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Introduction to Department of Economics

Department of Economics originated as Department of Economics under the Co-operative Regional College, Sagaing in 1996.The Department of Economics is a major department both under the Co-operative Regional College, Sagaing and University of Co-operative and Management, Sagaing(UCMS). The Department of Economics encourages research activities and it is one of the researches and educational institutions of University of Co-operative and Management, Sagaing, whose educational programs have successfully been developed to nurture human resources who are qualified in socio-economics.

The UCMS launched Bachelor of Business Science (Regional Development) and Master of Regional Development (MRD) programme under the Department of Economics in order to fulfill not only to be able to produce human resources who are qualified in socio-economics and filled with high national and social spirit but also to produce human resources cooperating in understanding and addressing the development issues. The courses offering and faculty members in the University provide graduate students the opportunities to learn the wide arrange areas related regional development such as international trade and regional integration, development strategies, regional and urban development, infrastructure development, project evaluation and environmental management.

Vision

To establish the economics department as a center of quality teaching and research in economics.

Mission

To train students to think independently so that they are able to co-relate economic theory with current issues.

Objectives

To nature the potential of brilliant students in the field of economics.
To develop critical approach to economic theory with current economic situation.

Organization Structure

Table(1) shows Total Number of Academic/Admin Staff in the Department of Economics in fiscal year 2020-2021.

No.	Professor, Head of Department	No. of Staff				Remarks
No.	Professor, Head of Department	Org Structure	Current	Extra	Need	Remarks
1	Professor	2	1	-	1
2	Associate Professor	4	3	-	1
3	Lecturer	12	1	-	11
4	Assistant Lecturer	19	1	-	18
5	Tutor	7	1	-	6
6	Upper Divisional Clerk	1	1	-	-
7	Lower Divisional Clerk	1	-	-	1
8	Deputy Assistant Computer Operator	1	-	-	1
9	Peon	1	-	-	1
	Total	48	8	-	40

Subjects for Regional Development Major

Year	First Semester	Second Semester
1st Year	-	Principles of Economics
2nd Year	Microeconomic Analysis Money, Banking and Finance Economic and Social Statistics	Macroeconomic Analysis Introduction to Regional Development
3rd Year	Economic Development Regional Development Economics Principles of Econometrics	International Trade Urbanization and Development Public Finance
4th Year	Agricultural Economics International Economics Regional Economic Integration Development Experiences of Myanmar	Rural Development Development Policy and Planning Natural Resource Economics & Environmental Management Project Analysis
PGDRD	Microeconomics Urban Economics Community Development	Macroeconomics Regional Development and Planning Welfare Economics
MRD 1st Year	Advanced Microeconomics Development Economics Advanced Human Resource Development	Advanced Macroeconomics Environmental and Natural Resource Management Infrastructure Development
MRD 2nd Year	Cost-Benefit Analysis & Project Evaluation Econometrics Natural Resource Economics	Thesis Writing

Total Number of Graduated Students for Regional Development Major

Table(3) represents the total number of Graduated Students for Regional Development Major in Academic Year 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 respectively.

Academic Year	Degree	Total Degree Holders
2017-2018	B.BSc (RD) Bachelor of Business Science (Regional Development)	55
2018-2019	B.BSc (RD) Bachelor of Business Science (Regional Development)	140
2019-2020	B.BSc (RD) Bachelor of Business Science (Regional Development)	13