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Main courses of finance: currency, finance, securities and insurance. Western economics, international finance, monetary banking, financial market, introduction to world economy, financial engineering, international insurance, trust and leasing, corporate finance, securities investment, operation and management of commercial banks, financial statistical analysis, international settlement, international economic law, international trade theory and practice, and financial English. At the same time, it also offers English intensive reading, English reading, oral English, English listening, calculus, linear algebra, probability theory and mathematical statistics, and computers.
The main courses of economics are: economic theory, mathematics and law. Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Statistics and Probability Theory, Economic Basis, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Political Economics, Finance, Monetary Banking, International Economics, Financial Economics, Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Economic History, History of Economic Thought, Western Schools of Economics, Contemporary China Economy, Labor Economics, Industrial Economics, Information Economics, Game Theory Basis, Accounting, Statistics, International Trade.
There is no essential difference between these two majors, especially employment. If we have to distinguish, it is that the undergraduate stage of economics is theoretical and there is not much undergraduate work; Finance is more practical, and there is no essential difference in the whereabouts of graduate students. The key is to look at personal ability and like, which direction is suitable. Finance graduates are still concentrated in banks, securities, insurance, trusts, securities investment departments of large companies, and the three associations (People's Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Insurance Regulatory Commission and China Banking Regulatory Commission). Economics graduates mainly go to these places, but there are more civil servants who go to universities, research institutes and other teaching and research units and ministries. What's the difference between employment? Note that finance here refers to qualitative analysis, which is biased towards policies and regulations, and does not include financial engineering, financial mathematics, mathematical finance and other technical pan-financial majors. Economics here does not include special majors such as mathematical economics, basic economics and compound economics and mathematics, but refers to the most common economics major.
It can be said that there is almost no difference between the undergraduate employment of these two majors. Most of them have entered the financial industry, mainly banks, and have done similar work. Maybe they can apply for more positions in the economic exam. Why are banks in the majority? Because the bank's requirements for majors are very relaxed, and it is known that there is nothing to learn in the undergraduate stage, many basic positions in the bank do not need strong professional knowledge. Personal image, family conditions and school brand are more important than professional thinking.
The graduate stage of employment is subdivided in many directions, with great differences. It is not only the difference between economics and finance, but also the difference of their respective subdivision directions, but there is also a great overlap. Don't look at the employment units written in the employment report, but there are still differences in specific departments and positions.
The positions of economics majors are mostly macro research, investigation, analysis, non-profit non-business departments, behind-the-scenes and professional technology. For example, academic research institutions, policy research offices and various economic and administrative departments; Macro research department of large enterprises, especially financial companies; For all kinds of think tanks such as strategic consulting companies, finance is more microscopic and specific, and it is more profitable than business and personal comprehensive ability. Specifically, for example, go to a broker. Economics does more macro-strategy research in research institutes, and finance does more industry research, but general undergraduate engineering+graduate finance is more popular, such as undergraduate electronics+graduate finance, which is suitable for the analysis and research of electronic industry. The investment banking department, asset management, self-management and other departments of securities firms welcome financial majors more. For example, everyone goes to the fund. Economics majors may go to macro strategy or fixed income, and finance with mathematical background can go to quantitative investment department. In terms of enterprises, economics is more suitable for super-large enterprises, because there will be specialized think tanks, and finance is more suitable for companies with more investment business, as well as VC and PE. Have you found that the employment of pure finance is relatively narrow, and people with mathematics and engineering backgrounds have more room to play? There are statistics and accounting, sometimes similar to the employment direction of finance.