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Economics B.Econ. Combined Honours (20.0 credits) Students admitted to the Bachelor of Economics may register for a Combined Bachelor of Economics and any other discipline in which a B.A. Combined program is available. A. Credits Included in the Economics Major CGPA (7.5 credits) 1. 6.5 credits in: 6.5 ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics or FYSM 1003 [1.0] Introduction to Economics ECON 1401 [0.5] Elementary Mathematics for Economics I ECON 1402 [0.5] Elementary Mathematics for Economics II ECON 2020 [0.5] Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure ECON 2102 [0.5] Intermediate Macroeconomics I ECON 2210 [0.5] Introductory Statistics for Economics ECON 2900 [0.5] Professional Practice of Economics ECON 3020 [0.5] Intermediate Microeconomics II: Consumers and General Equilibrium ECON 3102 [0.5] Intermediate Macroeconomics II ECON 3210 [0.5] Introductory Econometrics ECON 3900 [0.5] Research Methods in Economics ECON 4905 [0.5] Honours Capstone Seminar (see Note 1 below) 2. 1.0 credit in ECON at the 3000 or 4000 level 1.0 B. Additional Requirements (12.5 credits) 12.5 3. The requirements for Combined Honours in the other discipline must be satisfied 4. Sufficient credits in free electives to make 20.0 credits for the degree. Total Credits 20.0 Note : ECON 4908 [1.0] Honours Essay , may be written by students with Overall and Major CGPAs of 9.50 or higher. In cases where a grade of B- or higher is earned on this essay, it may replace the ECON 4905 requirement together with an ECON elective requirement. Qualified students who choose to pursue the Honours essay stream must first complete an Honours essay prospectus to the satisfaction of both their advisor and the Undergraduate Supervisor. See The Honours Essay guidelines maintained by the Department for further details. Economics B.A. Honours Combined (20.0 credits) Students already enrolled in a B.A. discipline may add Economics as an additional discipline under the B.A. Combined Honours. Economics course requirements for the B.A. Combined Honours are the same as those listed under the B.Econ. Combined Honours, above. Economics B.Econ. (15.0 credits)
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Minor in Economics (4.0 credits) Open to all undergraduate degree students not pursuing a Major in Economics or the B.G.In.S. Specialization or Stream in International Economic Policy. Students are required to present a Minor CGPA of 4.00 or higher at graduation in order to be awarded a Minor in Economics. Requirements: 1. 1.0 credit in: 1.0 ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics or FYSM 1003 [1.0] Introduction to Economics 2. 0.5 credit in: 0.5 ECON 2001 [0.5] Intermediate Microeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors or ECON 2009 [0.5] Managerial Economics or ECON 2020 [0.5] Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure 3. 0.5 credit in: 0.5 ECON 2101 [0.5] Intermediate Macroeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors (see Note, below) or ECON 2102 [0.5] Intermediate Macroeconomics I 4. 0.5 credit in: 0.5 ECON at the 2000 level or higher, or IPAF 2000 [0.5] 5. 1.5 credits in ECON at the 2000 level or higher 1.5 6. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied. Total Credits 4.0 Note: Advanced courses in economics such as ECON 4507 , ECON 4508 , and ECON 4602 require the completion of ECON 2102 . Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Economics (4.0 credits)
Program pathways and conditions
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Pathway 1
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (10.5 credits) | ||
| 1. 6.5 credits in: | 6.5 | |
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| ECON 1401 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics I | |
| ECON 1402 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics II | |
| ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| ECON 2900 [0.5] | Professional Practice of Economics | |
| ECON 3020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics II: Consumers and General Equilibrium | |
| ECON 3102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics II | |
| ECON 3210 [0.5] | Introductory Econometrics | |
| ECON 3900 [0.5] | Research Methods in Economics | |
| ECON 4905 [0.5] | Honours Capstone Seminar (see Note 1 below) | |
| 2. 2.0 credits in ECON at the 3000 level or above | 2.0 | |
| 3. 2.0 credits in ECON at the 4000 level | 2.0 | |
| B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (9.5 credits) | ||
| 4. 5.0 credits in electives not in ECON | 5.0 | |
| 5. 4.5 credits in free electives (May include ECON courses) | 4.5 | |
| Total Credits | 20.0 |
Pathway 2
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (12.5 credits) | ||
| 1. 6.5 credits in: | 6.5 | |
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| ECON 1401 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics I | |
| ECON 1402 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics II | |
| ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| ECON 3020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics II: Consumers and General Equilibrium | |
| ECON 3102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics II | |
| ECON 3210 [0.5] | Introductory Econometrics | |
| ECON 2900 [0.5] | Professional Practice of Economics | |
| ECON 3900 [0.5] | Research Methods in Economics | |
| ECON 4905 [0.5] | Honours Capstone Seminar (see Note 1 below) | |
| 2. One of the concentrations described after the Economics B.Econ. Honours with Concentrations program below, also included in the Major CGPA | 4.0 | |
| 3. 1.0 credit in ECON at the 3000 level or above | 1.0 | |
| 4. 1.0 credit in ECON at the 4000 level | 1.0 | |
| B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (7.5 credits) | ||
| 5. 4.0 credits in electives not in ECON | 4.0 | |
| 6. 3.5 credits in free electives. | 3.5 | |
| Total Credits | 20.0 |
Pathway 3
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (14.5 credits) | ||
| 1. 6.5 credits in: | 6.5 | |
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| ECON 1401 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics I | |
| ECON 1402 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics II | |
| ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| ECON 2900 [0.5] | Professional Practice of Economics | |
| ECON 3020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics II: Consumers and General Equilibrium | |
| ECON 3102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics II | |
| ECON 3210 [0.5] | Introductory Econometrics | |
| ECON 3900 [0.5] | Research Methods in Economics | |
| ECON 4905 [0.5] | Honours Capstone Seminar (see Note, below) | |
| 2. Two of the concentrations described below, also included in the Major CGPA | 8.0 | |
| B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (5.5 credits) | ||
| 3. 3.0 credits in electives not in ECON | 3.0 | |
| 4. 2.5 credits in free electives (may include ECON courses) | 2.5 | |
| Total Credits | 20.0 |
Pathway 4
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 credits) | ||
| 1. 3.5 credits in: | 3.5 | |
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| ECON 1401 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics I | |
| ECON 1402 [0.5] | Elementary Mathematics for Economics II | |
| ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| 2. 3.5 credits in ECON at the 2000 level or higher | 3.5 | |
| B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 credits) | ||
| 3. 6.0 credits in electives not in ECON | 6.0 | |
| 4. 2.0 credits in free electives. | 2.0 | |
| Total Credits | 15.0 |
Pathway 5
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (12.0 credits) | ||
| 1. 4.5 credits in: Core Courses | 4.5 | |
| GINS 1000 [0.5] | Global History | |
| GINS 1010 [0.5] | International Law and Politics | |
| GINS 1020 [0.5] | Ethnography, Globalization and Culture | |
| GINS 2000 [0.5] | Ethics and Globalization | |
| GINS 2010 [0.5] | Globalization and International Economic Issues | |
| GINS 2020 [0.5] | Global Literatures | |
| GINS 3010 [0.5] | Global and International Theory | |
| GINS 3020 [0.5] | Places, Boundaries, Movements and Global Environmental Change | |
| GINS 4090 [0.5] | Honours Seminar in Global and International Studies | |
| 2. 0.0 credit in: International Experience Requirement Preparation | ||
| GINS 1300 [0.0] | International Experience Requirement Preparation | |
| 3. 7.5 credits in: the Specialization | ||
| a. 1.0 credit in: Foundations | 1.0 | |
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or | ||
| FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| b. 0.5 credit in: Microeconomics | 0.5 | |
| ECON 2001 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors | |
| or ECON 2009 [0.5] | Managerial Economics | |
| or ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| c. 0.5 credit in: Macroeconomics | 0.5 | |
| ECON 2101 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors | |
| or ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| d. 0.5 credit in: Research Methodologies | 0.5 | |
| IPAF 2000 [0.5] | Quantitative Approaches to Policy Analysis | |
| or ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| e. 2.0 credits in: International and Public Economics | 2.0 | |
| ECON 3403 [0.5] | Introduction to Public Economics: Expenditures | |
| ECON 3405 [0.5] | Introduction to Public Economics: Taxation | |
| ECON 3601 [0.5] | Introduction to International Trade | |
| ECON 3602 [0.5] | International Monetary Problems | |
| f. 3.0 credits from: International Economic Policy | 3.0 | |
| ECON 3370 [0.5] | The Economics of Migration |
Pathway 6
| A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 credits) | ||
| 1. 4.0 credits in: Core Courses | 4.0 | |
| GINS 1000 [0.5] | Global History | |
| GINS 1010 [0.5] | International Law and Politics | |
| GINS 1020 [0.5] | Ethnography, Globalization and Culture | |
| GINS 2000 [0.5] | Ethics and Globalization | |
| GINS 2010 [0.5] | Globalization and International Economic Issues | |
| GINS 2020 [0.5] | Global Literatures | |
| GINS 3010 [0.5] | Global and International Theory | |
| GINS 3020 [0.5] | Places, Boundaries, Movements and Global Environmental Change | |
| 2. 4.0 credits from: the Stream | 4.0 | |
| a. Foundations | ||
| ECON 1001 [0.5] & ECON 1002 [0.5] | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| or FYSM 1003 [1.0] | Introduction to Economics | |
| b. Microeconomics | ||
| ECON 2001 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors | |
| or ECON 2009 [0.5] | Managerial Economics | |
| or ECON 2020 [0.5] | Intermediate Microeconomics I: Producers and Market Structure | |
| c. Macroeconomics | ||
| ECON 2101 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics for Non-Mathematical Majors | |
| or ECON 2102 [0.5] | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | |
| d. Research Methodologies | ||
| IPAF 2000 [0.5] | Quantitative Approaches to Policy Analysis | |
| or ECON 2210 [0.5] | Introductory Statistics for Economics | |
| e. International Economic Policy | ||
| ECON 3403 [0.5] | Introduction to Public Economics: Expenditures | |
| ECON 3405 [0.5] | Introduction to Public Economics: Taxation | |
| ECON 3508 [0.5] | Introduction to Economic Development | |
| ECON 3509 [0.5] | Development Planning and Project Evaluation | |
| ECON 3510 [0.5] | African Economic Development | |
| ECON 3601 [0.5] | Introduction to International Trade | |
| ECON 3602 [0.5] | International Monetary Problems | |
| ECON 3803 [0.5] | The Economics of Natural Resources | |
| ECON 3804 [0.5] | Environmental Economics | |
| ECON 3807 [0.5] | European Economic Integration |
Pathway 7
| Admission to this program requires the permission of the Department of Economics. | ||
| Requirements: | ||
| 1. 2.0 credits in: | 2.0 | |
| ECON 4020 [0.5] | Advanced Microeconomic Theory | |
| ECON 4021 [0.5] | Advanced Macroeconomic Theory | |
| ECON 4706 [0.5] | Econometrics I | |
| ECON 4990 [0.5] | Research and Writing in Economics | |
| 2. 2.0 credits in electives approved by the Department, normally in ECON at the 4000-level but may include ESLA 1900 and/or ECON 3001 | 2.0 | |
| Total Credits | 4.0 |
Courses
These courses were identified on the program source page. Their presence does not mean they are all required in every pathway.
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