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发表于 2006-4-10 05:50:10 |显示全部楼层

看到精华版里有cityu的饮食篇，住宿篇，八达通篇……我来补充一点学习篇哈，听说今年MSAE给内地的offer新增了不少，也希望能对学弟学妹有一点点帮助~

不知不觉间在城大快8个月了，刚刚来这里时只是抱着用最短的时间，花最少的钱到海外混个master学位的想法（表笑我哦），因为以0.1分之差错过保研机会，起初心情有一些低落，可是一个月后我很感激命运的安排，因为这里确实给我许多在原来的校园里感受不到的东西。

MSAE课程的老师非常负责任，每个学期的handouts比教材还要厚，都是为了补充教材内容而精心准备的，课堂内容紧凑，在课堂上会很重视学生的feedback。虽然有时也会为某些科目每周紧逼的problem set搞的头大，以致看见邮箱里有老师的email会有点紧张（夸张点哈），但题目很灵活，与实践结合紧密，很多是用香港或内地真实的数据解决现实的问题，每次的独立思考都有不小的收获，自然也很有成就感。Professor对学生负责任的程度也让我惊叹，记得上个学期因为对一门课感兴趣而去蹭课，因为一次临时安排的tutorial与我的其他课程相冲突，老师竟然为了我这个蹭课的学生在周日订了一个教室，牺牲周末时间单独辅导了一个上午，这在内地几乎是不可能的。

MSAE的教授阵容在香港是独一无二的，能作为Bharat Hazari, Gregory Chow, James Bergin这些world class scholars的学生学习经济学，深感自己的幸运。（对于想继续深造或者去北美名校的同学来说，更是个很难得的机会哦，班上有位同学就是得到其中一位professor的帮助拿到了Oxford的offer）前些天看到关于MSAE课表的帖子，还有些莫名的激动，或许你并不知道这些老师不仅毕业于美国名校，很多也曾在北美执教，有丰富的教学经验和资历。Dr Fred Y Kwan（program leader，非常nice）曾执教于芝加哥大学，Dr Edwin Lai 在Vanderbilt University执教7年之久。Professor Kenneth Chan曾是加拿大McMaster University的professor，并且是世界上少数几个可以开设Experimental Economics这门课程的教授之一，Experimental Economics是经济学的新兴领域，国内鲜有人提及。另外一门可以让人大开眼界的课程是Seminars in Applied Economics，EF department的seminar分为两种，professional events(大多数安排在周六下午)和academic events（每周二下午）。Professional events是与经济实践联系非常紧密的seminar，比如关于人民币汇率问题，政策实践，某个行业的风险控制等，很多与热门时事高度相关，不仅开阔视野而且对job-hunting也大有助益；academic events是纯粹的学术性研讨会，很多学者present他们最新的paper,可以感受到强烈的学术氛围，了解到最前沿的研究方向。参加者多半是professor，也有少数的research student，它也对MSAE的学生开放。刚开始的四五次听下来完全不明白（据说是很正常滴），坚持两个月后，渐渐了解一些研究工作的methodology，做presentation的一般程序，能听懂的部分渐渐多了，可以清楚的感觉到自己的进步。在这些seminar里,演讲的华人经济学家有黄有光，郎咸平，熊秉元，还有像哥伦比亚大学Prof. Graciela Chichilnisky（记忆里是女经济学家排名第一的）等许多来自美国Top 10大学的学者。

很多同学很看重学校的排名，这当然是很正常的，但个人认为排名对本科生要比较适用，而且排名本身受本科生生源的影响也比较大，对研究生的适用性并不强。事实上就老师的background和研究生教学的质量来讲，差异并不大，而且professor在各个大学间的流动非常频繁。

另外，这个MSAE也组织了很多在课外学习的机会，比如组织增进老师与同学的相互了解的hiking，与Gregory Chow, Kenneth Chan and Eden Yu的Brown Bag，与Professor Hsiao （a world renowned econometrician）的Lunch meeting。还有EF department的annual dinner也是一次很棒的机会，偶是第一次去五星级的酒店参加formal dinner，第一次听HKMA主席任志刚演讲…

对我来说MSAE是个性价比很高的项目，受益很多，希望学弟学妹能充分利用一年的时间，不要错过那些可以丰富自己的机会。最后把我能找到的seminar贴在下面，供大家参考哈。

Professional Event
Asian Bond Market (14.343 Kb)
4 Feb. 2006 (Saturday): Asian Bond Market: Recent Developments by Mr. MAYS JR, Marshall Trammell (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: LT-4) (2 PDUs)

  Professional Event
Economics Emerges Where Buddhism Subsides (15.067 Kb)
18 Feb. 2006 (Saturday): Economics Emerges Where Buddhism Subsides by Prof. Hsiung B.Y. (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: LT-4) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
2006-2007 年度財政預算案論壇 (80.827 Kb)
23 Feb. 2006 (Thursday): 2006-2007 年度財政預算案論壇, organized by APEC Study Center, CityU (2:30pm-4:00pm, Venue: LT401 near swimming pool) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
Introduction to Treasury Activities in Banks (14.853 Kb)
25 Feb. 2006 (Saturday): Introduction to Treasury Activities in Banks by Mr. Wilson Chan (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: LT-4) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
Revenue Management of Airline Industry (14.546 Kb)
4 March 2006 (Saturday): Revenue Management of Airline Industry by Mr. Desmond Li (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: LT-4) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
美國新聯儲局主席領導下的香港經濟展望 (12.148 Kb)
18 March 2006 (Saturday): 美國新聯儲局主席領導下的香港經濟展望 by Mr. Cho Yan Chiu (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: LT-2) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
How Fiscal Policy in Hong Kong can Promote Economics Restructuring? (809.764 Kb)
26 March 2006 (Sunday): How Fiscal Policy in Hong Kong can Promote Economic Restructuring?  by Dr. Charles K W Li, CityU (2:00pm--4::00pm, Venue: 香港中央圖書館 in Causeway Bay) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
27 March 2006 (Monday): EF MSc. Programs Annual Dinner with speech "Risks and Opportunities" by Mr. Joseph Yum, Chief Executive of HKMA (7:00pm-11:00pm, Venue: Conrad Hotel, Central) (3 PDUs) (Note: this event is free of charge for all registered MScAE students.)
  Professional Event
The Pension Systems in Europe at the Time of Demographic Transition (12.212 Kb)
08 April. 2006 (Saturday): The Pension Systems in Europe at the Time of Demographic Transition by Prof. Jean-Pierre Laffargue (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: P4703) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
China's Exchange Rate Appreciation (13.016 Kb)
24 April. 2006 (Monday): China's Exchange Rate Appreciation in the Light of the Earlier Japanese Experience by Prof. Ronald McKinnon, Stanford University (8:00pm-9:15pm, Venue: Multi-purpose Room F, Amenities Building) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
06 May, 2006 (Saturday): The Controversies over the Chinese Currency Value: China's Central Bank's Responses and the Future of Yuan by Prof. Gene Chang (1:30pm-3:15pm, Venue: TBA) (2 PDUs)
  Professional Event
May 19-20, 2006: APJAE Symposium on International Trade in Honor of Professor Ronald Jones,  Organized by the Department of Economics and Finance and the Research Center for International Economics of City University of Hong Kong (Venue: Faculty Studio, Business Faculty) (Details to be announced)

其他的seminar可以在下面网址里面查看（全部的academic events和部分professional events）
http://fbweb.cityu.edu.hk/efweb/event/event,st00.asp?name=Past


MSAE的课程设置：
Core courses
EF5471       Advanced Microeconomics       Professor Bharat Hazari (Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences)
EF5472       Advanced Macroeconomics       Dr Fred Y Kwan
EF5470       Econometrics       Professor Gregory Chow (Princeton University, USA) and Dr Fred Y Kwan
EF5400       Advanced International Trade       Dr Edwin Lai
EF5473       Seminars in Applied Economics       Guest speakersbbs

Core electives (choose at least two)
EF5401       China Economy       Dr Charles Li
EF5403       Experimental Economics       Professor Ken Chan
EF5404       Financial Economics       Dr Lixin Huang
EF8075       Topics in Microeconomics (Game Theory)       Professor James Bergin (Queens University, Canada)

Free electives (choose at most three)

EF5042       Corporate Finance       Dr Jun Cai
EF5052       Investments       Dr Harry Lo and Dr Victor Hung
MS6215       Forecasting Methods for Business
MA5182       Mathematical Methods in Finance
MS5214       Business Research Methods
MS5222       Business Scheduling
MS5223       Principles and Practice of Project Management
      and many others

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