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Economic and Financial Systems

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Course requirements

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Policy

Individualized program options are available for majors offered by all Divisions at Beirut University. Students can select majors from the Divisions of Business Administration and Arts & Sciences.

Student's individualized majors programs are selected in consultation with their Academic advisor. The majors selection form, requires Academic Advisor signature prior to submission to the Office of the Registrar.

Upon graduation, students will specify on their graduation application form the University Division they choose to graduate from.

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Course Requirements

Language Requirements

English Language 2 courses 6 credits

Second Language 2 courses 6 credits

Quantitative Skills Requirements

Quantitative Skills Two course 6 credits

Foundation Requirement

Students must meet the following foundation requirements as a condition for applying to the major.

Course Code

Title

Hours/Week

MTH1140

Calculus for the Natural Sciences, Part I

3

MTH1141

Calculus for the Natural Sciences, Part II

3

ACC1100

Accounting I

3

ECF1110

Economics I

3

MAN1100

Management I

3

ISY1100

Information Systems I

3

ISY1150

Business Statistics I

3

MKT1100

Marketing I

3

  • The major course requirement applies independently to each Major selected in the program
  • There is a common first semester for full-time students
  • Where an overlap in selected Majors results in fewer than required number of courses to satisfy each major separately, substitute courses must be added, subject to approved by the Academic Advisor.
  • Students are required to have completed or be currently studying the foundation units before enrolling in second year courses.
  • The student's cumulative GPA will be taken into account at the time of application. A cumulative GPA of less than 2.0 is considered beneath the standard for admission to major.
  • Eight courses make up the minimum requirement for each major unless otherwise specified for a specific major.

Majors Selected

  • 1st Major: Economics and Finance --Division Business Administration
  • 2nd Major: Systems Engineering----------Division of Arts & Sciences

Economics and Finance Concentration

Course Code

Title

Hours/Week

ACC1101

Principles of Accounting I

3

ACC1102

Principles of Accounting II

3

ACC2203

Cost Accounting

3

FIN2204

Commercial Banking

3

FIN2218

. Theory and Structure of Financial Markets

3

OPM6653

. Mathematical Modeling and its Application in Finance

3

FIN2205

Investment Management

3

ECO1006

Introduction to Econometrics

3

ECO1112

Topics in Economic Theory: Game Theory

3

ECO1113

Topics in Econometrics: Forecasting

3

ECO1115

Topics in Econometrics: Econometric Techniques and Application

3

ECO1178

Monetary and Fiscal Policies

3

Systems Science Concentration

Course Code

Title

Hours/Week

SYS5508

Knowledge Based Systems and WEB Agents courses in probability

3

SYS3301

Engineering Probability

3

SYS3302

Engineering Applications of Statisticsmization of Systems

3

SYS3303 

Stochastic Systems Analysis and Simulation

3

SYS3304

Optimization of Systems

3

SYS4400

Engineering Economics

3

SYS4444

Project Management

3

SYS4405

Systems Methodology

3

SYS5501

Multi-criteria Decision Making

3

SYS5523

Service Systems Engineering

3

SYS6602

Stochastic Processes

3

SYS6606

Computation of Equilibriums

3

SYS6614

Transportation Network Analysis

3

Free Electives

  • Students of Lebanese Nationality

    2 courses 6 credits

  • Students of Foreign Nationality

10 courses 30 credits

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Update Jan.26, 2007