The history of Economics Major can be traced back to Commercial Specialties, Jimei School, which was founded by Tan Kah Kee, the famous patriotic overseas Chinese, in Aug. 1920. After over 100 years of development, it has become one of the first-class undergraduate programs constructed in Jimei University. In 2002, it started to enroll undergraduate students. Since 2012, it has been accredited to provide first-level Master’s Degree Programs under the discipline of Applied Economics, including Major of Industrial Economics and Major of Regional Economics.
Faculty Members
The department has a full-time teaching staff members of 14, among whom 2 are professors and 6 are associate professors; 2 members have been awarded the titles of 1Excellent New Century Talents in University, 1 Outstanding Young Scientific Researcher of Fujian, and 1 Top Talents in Xiamen. Besides, two members have the experience of studying abroad for over a year.
Teaching and Academic Research
The faculty members have chaired 3 national research projects, 1 key provincial research projects of social science, 4 provincial or ministerial scientific research projects, and 4 municipal key projects. They have published nearly 70 high-level research papers, several monographs. Over the past 5 years, they have supervised students’ extracurricular competitions, winning 3 awards in national competitions (including 2 first-place prizes) and 4 provincial awards.
Program Orientation
In compliance with the education positioning and the need of the society, the program focuses on construction of academic discipline, aiming at cultivating senior application-oriented talents with solid theoretical foundation, wide range and high competence. The academic curriculum system is compatible in that it cultivates top students and send them to higher-level universities, while at the same time it fosters both students ' empirical analysis ability and problem-solving ability.
Education Objectives
All along the program has practiced the fundamental educational task of establishing moral integrity in cultivation centering around the first-level program development for the undergraduates. The students can meet the social need for the applied talents with solid theoretical foundation and innovative spirit. Catering to the discipline development and social demand, with Enterprise Economics as the leading subject, the program keeps optimizing its curriculum system. Meanwhile, the program of "Golden Courses" has been emphasized, and the number of management courses has increased to meet the needs of various enterprises. Meanwhile, making use of school laboratory and the internship and field trip bases to conduct practical training courses, to equip the students with necessary knowledge frame. With all these efforts, the students can better understand current macroeconomic situations and enterprise reality and keep pace with China 's economic operation and its reform.
Core Courses
The core courses for the program are as follows:
Political Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Econometrics, Public Finance, Finance, Accounting, Contemporary Chinese Economy, History of Economic Theories, Economical History, Selected Works of Capitalism, Regional Economics, Industrial Economics, International Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Enterprise Economics, Marketing Planning and Management, Modern Company Operation and Management, Electronic Commerce Theory and Practice, Human Resource Management, etc.
Career Prospect
In recent years, the graduates tend to serve in the posts of the businesses like company operation and management, marketing management, human resource management, or serve in relevant governmental agencies, or carry on their further study and research in universities or academic institutions. Whatever trade they are in, they have been well recognized by their supervisors and employers.
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