BS Economics with Data Sciences

BSEDS

COURSE FACT
STUDY LEVEL STUDY NOTE PROGRAM DURATION CREDITS HOURS

Undergraduate

Full-Time

8 semesters (4 years)

132

Eligibility Criteria

Intermediate or equivalent with a minimum of 45% marks

News and Events

Co-Curricular Activities

Department Catalogue

Follow-Up meeting of the research progress of Postgraduate students from the National Business School (NBS)

 Jul-15-2023

Letter of Intent (LOI) Signing University of Illinois Chicago, U.S

 May-10-2023

Bi Lateral Student Exchange Program Istanbul Aydin University- Turkey

 Jun-19-2023

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ADMISSIONS

OPEN 2023

OBJECTIVES

Program Mission

Program provides a solid foundation for a business education with an extra emphasis on economics and data science. With this program students will gain a thorough understanding of how to combine insights from data analytics and economic principles in order to create sustainable value for firms and organizations. The program covers all the major areas of business administration, economics, finance, accounting, auditing and strategy, but with a particular focus economics/data science and its application in the business world and beyond.

Program Objectives

  • To provide the indepth insights of business strategies in accordance to the economics and technology.
  • To learn the basic approaches to data science and economic strategies in order to create sustainable growth of the organizations.
  • To induce the in depth knowledge of basic concepts of business, economics and data science.

ROLE AND SCOPE

Program Title Number of semesters Course category Number of courses Credit hours Internship requirement Final year project/report/ viva
BS Economics with Data Sciences 8 Major 23 69 Yes Yes
Allied 04 12
Specialization 04 12
General/Compulsory 16 30
Project+ Internship 02 (06+03)09
Total 49 132

Semester 1

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ISL-103 Teachings of Holy Quran I NC Compulsory
ENG-107 Functional English 3(3-0) Compulsory
GEN-104 Ideology & Constitution of Pakistan 2(2-0) Compulsory
CS-102 Application of Information & Communication Technologies 3(2-1) Compulsory
MATH-114 Business Mathematics 3(3-0) Allied
ECO-201 Micro Economics 3(3-0) Major
MGT-111 Introduction to Business 3(3-0) Allied
  17  

Semester 2

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ISL-104 Teachings of Holy Quran II NC Compulsory
ENG-108 Expository Writing 3(3-0) Compulsory
ISL-101 Islamic Studies/-Ethics 2(2-0) Compulsory
ETH-100 Ethics
GEN-105 Creative Arts 2(2-0) Compulsory
FIN-115 Financial Accounting 3(3-0) Major
MGT-112 Principles of Management 3(3-0) Allied
DS-301 Introduction to Data Science 3(2-1) Major
  16  

Semester 3

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ISL-201 Teachings of Holy Quran III NC Compulsory
GEN-202 Environmental Studies 3(2-1) Compulsory
STAT-301 Statistics 3(3-0) Compulsory
GEN-203 Community Service Learning 2(2-0) Compulsory
ECO-202 Macro Economics 3(3-0) Major
ECO-211 Mathematical Economics 3(3-0) Major
MGT-211 Principles of Marketing 3(3-0) Allied
  17  

Semester 4

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ISL-202 Teachings of Holy Quran IV NC Compulsory
GEN-310 Research Methodology 3(3-0) Compulsory
GEN-206 Entrepreneurship 2(2-0) Compulsory
PSY-201 Psychology 2(2-0) Compulsory
CS-111 Programming Fundamentals 3(2-1) Major
ECO-212 Development Economics 3(3-0) Major
MGT-214 Financial Management 3(3-0) Major
  16  

Semester 5

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ECO-311 Econometrics I 3(3-0) Major
DC-303 Data Mining 3(2-1) Major
ECO-312 Major Issues of Pakistan Economy 3(3-0) Major
FIN-314 Business Finance 3(3-0) Major
ECO-313 Public Sector Economics 3(3-0) Major
  15  

Semester 6

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
AI-404 Machine Learning 3(2-1) Major
ECO-411 International Economics 3(3-0) Major
ECO-412 Econometrics II 3(3-0) Major
ECO-413 Advanced Mathematical Economics 3(3-0) Major
- Elective-I 3(3-0) Specialization
- Elective-II 3(3-0) Specialization
  18  

Semester 7

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
MGT-475 Decision Science for Business 3(3-0) Major
MKT-440 Consumer Behavior 3(3-0) Major
ENT-311 Advanced Entrepreneurship 3(3-0) Major
DS-404 Data Visualization 3(2-1) Major
ECO-414 Managerial Economics 3(3-0) Major
  15  
Summer
GEN-401 Internship 3(0-3) Compulsory
  03  

Semester 8

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Category
ECO-420 Project 6(0-6) Compulsory
ECO-415 Development Economics 3(3-0) Major
- Elective III 3(3-0) Specialization
- Elective-IV 3(3-0) Specialization
  15  
Total Courses: 49
Total Credit Hours: 132

 

Elective Courses:

Data Science

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
MGT-476 Mathematics for Business Decisions 3 (3-0)
CS-404 Information Security 3 (2-1)
CS-308 Artificial Intelligence 3 (2-1)
DS-402 Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence 3 (3-0)
DS-403 Big Data Analytics 3 (2-1)
MGT-477 Management Information System 3 (3-0)

Economics

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
ECO-314 General Equilibrium and Welfare 3 (3-0)
ECO-315 Labor Economics 3 (3-0)
ECO-316 Sustainable Value Creation 3 (3-0)
ECO-415 Agriculture Economics 3 (3-0)
ECO-416 Macroeconomic Analysis in the Global Economy 3 (3-0)
ECO-417 Environmental Economics 3 (3-0)