Department of Economics University

of the Punjab, Lahore

BS (4 Years) Economics
Scheme of Studies for Eight Semesters (Valid from September 2017)

Course Title Course Code Course

Hours
Semester I
Islamiat / Ethics ISE-111 2
Language in Use ENG-111 3
Elementary Statistics STAT-101 3
Principles of Microeconomics ECON-101 3
Calculus-I CAL-111 3
Optional-I (Non Economics) 3
Semester’s Total 17
Credits
Semester II
Pakistan Studies PST-111 2
Communication Skills ENG-112 3
Probability and Probability Distributions STAT-102 3
Principles of Macroeconomics ECON-102 3
Introduction to Computer Software COMP-111 3
Optional-I (Non Economics) 3
Semester’s Total 17
Credits
Semester
III
Basic Writing Skills ENG-211 3
Calculus-II CAL-211 3
Intermediate Microeconomics ECON-201 3
Optional-III (Non Economics) 3
Optional-IV (Non Economics) 3
Optional-V (Non Economics) 3
Semester’s Total 18
Credits
Semester
IV
Advanced Reading and Writing Skills ENG-212 3
Intermediate Macroeconomics ECON-202 3
Research Methods-I ECON-203 3
Islamic Economics ECON-204 3
Optional-VI (Non Economics) 3
Optional-VII (Non Economics) 3
Semester’s Total 18
Credits
 Semester V
Advanced Microeconomics ECON-301 3
Research Methods-II ECON-303 3
Major Issues in Pakistan’s Economy ECON-304 3
Econometrics-I ECON-305 3
Development Economics-I ECON-306 3
Advanced Mathematical Economics ECON-307 3
Semester’s Total 18
Credits
Semester VI
Advanced Macroeconomics ECON-302 3
Monetary Theory and Policy ECON-308 3
History of Economic Thought ECON-309 3
Elective-I 3
Elective-II 3
Semester’s Total 15
Credits
Semester VII
Public Sector Economics ECON-401 3
Econometrics-II ECON-405 3
Development Economics-II ECON-406 3
Elective-III 3
Elective-IV 3
Semester’s Total 15
Credits
Semester
VIII
Growth Theories and Models ECON-402 3
Applied Economics ECON-403 3
International Trade ECON-404 3
Elective-V 3
Elective-VI 3
Semester’s Total 15
Credits
 List of Optional Courses: (Non-Economic)

Sr. Course Course Name

No. Code
1 SOC-111 Introduction to Sociology
2 EDU-111 Introduction to Education
3 PSY-111 Applied Psychology
4 HIS-111 Introduction to History
5 GEOG-111 Introduction to Geography
6 PHIL-111 Introduction to Philosophy
7 URDU-111 Introduction to Urdu
8 BLAW-111 Introduction to Business Law
9 BADMIN-111 Introduction to
Business
Administration
10 ACC-111 Principles of Accounting
11 POL-111 Introduction to Political Science
12 IR-111 Introduction to International
Relations
13 JOUR-111 Introduction to Journalism
14 Foreign Language
1 ARAB-111 Introduction to Arabic
2 FREN-111 Introduction to French
3 SPAN-111 Introduction to Spanish
4 CHINA-111 Introduction to Chinese
5 GER-111 Introduction to German
6 ITAL-111 Introduction to Italian
7 TURK-111 Introduction to Turkish
8 PER-111 Introduction to Persian
 List of Elective Courses:

Sr. No. Course Code Course Name

1 ECON-310 Labor Economics
2 ECON-311 Population Economics
3 ECON-312 Comparative Economic System
4 ECON-313 Development Policy
5 ECON-314 Political Economy
6 ECON-315 Agricultural Economics
7 ECON-316 Human Resource Development
8 ECON-317 Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
9 ECON-318 Economic Principles, Strategies and Techniques of
Marketing
10 ECON-407 Institutional Economics
11 ECON-408 Welfare and Happiness Economics
12 ECON-409 Project Appraisal and Investment Analysis
13 ECON-410 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
14 ECON-411 Economic Dynamics
15 ECON-412 International Finance
16 ECON-413 Managerial Economics
17 ECON-414 Experimental and Behavioral Economics
18 ECON-415 Regional Economics
19 ECON-416 Poverty and Income Distribution
20 ECON-417 Energy Economics
21 ECON-418 Islamic Banking and Finance
22 ECON-419 Monetary Economics
23 ECON-420 World Economic History
24 ECON-421 General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
25 ECON-422 Thesis (In lieu of two elective courses of semester-VIII)

Code: ENG-111
Title: Language in
Use Credit Hours:
03
Recommended Books:
Functional English
a) Grammar
 Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet. Exercises 1.
3rd Edition. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 0194313492
 Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet. Exercises 2.
Third edition. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 0194313506.
b) Writing
 Writing. Intermediate by Marie-Christine Boutin, Suzanne Brinand and
Francoise Grellet. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Fourth Impression 1993. ISBN
0 19 435405 7 Pages 20-27 and 35-41.
c) Reading/Comprehension
 Reading. Upper Intermediate. Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford
Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19 453402 2.
 d) Speaking

Code: ENG-211
Title: Basic Writing
Skills Credit Hours:
03
Recommended Books:
Technical Writing and Presentation Skills
a) Essay Writing and Academic Writing
 Writing. Advanced by Ron White. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Third
Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19 435407 3 (particularly suitable for
discursive, descriptive, argumentative and report writing).
 College Writing Skills by John Langan. Mc=Graw-Hill Higher Education. 2004.
 Patterns of College Writing (4th edition) by Laurie G. Kirszner and
Stephen R. Mandell. St. Martin’s Press.
b) Presentation Skills
c) Reading
 The Mercury Reader. A Custom Publication. Compiled by norther Illinois
University. General Editiors: Janice Neulib; Kathleen Shine Cain; Stephen
Ruffus and Maurice Scharton. (A reader which will give students exposure to
the best of twentieth century literature, without taxing the taste of
engineering students).

Code: ENG-212
Title: Advanced Reading and Writing
Skills Credit Hours: 03
Recommended Reading
 Herta A. Murphy, Effective Business Communication, 7th edition (2009), New
Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., pp. 504-529, 540- 548.
Recommended Reading
B. Axelrod Rise and Charles R. Cooper, The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, New
York: St. Martin’s Press, 1985, pp. 146-147, 152-155, 158-172.
Recommended Books:
Muhammad Idrees, Guide for GAT General Test: Smart Brain GRE (General, Local),
2010- 2011 edition, Lahore: Dogar Brothers Publishers, 2010