Brief Introduction to Department of Economics and Trade

1. General Introduction of the Department

Department of Economics and Trade of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology was originally Department of Social Science of former Nanjing College of Meteorology. This department was separated from the former Department of Social Science in January of 2002 for the purpose of the university's strategic change from a single-disciplinary college to a multidisciplinary university. As a newly established department, it has developed from one BA program of accounting into five, including Accounting, Marketing, International Economics and Trade, Financial Management, Management of the Interflow of goods and materials through four years' efforts. The number of the students of this department has increased from 340 up to 810 and that of the faculty from 9 up to 46. Moreover, the faculty has improved a great deal in the professional title and academic credential.

The department now has 46 full time teachers, including one professor, 9 associate professors, 17 lecturers and 19 assistant teachers. There are 5 doctors (4 of them in study), 22 masters (4 of them in study), which basically suffice the needs of teaching and scientific research in the department. In addition, we invite distinguished professors from other universities in Nanjing and relevant majors in the commercial domain as the commissioners of the committee of our department's construction. We periodically invite them to give lectures and instruct our construction of disciplines, which can improve the exchange and cooperation among universities and among universities and corporations.

The construction of the laboratory and the internship base are the significant part in the specialty construction. The department has a manual simulated laboratory of accounting and an electrical computing laboratory of accounting, in which we have put a new investment of 300 thousand RMB as an accumulative total to improve the experimental conditions. In 2006, the university plans to invest over one million RMB to build a ˇ°Comprehensive Commercial Science Experiment Centerˇ±. At present, we have one professional laboratory experimenter who takes the double tasks of experiment teaching and scientific research. Due to the joint efforts, the building of internship base has obtained initial achievements. At present, the department has reached agreements with over 10 enterprises on the construction of internship base, which gives students of this department an excellent internship platform.

Since the year 2004, the department has built its own database. We have invested over 100 thousand RMB to purchase relevant materials according to the department's specialties. The department has over 6000 books now. The establishment of the database provides the students and teachers of the department with better conditions to improve their teaching and scientific research

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2. Introduction of Majors in the Department

(1) Accounting:

Students majoring in accounting master important theories, including Marxism, Mao's Thoughts, Deng's Theories and the ˇ°Three Representativesˇ±; proficiently command the accounting theories and basic skills; know about the current development of the international accounting; be familiar with the accounting principles at home and abroad and Chinese accounting system; grasp the basic knowledge on economics, management, law, etc; be capable of working as senior applied talents in different enterprises and government organizations dealing with accounting, auditing, teaching, academic researches, etc. The main courses of this specialty are Micro-economics, Macro-economics, Management, Management of Information System, Statistics, Marketing, elementary Statistics, Intermediate Statistics, Cost Statistics, Management Statistics, Financial Management, Auditing, Accounting Information System, Financial Corporation Accounting, Small Corporation Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Tax Law, Investment, Finance and Banking, International Trade and Settlement, Assets Evaluation, etc. The system of the courses consists of basic education platform courses, basic academic courses, professional courses and compulsory courses of the university. The length of schooling is 4 years. The academic degree conferred is Bachelor's Degree in Management.

(2) International Economics and Trade:

Students majoring in this subject proficiently master basic theories of modern economics and international economics and trade; command basic knowledge and skills of the international economics and trade; know about the current development of the international trade; be familiar with international trade's vulgate rules and conventions and foreign trade policies and regulations in China; know about social economical situations of the main countries and regions; be capable of working as senior professional talents in departments of economical trade concerning foreign business, foreign funded corporations and government organizations dealing with practical transaction, management, investigation and publicity planning. Main courses of the specialty are Western Economics, Measuring Economics, Social Economic Statistics, Accounting, Management, Finance, Currency and Banking, International Economics, International Trade, International Trade Practice, International Finance, International Settlement, Economic Law, International Commercial Law, Professional English, Oral English of Economics and Trade, English Letters concerning Foreign Trade, International Marketing, Insurance, Transnational Corporations and International Direct Investment, International Business, International Economic Cooperation, Introduction of Foreign Trade in China, Introduction of World Trade Organization, etc. The system of the courses consists of public courses, basic courses, academic courses, academic optional courses and compulsory courses of the university. The length of schooling is 4 years. The academic degree conferred is Bachelor's Degree in Economics.

(3) Financial Management

Students majoring in this subject are cultivated to develop all in morality, intelligence and physical education in order to adapt themselves to the social economic development and the need of modernization of socialism. They have mastered knowledge and skills in the conduct of financial transactions, management, finance, law, etc; be qualified for senior applied and compound talents in the field of financial management who have solid fundamental knowledge, broad knowledge scope, strong capacity, high quality, times characteristics and creative awareness. Main courses of the specialty are Economics, Accounting, Social Economic Statistics, Project Evaluation, elementary Financial Management, Intermediate Financial Management, Advanced Financial Management, Accounting Information System, Assets Evaluation, Management, Investment, Commercial Bank Management, Transnational Corporation Finance, Financial Analysis, Marketing, Management System of Information, Currency and Banking, Economic Law, Tax and Taxpaying Planning, Insurance, Negotiable Securities, Project Budget, International Trade and Settlement, Auditing, Tax Law, etc. The system of the courses consists of basic education platform courses, basic courses, academic courses and compulsory courses of the university. The length of schooling is 4 years. The academic degree conferred is Bachelor's Degree in Management.

(4) Marketing:

Students majoring in marketing have been qualified with the knowledge and skills in the field of management, economics, law, marketing, etc; be capable of working as senior professional talents of Business Management in enterprises and government organizations dealing with marketing, management, teaching and academic researches. Main courses of the specialty are Management, Micro-economics, Macro-economics, Management System of Information, Statistics, Accounting, Financial Management, Marketing, Economic Law, Consumer Behaviorism, International Marketing, Market Investigation, etc. The system of the courses consists of public courses, basic courses, academic courses, academic optional courses and compulsory courses of the university. The length of schooling is 4 years. The academic degree conferred is Bachelor's Degree in Management.

(5) Management of the Interflow of goods and materials:

Students majoring in this subject have been trained to adapt to the needs of socialist market economy; be qualified with knowledge of modern interflow of goods and materials and other relevant subjects; be proficient in various kinds of businesses and techniques in the field of transportation, storage, allocates and dispatches; be skillful in modern information techniques and methods; be capable of working as senior compound talents in management with strong practical operation ability in the field of interflow of goods and materials who are capable of planning, management and information of the interflow of goods and materials. Main courses of this specialty are Micro-economics, Macro-economics, Management, Marketing, Social Economic Statistics, Economic Law, the Interflow of Goods and Materials and Supplying-Chain management, Introduction of the Interflow of Goods and Materials, Systemic Analysis and Planning of Information of the Interflow of Goods and Materials, Product Packing, Physical Equipments, Third Side Interflow of Goods and Materials, Subject of Operation, Standardization and Quality Management, Systemic Planning of Allocates and Dispatches, Purchase and Storage Control, Theories of Sale Promotion, Retail Management, International Corporation Management, etc. Length of schooling: 4 years. Academic degree: Management Bachelor.