1. Educational Objectives
1.1. General objectives
The Bachelor Program in International Economics and Development has the goal of training high-quality human resources with full political qualities, ethics, and professional capacity to be able to take on positions as consultants, analysts, or managers in the field of international economics and development within ministries, domestic and international development organizations, and non-profit organizations. The program is designed to ensure that graduates possess the ability to analyze, evaluate, research, and apply their knowledge to economic and development issues in a scientific, logical, and creative manner. The program also equips students with practical skills, decision-making abilities, and problem-solving competencies in international economics, development, diplomacy, and other related fields. Graduates will have a solid grasp of theoretical and practical tools, along with essential skills to study, conduct scientific research, and work independently and effectively to meet the requirements of comprehensive and sustainable development.
1.2. Specific objectives:
PO1: Providing knowledge in the field of international economics and development from the individual, business to national and international perspectives;
PO2: Providing skills in using research tools and methods to analyze and evaluate issues in the field of international economics and development;
PO3: Training physical fitness, presentation skills, critical thinking skills, foreign languages, office informatic skills;
PO4: Training creativity, sense of responsibility and community service.
2. Program Learning Outcomes
2.1. Knowledge
PLO 1: Demonstrate abilities to understand fundamental knowledge on political science and social sciences in studying and working;
PLO 2: Analyze the activities of economic entities related to to international economics and development;
PLO 3: Apply research tools and methods in solving issues related to international economics and development;
2.2. Skills
PLO 4: Demonstrate critical thinking, learning and research skills; communication and information delivery skills;
PLO 5: Use a specialized foreign language (English or French) proficiently in all 4 skills, equivalent to level 4/6 of the Vietnamese foreign language competency framework;
PLO 6: Use office informatic software proficiently (advanced IT skills as prescribed in Circular No. 03/2014/TT-BTTTT dated March 11, 2014, issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications);
2.3. Autonomous and self-responsible Aptitude
PLO 7: Demonstrate abilities to work independently, collaborate in teams, and have innovative thinking;
PLO 8: Demonstrate resilience in overcoming difficulties and challenges; responsibility towards oneself, the collective, and a sense of community service.
3. Program Structure
| No | Course Name | Course Code | No. of credits | Time allocation | Prerequisite | ||||
| Hour(s) on the class | Essays, Exercises, Assignments | Self-study with teacher’s tutorials | |||||||
| Lecture | Practice, Seminar | ||||||||
| 1 | General education knowledge | 38 | |||||||
| 1.1 | Political Theories | 11 | |||||||
| 1 | Marxist – Leninist Philosophy | TRI114 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 78 | ||
| 2 | Marxist- Leninist Political Economy | TRI115 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13.5 | 56.5 | ||
| 3 | Scientific socialism | TRI116 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13.5 | 56.5 | TRI114 TRI115 | |
| 4 | Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology | TRI104 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13.5 | 56.5 | TRI114
TRI115 |
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| 5 | History of the Communist Party of Vietnam | TRI117 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13.5 | 56.5 | TRI114 TRI115 | |
| 1.2 | Social Sciences, Humanities – Arts, Mathematics – Informatics | 15 | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | Compulsory courses | 12 | |||||||
| 6 | Advanced Mathematics | TOA105 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 75 | ||
| 7 | Introduction to Law | PLU111 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 8 | Informatics | TIN206 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 90 | ||
| 9 | Skill development | PPH101 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 1.2.2 | Elective courses (Choose one of the following courses) | 3 | |||||||
| 10 | Text Editing Courses | PPH103 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TIN206
PLU111 |
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| 11 | Applied Informatics | TIN203 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 12 | Basic Vietnamese 1 (for foreign students) | TVI100 | 3 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 15 | 71.25 | ||
| 1.3 | Foreign Language (For English: If students achieve the required proficiency level in the general education English courses, they may choose to complete all seven specialized English courses within the professional education block, following the university’s regulations) | 12 | |||||||
| 13 | Academic & Business English 1 | EAB111 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Foreign Language 1 (French) | TPH131 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | |||
| 14 | Academic & Business English 2 | EAB121 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | EAB111 | |
| Foreign Language 2 (French) | TPH132 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH131 | ||
| 15 | Academic & Business English 3 | EAB231 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | EAB121 | |
| Foreign Language 3 (French) | TPH231 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH132 | ||
| 16 | Academic & Business English 4 | EAB241 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | EAB231 | |
| Foreign Language 4 (French) | TPH504 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH231 | ||
| 1.4 | Physical Education | ||||||||
| Physical Education | 150 | ||||||||
| 1.5 | National Defense Education | ||||||||
| National Defense Education | 165 | ||||||||
| 2 | Professional educational knowledge | 99 | |||||||
| 2.1 | General knowledge (interdisciplinary, major) | 36 | |||||||
| 2.1.1 | Compulsory courses | 30 | |||||||
| 17 | Principles of Microeconomics | KTE202 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TOA105 | |
| 18 | Principles of Macroeconomics | KTE204 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TOA105 | |
| 19 | Research methodology for economics and business | KTE206 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 20 | International Economics 1 | KTE216 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 21 | Theory of Probability and Statistics | TOA201 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TOA105 | |
| 22 | Econometrics 1 | KTE218 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TOA201 | |
| 23 | Growth and Development | KTE410 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE204 | |
| Foreign language (compulsory) | |||||||||
| 24 | English for Specific Purpose 1 (Advanced Business English) | ESP111 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 90 | EAB241 | |
| Foreign Language 5 (French) | TPH331 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH504 | ||
| 25 | English for Specific Purpose 2 (Business Communication) | ESP121 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 90 | ESP111 | |
| Foreign Language 6 (French) | TPH332 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH331 | ||
| 26 | English for Specific Purpose 3 (International Business and Economics) | ESP231 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 90 | ESP121 | |
| Foreign Language 7 (French) | TPH431 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 60 | TPH331 | ||
| 2.1.2 | Elective courses (choose 2 courses from the following courses) | 6 | |||||||
| 27 | Digital Economics | KTE214 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 28 | Principles of Finance | TCH302 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 29 | Programming for Data Analysis and Scientific Computing | TIN314 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 2.2 | Fundamental knowledge | 27 | |||||||
| 2.2.1 | Compulsory courses | 24 | |||||||
| 30 | International Economics 2 | KTE316 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 31 | Intermediate Microeconomics | KTE401 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 32 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | KTE402 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE204 | |
| 33 | Econometrics 2 | KTE318 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE218 | |
| 34 | Development Economics | KTE406 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 35 | Environmental Economics | KTE404 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 36 | Public Economics | KTE407 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 37 | International Finance | TCH414 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 2.2.2 | Elective courses (Choose 1 course from the following courses) | 3 | |||||||
| 38 | Economics and Business Forecasting | KTE418 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE318 | |
| 39 | Digitalization in open economies | KTE215 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 40 | Data management system | TIN313 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 41 | Innovation | TMA319 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 2.3 | Specialized knowledge | 24 | |||||||
| 2.3.1 | Compulsory courses | 15 | |||||||
| 42 | Trade and Development | KTE421 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 43 | The Circular Economy | KTE210 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 44 | International Political Economy | KTE303 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 45 | International Economic Negotiation | KTE327 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 46 | Economic Globalization | KTE326 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 2.3.2 | Elective courses (Choose 3 courses from the following courses) | 9 | |||||||
| 47 | Cost and benefit analysis | KTE314 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 48 | Financial Economics | TCH341 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE401 | |
| 49 | Economics of Investment | KTE311 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 50 | Regional Economics | KTE302 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE204 | |
| 51 | Money and Banking | TCH303 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE204 | |
| 52 | Trade and Environment | KTE420 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE216 | |
| 53 | Economics of Asymmetric information | KTE405 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE401 | |
| 54 | Corporate Finance | TCH321 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TCH302 | |
| 55 | International Trade Law | PLU422 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | PLU111 | |
| 56 | International Business Transactions | TMA302 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 57 | International Payments | TCH412 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | TMA302 | |
| 58 | Principles of Accounting | KET201 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 59 | Leadership skill | QTR203 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 60 | Green Economics | KTE330 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 61 | Contemporary Development Issues | KTE440 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 62 | Public Management | KTE331 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 63 | Public Policy | KTE441 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 64 | Tourism Economics | KTE321 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 | |
| 65 | The Economics of Climate Change | KTE207 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | KTE202 KTE204 |
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| 66 | Environmental impact assessment | KTE208 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 67 | Survey Design and Data Analysis | KTE209 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 22.5 | 82.5 | ||
| 2.4 | Internship | 3 | |||||||
| 68 | Mid-course Internship | KTE504 | 3 | ||||||
| 2.5 | Thesis | 9 | |||||||
| 69 | Graduation Thesis | KTE532 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 137 | ||||||||