Economics

The teaching objective of this course is to identify and clarify the basic concepts, principles, interrelationships and applicable conditions of insurance; Summarize the basic knowledge system of insurance, and understand the representative research results in related fields; Understand the main ideas in the establishment and development of the basic theory of insurance. Integrate the insurance knowledge system and establish an organic link between the knowledge modules; And establish contact with different disciplines (such as economics and psychology). Recognize and optimize their own risk thinking, as well as the ability and thinking mode related to observation, thinking and creation; Understand the tools used by others to deal with risks, exchange experiences, compare and accept the differences and diversity of each person's understanding and thinking, and learn from each other.

This course describes the most general laws, basic theories, principles and methods of insurance. This course mainly includes four knowledge modules: basic concepts and principles of insurance, property and liability risk and insurance, life and health risk and insurance, and insurance supervision. Through the study of this course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles of insurance and China's insurance market, fully grasp the emergence, development and market laws of insurance, improve college students' risk awareness and insurance awareness, and lay a professional foundation for other courses of insurance.

The first part of this course is designed to help students to understand the modern theories of financial markets and banking. The second part of this class investigates how the central bank affect the real economy and how the monetary policy must be conducted. Finally, we study the recent global financial crisis.

The lecture develops a theoretical framework that is useful to think about a wide variety of topics in international macroeconomics (along the lines of “INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS” by Schmitt-Grohé, Uribe, and Woodford.). The tutorial helps understand the material of the lecture in different ways. First, some additional derivations of theoretical and empirical results are provided. Second, applications of the theory are illustrated.

Ethics is characterized by a discourse on moral values, norms and standards, and the decision-making on the basis of sound argumentation. This ethics course confronts students with ethical and responsibility dilemmas which they study, reflect on, and discuss in small groups. Students who complete this course master the core insights of business ethics theory and corporate responsibility. All participants should have a basic understanding of the functioning of organizations, management of and co-ordination within organizations, organizational ecology, co-ordination mechanisms in industries, and of economic order.