Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course is required for Master's students in the Economics Department. The course will be taught in English, and its main goal is to equip graduate students with the most commonly used math tools that are essential to modern applied economic analysis.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS COURSE WILL START ONE WEEK BEFORE THE SEMESTER OFFICIALLY STARTS AND WILL HAVE EXTRA CLASSES IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. PLEASE DO NOT ENROLL IF YOU CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE SCHEDULE.
能力項目說明
The course is expected to be intensive with many problem sets to work on. This is to ensure that after taking this course, students are confident in reading the technical sections of academic articles in Economics.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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The course will include the following topics, and it is expected that students spend 9 hours a week (lecture time included) on this course.
Midterm.
Final.
Problem Sets and Quizzes 20％
Midterm Exam 40％
Final Exam 40％
The course will be mainly based on class notes, though the following reference will be useful.
Reference
Sydsaeter, Knut, Hammond, Peter, Seierstad, Atle, and Arne Strom (2005). Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis. Prentice Hall; 1 edition.
Simon, Carl, Lawrence Blume (1994). Mathematics for Economists. W.W.Norton & Company Inc.
Chiang, Alpha, and Kevin Wainwright (2005). Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics 4/E. McGraw-Hill Inc.