Profile

This major cultivates advanced professionals who can systematically master the basic theories, knowledge, and skills of working on  international economics and trade, understand the current development status of international and Chinese economy and trade, be familiar with the prevailing international market rules and practices, proficiently master English, possess strong practical abilities in international trade and international business communication, and be able to engage in international advanced specialized talents such as import and export trade, domestic and international market research, marketing management, etc.

Teaching Language:English

Job Prospect

This program provides knowledge about world cultures and societies, a treasured skill by employers worldwide that search for experts that can successfully analyze international economics and trade. This program also qualifies you for more prestigious job opportunities such as the role of talents in economics field. You can even get into teaching at schools, get involved in research work, or even jobs in governments and multinational organizations.

Core Courses

【Course Title】International Trade Theory【Credits】3

【Credit Hours】48

【Semester】Fall

【Instructor】Chen Yi

【Course Description】

This course is designed for international students majoring in international economics and trade. It aims to introduce the basic theory of international trade and the basic government policies in dealing with international trade. After finishing this course, the students should understand the basic theory of international trade, such as why there is international trade, what kind of commodities are going to be export and import, what are the benefits from international trade, and how the benefits impose influences on economic growth. Students should develop the ability to analyze economic problems by economics analysis methods and understand today's various phenomena emerging in the process of world economic integration.

【Course Title】Microeconomics

【Credits】3

【Credit Hours】48

【Semester】Spring

【Instructor】Wang Hongbin

【Course Description】

The principles of microeconomics will help you make decisions and understand what goes on in the world around you. We will study the behavior of individuals, business firms, and governments. We will also study how the interactions among those actors induce observed social phenomena such as production, prices, taxes, government regulation, and employment. The objective of the course is to enable students to think like economists when they want to. This includes identifying and weighing costs against benefits in making a choice, recognizing the incentives facing others, knowing the virtues of the market system, and knowing the weaknesses of the market system. The course has been successful if students only use coupons whose face value is greater than the value of the time it took to find and cut them out of the magazine.

【Course Title】International Business Negotiations

【Credits】2.0

【Credit Hours】32

【Semester】Fall

【Instructor】Zhang Yunyan

【Course Description】

This course introduces theories and practices related to international business negotiation and the important issues that negotiators should pay attention to, and specific content of international business negotiations. It is about knowledge, skills and practice of business negotiation for students majoring in economics or other business related students. It is intended to offer learners relevant knowledge and skills in business negotiation, so as to prepare them a better foundation for their future. As negotiation is an activity in human communication in social life, some cases of successful and unsuccessful negotiations are presented and analyzed through which the important principles and tactics are proved to be significant and necessary.

【Course Title】Supply Chain Management

【Credits】2.0

【Credit Hours】32

【Semester】Spring

【Instructor】Wang Ying

【Course Description】

Thiscoursecovershigh-levelsupplychainstrategyandconcepts.Itoffersthestudentsacomprehensiveintroductionoftheanalytictoolsrequiredtoresolvesupplychainproblemsandhelpthemdevelopthecomprehensionofthestrategicroleofasupplychain,thekeystrategicdriversofsupplychainperformance,analyticmethodologiesforsupplychainanalysisandtheirinterrelationships.Studentsareexpectedtounderstandthestrategicsignificanceofgoodsupplychaindesign,planning,andoperationforeachcompanyandhowthethreelogisticaldriversandthethreecross-functionaldriverscanbeutilizedatconceptualandpracticallevelsinsupplychaindesign,planningandoperationtooptimizethesupplychainperformanceofeachfirm.Analyticmethodologiesarealsorequiredforsupplychainanalysis.