General B.A. Degree

Students earning a general degree in economics can take a wide variety of economics courses while still pursuing interests in other fields.

Majors

Majors complete ECON 1200 (principles of Economics) or else both ECON 1210 and ECON 1220, and any two of the intermediate theory courses ECON 2450, ECON 2460, ECON 2470 and ECON 2480, plus 18 more hours of credit in Economics (including at least 6 hours at the 300 level)

Minors

Minors complete ECON 1200 (or else both ECON 1210 and ECON 1220) and an additional 12 hours of credit in Economics.

B.A. (ADVANCED) Degree

Majors
Advanced majors in Economics complete a four-year program that provides greater specialization in economic theory and applications than is available from the general degree program.  Students complete ECON 1200 or else both ECON 1210 and ECON 1220, ECON 2450 and ECON 2460 (microeconomics theory), ECON 2470 and ECON 2480 (macroeconomics theory), ECON 3170 and ECON 3180 (quantitative Economics), and either ECON 4820 (Workshop on Canadian Economic Policy) or ECON 4830 (Economics Field Placement), plus 18 hours of other credits in economics.

B.A. (HONOURS) Degree

The Honours program in economics is an enriched four-year program. Small Honours classes give students a better opportunity to establish contact with each other, and give professors more opportunity to pay individual attention to students. The program has recently been enriched by the Delta Marsh Honours retreat on the first weekend of Spring Term, and by a special honours discussion group at the end of each month. Most Honours continue on to graduate studies in Economics at a wide range of other universities.