Students of this bachelor's degree must meet the core curriculum and curriculum requirements of the school,
and the credits will be 128 credits.
The bachelor's degree major in the Department consists of the following:
The bachelor's degree Professional elective Program ( Program of Economics 1 choice 1)
The bachelor's degree Professional elective Program:
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Important notes:
Students in this department must fulfill the requirements of the school's core curriculum and complete 3 curriculum programs, and earn at least 128 credits to be eligible for graduation. (This means completing the major field of study along with one professional elective program within the department, together with the core curriculum credits, for a total of at least 128 credits.)
In addition to completing the 6 credits of university core required English courses, students of the department must meet the English proficiency graduation requirement. Detailed assessment standards and procedures shall be referred to the 'National Dong Hwa University Graduation Requirement of English Proficiency and Implementation Regulations' as announced by the Language Center.
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics are considered as full-year courses that require completion of two parts (Part I and Part II) within major programs. If a student only completes one semester or obtains a grade for only one semester, the credits for that course cannot be counted towards graduation. To be eligible for graduation credits, both two parts of the course must be successfully completed. (This restriction does not apply to students from other departments who take the course as an elective subject.)
Each semester, students are required to enroll in courses according to the course schedule. Students may not take more than 25 credits, unless they rank in the top ten percent of the class based on the average grades over the years.
Courses offered by the Department of Finance at our university with the same course title and credit hours can be considered equivalent to the courses offered by Department of Economics.
The course "Financial Software and Applications" offered by the Department of Finance at our university is considered equivalent to the course " Application of Financial and Statistical Software" in Department of Economics.
The course "Statistics II" offered by the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Accounting, or the Department of International Business at our university is considered equivalent to the course "Statistics II" in Department of Economics.
The courses "Monetary Banking" and "International Finance" offered by the Bachelor's Program of Management Science and Finance at our university are considered equivalent to the courses "Monetary Banking" and "International Finance" in Department of Economics.
The course "International Financial Markets" offered by the Department of International Business at our university is considered equivalent to the course "International Financial Markets" in Department of Economics.
Students under the curriculum of Academic Year 2024 or earlier who have not completed the required "Service Learning (I)" or "Service Learning (II)" credits may fulfill the requirement with University Core General Education Courses.
International students who have graduated from a high school (those who graduate from five-year secondary education programs) with equivalent credential are required to complete additional 12 credits on top of the 128 credits to qualify for a bachelor's degree (the additional 12 credits are not limited to classes within the three programs).
Students admitted starting from the 2017 academic year must complete the required hours of the cross-disciplinary self-learning credit certification before graduation. The detailed evaluation standards and certification process are conducted in accordance with the "Guidelines for Cross-Disciplinary Self Learning Credit Certification" of the Office of Student Affairs.
The department agrees to allow students to count the following two types of courses toward the Economics Program, with a maximum limit of 6 credits：
Up to 3 credits can be counted from the following three courses： R Programming and Data Analysis (Department of Information Management, IM_33640), Statistical Software and Practical Applications (Department of Applied Mathematics, AM_21830), and Corporate Financial Data Mining and Analysis (Department of Information Management, IM_33650).
Basic courses from the Carbon Neutrality Microprogram, Educational Big Data Microprogram, and Humanities and Social Sciences Artificial Intelligence (AI) Microprogram.
Students majoring in the Department of Economics who intend to take "Independent Study" must confirm with their advisor and submit a consent form signed by the advisor to the department office by the final exam week of the preceding semester.
If a student takes Industry-Academia Collaboration and Project Practice or Career Exploration and Industry Internship from the Educational Big Data Microprogram, or Carbon Neutrality Project from the Carbon Neutrality Microprogram, these courses may be recognized as or counted toward the Special Topics Research requirement in the Economics Program.