Department of Economics
Department of Economics History
It was established in GGPC No 1 Abbottabad in Fall 2011 & started BS in Economics (a four years programme). In start Department of BS Economics was affiliated with Hazara University but later the department got affiliation with Abbottabad University of Science and Technology in Fall,2017 .Under the guidance and supervision of respected HOD MS Syeda Mobina Qadri, the staff of the department teaches different subjects of Economics in BS Economics as well as in other departments of the college.
The field of Economics has been proved as a core subject in almost every field of education. It plays a vital role in research as it is the science of learning from data. Knowledge of Economics helps you use the proper methods to collect the data, employ the correct analyses, and effectively present the results. Economics facilitates us to make decisions based on data and make predictions. Economics allows you to understand a subject much more deeply. Therefore, Economics has been declared as a core subject for all levels in social and management sciences by HEC. Modern era of science and technology has proved that not only the natural sciences, but the social and administrative sciences have also been developed to the extent that they too, need an input of Economics.
Faculty Members
Scheme of Studies
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Cource code |
COURSE |
Credit hours |
Course code |
Course |
Credit hrs |
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Year- 1 |
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SEMESTER:I |
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SEMESTER:II |
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ECON111 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
ECON121 |
Principals of Macroeconomics (3) |
3 |
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Pakistan studies |
2 |
ECON122 |
Issues in world Economy (3) |
3 |
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Exploring Quantitative Skills |
3 |
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Pak-studies |
2 |
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ECON112 |
Descriptive Statistics |
3 |
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Technical writing and communication skills(3) |
3 |
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Functional English |
3 |
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Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan (2) |
2 |
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Islamic studies |
2 |
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Natural science (3) |
3 |
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Art & Humanities- intro to history |
2 |
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Matla e Quran |
2 |
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Total credit hrs. |
20 |
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Total credit hrs. |
16 |
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Year-2 |
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SEMESTER:III |
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SEMESTER:VI |
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ECON232 |
Inferential Statistics |
3 |
ECON241 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) |
3 |
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ECON231 |
Intermediate Microeconomics |
3 |
ECON242 |
Mathematical Economics (3) |
3 |
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Civics & community Management |
2 |
ECON243 |
Monetary Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON233 |
Public Finance |
3 |
ECON241 |
Intro to Entrepreneurship (2) |
2 |
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Tools for Quantitative reasoning |
3 |
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Principles of Psychology (3) |
3 |
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Applications of Information & communicating Technology |
3 |
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Intro to I.R(3) |
3 |
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Pakistan studies (2) |
2 |
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Total credit hrs. |
17 |
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Total credit hrs. |
17 |
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ECON244 |
internship |
3 |
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Year-3 |
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SEMESTER: V |
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SEMESTER: VI |
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ECON353 |
Environmental economics |
3 |
ECON362 |
Developmental Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON354 |
Allied course-Principles of Management |
3 |
ECON363 |
Financial Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON352 |
Econometrics |
3 |
ECON364 |
International Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON351 |
Microeconomic Analysis |
3 |
ECON361 |
Macroeconomics Analysis (3) |
3 |
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ECON355 |
Allied course-Intro to Business |
3 |
ECON365 |
Research methodology (3) |
3 |
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Total credit hrs. |
15 |
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Total credit hrs. |
15 |
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Year-4 |
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SEMESTER: VII |
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SEMESTER: VIII |
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ECON472 |
Islamic economics
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3 |
ECON481 |
Entrepreneurial Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON471 |
International Finance |
3 |
ECON482 |
Economic Growth (3) |
3 |
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ECON473 |
Political Economy |
3 |
ECON483 |
Monetary Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON474 |
Optional-I Agricultural Economics |
3 |
ECON484 |
Managerial Economics (3) |
3 |
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ECON475 |
Optional-II -Labor economics |
3 |
ECON485 |
Comparative Economic System |
3 |
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ECON486 |
Economics Project |
3 |
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Total credit hrs. |
15 |
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Total credit hrs. |
18 |
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Total BS credit hrs = 134 |
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