Faculty Members

The faculty members of the Department of

Economics teach in most areas of economics and
are prominent and distinguished in the fields of
econometrics, demography & labor economics,
development economics, economic theory and
policy, environmental & natural resource
economics, financial economics, health economics,
history of economics & economic thought,
international economics, and political economy.

Fernando T. Aldaba

Ph.D., U.P. Diliman

Cristina M. Bautista

M.A., ADMU

Edsel L. Beja, Jr.

Walfredo P. Belen
Neil Adrian S. Cabiles

Ph.D., Wisconsin
Ph.D., Massachusetts
M.A., U.P. Diliman
Ph.D., Bologna

Connie B. Dacuycuy

Ph.D., Kyoto

Ryan Joseph R. Dizon

M.A., ADMU

Noel P. de Guzman
Aleta C. Domdom

Ph.D., Fordham
Ph.D., N. Carolina State

Luis F. Dumlao

Ph.D., Fordham

Cielito F. Habito

Ph.D., Harvard

Leonardo A. Lanzona, Jr.

Marissa Maricosa A. Paderon

Ph.D., U.P. Diliman

Ph.D., ADMU

Ellen H. Palanca

Ph.D., U.P. Diliman

Marilou A. Perez

M.A., U.P. Diliman

Joselito T. Sescon
Patrick Gerard C. Simon-King
Rosalina P. Tan

M.D.E., U.P. Diliman

M.A., ADMU
Ph.D., Sophia

Benjamin T. Tolosa, Jr.

Ph.D., Minnesota

Philip Arnold P. Tuao

M.A., Sussex

Victor S. Venida
David Joseph E. B. Yap, II

Ph.D., New York

M.A., ADMU

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
P.O. BOX 154, Manila
Philippines

Germelino M. Bautista

M I N O R
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P R O G R A M

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

MINOR IN ECONOMICS PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION
The Minor in Economics is for students who are
interested in acquiring basic facility in economic
theory. It provides an economic framework to
complement the students major field of
specialization, allowing him/her to have greater
appreciation of current social and economic
concerns. The minor requires 4-core and major
courses (12 units) plus 5 electives (15 units) in
economics for Management Engineering students
and for Non-Management Engineering students, 4core and major courses (12 units) plus 2 electives
(6 units).
I. Basic Course: Core Curriculum Subject
(1 course: 3 units)
1. Ec 102 Basic Economics, Taxation and
Agrarian Reform
II. Major Course: (3 courses: 9 units)
2. Ec 111 - Intermediate Microeconomics
3. Ec 112 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
4. Ec 121 - Development Economics or
Ec 122 - International Economics
III. Elective: (5 courses: 15 units)
For Management Engineering students
Any five(5) from the following courses:
A course not taken in II.4 above
Ec 113 Economics of Money and Banking
Ec 114 International Finance
Ec 115 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Ec 117 Introduction t Econometrics
Ec 141 Managerial Economics
Ec 142 Financial Economics
Ec 150 Economics of Public Finance
Ec 155 Economics of Labor
Ec 157 Urban and Regional Development
Ec 177 Theory and Practice of Social Development
Ec 185 Special Topics in Economics

III. Elective: (2 courses: 6 units)

For Non-Management Engineering students
Any two(2) from the following courses:
A course not taken in II.4 above
Ec 113 Economics of Money and Banking
Ec 114 International Finance
Ec 115 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Ec 117 Introduction t Econometrics
Ec 141 Managerial Economics
Ec 142 Financial Economics
Ec 150 Economics of Public Finance
Ec 155 Economics of Labor
Ec 157 Urban and Regional Development
Ec 177 Theory and Practice of Social Development
Ec 185 Special Topics in Economics

To be admitted to the Minor Program, students

must have obtained a minimum grade of C in
Ec 102 and an unweighted minimum average of
1.75 in all math courses taken at the time of
application. Students must maintain an unweighted
minimum average of C in all the required courses.
COMPLETION
Students will receive a certificate upon completion
of the required economic courses. The Department
of Economics provides the Office of the Registrar a
list of names who have completed the Program. The
students Transcript of Records will indicate Minor
in Economics in addition to his/her major field of
specialization.

ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION

The Minor is open to all undergraduate students at
the Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University,
except those pursuing the A.B. Economics (Honors
and Standard) and A.B. Management Economics,
and students with double-major status in the
Department of Economics.
Students interested in pursuing the Minor have to
send an application letter to the Department of
Economics,
endorsed by their home department
and attached copy of grades. Likewise, students
admitted to the Minor program must file a load
revision form to be endorsed by the department
chair of their home department and approved by
the department chair of economics. Once admitted,
students may take the required courses beginning
in the next immediate semester. In certain cases, it
may be necessary that students in the Minor in
Economics take the required courses as overload
subjects.

For further information:

Department of Economics
4th Floor, Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall
School of Social Sciences
Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights
Quezon City 1108
Tel. No. : (63-2) 426-6001 local 5220 to 5222
Telefax : (63-2) 426-5661
E-mail : economics.soss@ateneo.edu