Applied Economics
1. Program Objective
This program cultivates professional economic talents with solid theoretical base and advanced knowledge and skills in the fields of Economics and Finance. With forward-looking international prospective and ability to adapt prompt changes of economic development as well as strong work ethics and spirit of innovation, our graduates can find their positions in all kinds of financial insurance institutions, consulting agencies, enterprises and relevant government departments.
2. Core Courses
Compulsory courses
(1)General compulsory courses
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Course Name
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Class hour
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credit
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Note
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Study on the theory and practice of socialism with China characteristics
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32
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2
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Introduction of Natural Dialectics
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16
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1
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English
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32
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2
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(2)Discipline-related courses
- The frontier discipline
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Course Name
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Class hour
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credit
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Note
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Special topics on business administration
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16
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1
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Literature review of foreign research frontier
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16
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1
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- Platform basic courses
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Course Name
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Class hour
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credit
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Note
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Applied statistic method
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48
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3
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choose one
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Advanced econometrics
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48
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3
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Intermediate macroeconomics
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48
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3
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Choose both
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Intermediate microeconomics
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48
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3
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Industrial organization theory
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48
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3
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Choose two of these courses
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Regional economics
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32
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2
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Economics of regulation
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32
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2
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Game theory and information economics
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32
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2
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Energy economics
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32
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2
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Financial economics
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48
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3
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Financial Management
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32
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2
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Investment
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32
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2
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Special Topics on regional economic cooperation and development
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32
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2
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choose one of these courses
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Special Topics on resource and environment
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32
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2
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Special Topics on energy economy and market analysis
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32
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2
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Special Topics on energy and cooperation
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32
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2
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Special Topics on company finance
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32
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2
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Special Topics on energy finance
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32
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2
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Special Topics on international finance
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32
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2
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Elective courses
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Course Name
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Class hour
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credit
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Note
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Special Topics on new energy economics
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32
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2
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Students are required to choose and take three courses
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Special Topics on monetary finance
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32
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2
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International Petroleum Economy
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32
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2
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Special Topics on energy strategy and energy policy
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32
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2
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Special Topics on gas
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32
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2
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Seminar on sustainable development of mining area
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32
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2
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Tax planning
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32
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2
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Organizational behavior
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32
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2
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Special Topics on project financing
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32
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2
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Financial engineering
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32
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2
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Risk management and insurance
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32
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2
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Financial statement analysis
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32
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2
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Statistic software and application
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32
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2
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Takeovers, restructuring and corporate governance
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32
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2
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Compulsory activities
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Course Name
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Class hour
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credit
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Note
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Literature Review and Dissertation Proposal
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2
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Notes:
(1) The compulsory courses in this program which are not chosen, the compulsory courses and elective courses in other master programs can be chosen as electives.
(2) The special topics should be arranged as 6-8 seminars mainly by the supervisors at the end of the second semester or the beginning of the third semester.
3 Graduation & Degree Requirements
A student is admitted to get the degree of Master having met the following requirements:
（1） Satisfactory completion of all required core and elective courses;
（2） Satisfactory completion of the research requirement;
（3） Satisfactory completion of theThesis.
Detailed requirements
- Literature Review and Thesis Proposal
Students in general should complete the proposal defense before the third semester.
Thesis proposal should be limited in the range of academic subjects. Thesis proposal should include the introduction, background, the current situation and development trend of relevant researches, research objective and content, methodology, feasibility analysis, expected key technologies and difficulties, thesis detailed research progress, primary references and so on. Each master student must read at least 50 relevant research papers before proposal defense, where the number of foreign references is at least 20. The report needs to be written based on the requirement of graduate school and department on literature review report pattern, which consists of at least 8000 words. During the proposal presentation, the literature review report is evaluated by committee group.
Literature review and proposal report is evaluated by advisor (group), the committee group has 3-5 persons, including advisor and teachers from related research field. The committee group needs make strict review on the literature review and proposal report, and give the comments. The advisor makes grading by percentages, after considering the committee group’s opinions. Students whose scores are above 70 can be recorded as pass and given one credit. Teachers and master students are encouraged to attend the proposal presentation. Advisors in related research field should be invited to attend the interdisciplinary proposal defense. Students who fail in the research proposal report are allowed to restart a new proposal or asked to quit, both determined by the supervisor. Students who want to restart a new proposal should submit applications and get approval by the supervisor and the original committee group. The restart should be completed within one month.
Research activity
Master students are required to attend more than 10 research activities and submit written reports, which are evaluated by the supervisor. The evaluation of the research activity performance must be completed before oral defense. The report is consist of two parts: 1) brief summary of all the research activities attended; 2) detailed summary and related comments of the main research activity. The report should be 3000-5000 words and evaluated by the supervisor.
- Thesis defense
The thesis defense of master students needs to be carried out following《China University of Petroleum (Beijing) on Degree Granting Provisional Rules for Implementation》.
The special requirements for this program are listed below:
(1) For the thesis: students are required to choose research topics under the guidence of their supervisors. The research must be systematic and innovative, with at least 30,000 words.
(2) For oral defense:
Students must submit their thesis which are approved by the supervisors at the beginning of the fourth semester. The program organizes beforehand oral defense, during which the executive conditions of the research proposal are evaluated and revision suggestions are given.
According to the requirements of the program, the thesis under anonymous review must be above 30% of the total.
The oral defense is organized by the grogram director.
4 Career Prospects
This program prepares advances professionals for careers in universities, research institutions, enterprises or government agencies.
