | 3 | MGT1307, ECO1302 |
| MKT 4102 | Services Marketing | 3 | |
| MKT 4309 | International Marketing/Global Marketing | 3 | |
| Any other course added in this area. | |||
| FIN 3123 | Managerial Finance | 3 | FIN2319, ECO1301 |
AREA 4 RESOURCE AND ENVIORNMENT (15 CREDITS)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 4386 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 | ECO 3303 |
| ECO 3354 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics II | 3 | ECO 2360 |
| ECO 4387 | Applied Econometrics | 3 | ECO 3372 |
| ECO 3382 | Economic Valuation of the Environment | 3 | ECO 2360 |
| ECO 4388 | Economics of Climate Change | 3 | ECO 3328, ECO 3314 |
| ECO 4366 | Environmental Policy | 3 | ECO 3303 |
| Any other courses added in this area |
LIST OF COURSES FOR SECOND MAJOR IN ECONOMICS
(Applicable to non-ECO undergraduate students of UIU)
A CORE REQUIREMENTS
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hr. | Prerequisites |
| ECO 1301 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 | None |
| ECO 1302 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 2360 | Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 2301 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I | 3 | None |
| ECO 2302 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 1303 | Mathematics for Business and Economics I | 3 | MAT 1300 |
| ECO 1334 | Statistics for Business and Economics I | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ECO 2303 | Mathematics for Business and Economics II | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ECO 1374 | Statistics for Business and Economics II | 3 | ECO 1334 |
| ECO 3315 | Public Finance: Revenue | 3 | ECO 3303 |
| ECO 3372 | Basic Econometrics | 3 | ECO 1374 |
| ECO 3303 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II | 3 | ECO 3357 |
| ECO 3304 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II | 3 | ECO1301, ECO 1302 |
| B | ECO 3XXX/ECO 4XXX level credits from the list of approved economics courses | 6 | |
| A + B | Total Credits | 45 | ECO1301, ECO 1302 |
