On 5th August, 2014, teachers in the Department of Investment of our school held a seminar for National Standard of Teaching Quality of National Economics Which Was Specially Established Major for Undergraduate of Specially Established Majors for Undergraduate in Meeting Room 202 of Phoenix Building based on National Standard of Teaching Quality of Majors of Economics set by Teaching and Steering Committee in Economics of Higher Institution, Ministry of Education.
Vice Dean Fang Fang suggested that currently, economics majors in our country was a collection of relevant majors, which were mainly based on theoretical economics but also had features of applied economics. They formed the foundation of the system of all relevant majors of economics. The fundamental position of economic majors determines the obvious theoretical nature of the courses in these majors, and therefore, the theoretical capability was emphasised in nurturing of talents. Also, application and practice were emphasised in economic majors. The education of numerous economic theoretical specialists with Chinese characteristics was of great concern for the further development of educational reformation and economic development in our country.
Prof. Yang Dakai pointed out that according to the requirement of Teaching and Steering Committee in Economics of Higher Institution, Ministry of Education, which was ‘Economic specialists can be categorised into types including researching, applying, comprehensive, etc. Each university should decide to develop the type of specialists with the characteristics of the university according to their own position and condition of education, society needs and the nature of the major’. Considering the position and condition of our university, as well as years of experience in educational practice of the Department of Investment, the discussion of national teaching standard should be focused on National Economic Management (020103T) of the specially established major. He said that the name of the course ‘Game Theory and Informational Economics’ should also be adjusted to emphasise one of the fields, or the content would be too much to be combined into one course.
Asspciate Prof. Liu Wei pointed out that, based on years of educational practice in National Economics Major, the name of the major National Economic Management cannot present the nature of economic majors, and also does not match the name of major in postgraduate programme. Therefore, she suggested changing the name National Economic Management into National Economics, in order to form a consistent system of undergraduate, master and doctoral programmes. In addition, she suggested changing the name of the course National Economic Management into National Economics, in order to highlight its origin of economic majors.
Asspciate Prof. Cao Jianyuan pointed out based on the development of connotation of National Economics Major, that the name of the course National Economic Statistics should be changed into National Economic Accounting, as in this way, the content of research would be more close to the current needs of national economic management, and easier to keep consistent to the expression of National Bureau of Statistics, as well as major universities and schools.
Associate Prof. Jian Desan pointed based on years of experience in undergraduate education and in terms of nurturing undergraduates of wide specifications and solid foundation, that the two courses Industrial Economics and Industrial Organisation and Analysis was redundant in their content, and suggested that the two courses should be combined one course under the same name in order to avoid redundancy and collision between courses, and to nurture economic specialists of wide specifications and solid foundation.
Moreover, other participants suggested adding two courses, Developmental Economics and Econometrics, into the options of courses
The Seminar was concluded in the heated discussion of teachers from National Economics Major of the Department of Investment. Leaders of the school highly appreciated the efforts of the teachers from the Department of Investment, for they gave up their time of rest in such hot weather to complete the task of the seminar before the required date of submission. They wished that the Department of Investment would make persistent efforts to reach a higher level in the construction of the discipline.