Elective Courses

Full-time Program

The program is divided into 3 terms. All students are required to take 8 basic core courses in the first two terms while the last term is designed to thesis writing or additional elective courses in order to graduate within one year. This gives a total of 36 credits in the three terms. An additional term is designed to accommodate non-thesis students who could not pass all 12 required courses in the three terms. In order to accommodate foreign visiting scholars, each term of the program is divided into 4 months, with one course offered in each month.

Part-time Program

The program is divided into six terms and covers two years. The course structure is the same as that of the full-time program, but part-time students are required to take only two courses in each term. There are also two options for part-time students – thesis option and non-thesis option

Thesis/Comprehensive Examination

Students enrolled in MABE program could choose to do a thesis or a comprehensive exam on their third term for full-time and fourth and sixth term for part-time. For thesis writing, students need to find a certain topic of interest within the areas of Business and Managerial Economics where a professor in the field of interest would be assigned to be the advisor of the thesis.

For students who choose to do comprehensive examination, the examination would be held during May after the ending of the 11th and 12th subject. Comprehensive examination can be taken only if students pass all the 12th subjects including the individual study course with a satisfactory grade.

The examination is composed of a written examination and an oral examination. Students need to pass both examinations to be considered a graduate of the Master of Arts in Business and Managerial Economics. For those who do not pass the examination will be given a second chance for both written and oral examination. Inability to fulfill the second comprehensive examination would automatically result in the termination of the student status in this program. The comprehensive examination is given once each term.

Course Description

The MABE curriculum consists of 15 courses: 8 core courses, 6 elective courses, and 1 individual study course. The study begins with the eight core courses, which are prerequisites for the electives.
The list and description of each core course are, as follows;

2942614: International Financial and Investment Theory (3 credits)

The development and theory of international financial and investment system; investment decisions; theory of investment choice; theory of efficient capital market; capital structure and cost of capital; exchange rate system and parity conditions; supplication to the issues of leasing, merger and acquisitions and corporate finance; law and regulations on international finance and investment; and financial planning for business of various sizes.

2949654 Research Method and Workshop in  Business and Managerial Economics (3 credits)

Research methodologies in social sciences and their application to studies and cases in economics of business and management; problem identification; data collection and analysis; hypothesis formation and testing; presentation of research results.

2949657 Project Evaluation and Project Feasibility Analysis (3 credits)

Concepts, process and methodology in feasibility analysis of private and public investment projects, especially the analysis of marketing, technical, financial, laws, economic, environmental and externalities; preparation of the feasibility study, project proposal and report with an emphasis on practices and case studies of practical public and private projects.

2949658 Economics of Risk Management (3 credits)

Introduction to risk and risk management; management of risk in business environment; insurance; relevant laws and regulations, and related public policy.

2949659 Special Topics in Business and Managerial Economics (3 credits)

In-depth study of interesting and up-to-date topics in business and managerial economics; topics will be selected and announced each year.

Fieldwork