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PROGRAMS
Bachelor of Arts (Economics)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours Economics)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Economics)
Bachelor of Arts (Combined Honours Economics)
Bachelor of Science (Combined Honours Economics)
Minor in Economics
Major and Minor Concentrations - Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science (IAS) - Economics

Additional Information: GENERAL UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS


Bachelor of Arts (Economics)

Degree Requirements

Total courses: thirty.

(a) ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2120, ECON-2210, and ECON-2310; and six 2XXX, 3XXX or 4XXX level courses. (With the approval of a program advisor, equivalent statistics courses may be substituted for ECON-2120.)
(b) STAT-2920, or STAT-2910;
(c) eight courses from outside Social Sciences with at least two from Arts/Languages and two from Sciences;
(d) four courses from any area of study including Economics;
(e) six courses from any area of study excluding Economics.

Courses used to calculate the major average are: courses listed under requirement (a), and any courses taken in the major area(s) of study.

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCING:

Year 1*
Fall: ECON-1100, plus four courses
Winter: ECON-1110, plus four courses

Year 2
Fall: ECON-2210*, ECON-2310, STAT-2920 (or STAT-2910)*, two courses
Winter: ECON-2120, two economics courses, two other courses

Year 3
Fall: two economics courses, three other courses
Winter: two economics courses, three other courses

Notes: STAT-2920 is recommended. If STAT-2920 is chosen instead of STAT-2910, MATH-1730 is required and should be taken in Year 1. A student who had successfully completed ECON-1100 could take ECON-2210 in the Winter of Year 1, rather than in Winter of Year 2.


Bachelor of Arts (Honours Economics)

Degree Requirements

Total courses: forty.

(a) ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2120 (or STAT-2950), ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320, ECON-3060, ECON-3130, ECON-4140, ECON-4230, ECON-4330, ECON-4070 and seven additional courses, at least five of which have to be at the 3XXX or 4XXX level.
(b) MATH-1250 (or MATH-1260 ), MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760), and either STAT-2910 or STAT-2920 (if taking STAT-2920, the student must take MATH-1730 as a prerequisite for STAT-2920).
(c) seventeen courses from any area of study, of which a maximum of two may be from Economics.


Courses used to calculate the major average are: courses listed under requirement (a), and any courses taken in the major area(s) of study.

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCING:

Year 1*
Fall: ECON-1100, MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760), MATH-1250 (or MATH-1260), plus two courses
Winter: ECON-1110, MATH-1730* (or other course), plus three courses

Year 2
Fall: ECON-2210*, ECON-2310, STAT-2920 (or STAT-2910)*, plus two courses
Winter: ECON-2220, ECON-2320, ECON-2120 (or STAT-2950), plus two courses

Year 3
Fall: ECON-3060, two economics courses, two other courses
Winter: two economics courses, three other courses

Year 4
Fall: ECON-3130, ECON-4230, ECON-4330, one economics course, one other course
Winter: ECON-4140, ECON-4070, two economics courses, one other course

Notes: STAT-2920 is recommended. If STAT-2920 is chosen instead of STAT-2910, MATH-1730 is required and should be taken in Year 1. A student who had successfully completed ECON-1100 could take ECON-2210 in the Winter of Year 1, rather than in Winter of Year 2. Also, conditional on satisfying the prerequisites, a student could move ECON-3130 and ECON-4140 from the fourth year to the third year.


Bachelor of Science (Honours Economics)

Degree Requirements

Total courses: forty.

(a) ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2120 (or STAT-2950), ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320, ECON-3060, ECON-3130, ECON-4140, ECON-4230, ECON-4330, ECON-4060, ECON-4240, ECON-4340, and five Economics elective courses at the 3XXX or 4XXX level.
(b) COMP-1047, MATH-1250 (or MATH-1260 ), MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760), MATH-1730, MATH-1020, STAT-2920, plus one additional course (2XXX-level or higher) from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
(c)
An additional 13 courses, a maximum of which two may be Economics courses.

Courses used to calculate the major average are: courses listed under requirement (a), and any courses taken in the major area(s) of study.

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCING:

Year 1*
Fall: ECON-1100, MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760), MATH-1250 (or MATH-1260), COMP-1047 (or other course), plus one course
Winter: ECON-1110, MATH-1730, MATH-1020, COMP-1047 (or other course), plus one course

Year 2
Fall: ECON-2210*, ECON-2310, STAT-2920, plus two courses
Winter: ECON-2220, ECON-2320, ECON-2120 (or STAT-2950), plus two courses

Year 3
Fall: two economics courses, one math or stats course, two other courses
Winter: ECON-3060, two economics courses, two other courses

Year 4
Fall: ECON-3130, ECON-4230, ECON-4330, ECON-4060, one other course
Winter: ECON-4140, ECON-4240, ECON-4340, one economics course, one other course

Notes: A student who had successfully completed ECON-1100 could take ECON-2210 in the Winter of Year 1, rather than in Winter of Year 2. Also, conditional on satisfying the prerequisites, a student could move ECON-3130 and ECON-4140 from the fourth year to the third year.


Bachelor of Arts Combined Honours Economics Programs

Degree Requirements

Total courses: forty.

(a) Economics: ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2120 or (STAT-2950), ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320 and six additional in Economics, at least four of which have to be at the 3XXX or 4XXX level.
(b) Course requirements-Other Subject: courses used to calculate the major average in the other subject area, as prescribed by that area of study.
(c) STAT-2910 (or STAT-2920)
(d) additional options to a total of forty.

Courses used to calculate the major average are: courses listed under requirements (a) and (b), and any courses taken in the major area(s) of study.

The critical requirement for the four-year Economics Honours is the inclusion of Economics ECON-1100 and ECON-1110 in the first year of the program. Similarly Economics ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, and ECON-2320 should be included in the second year of the program.
Students intending to specialize in Economics in a four-year Honours program should satisfy the Mathematics requirements as early as possible in the program.


Bachelor of Science Combined Honours Economics Programs
Bachelor of Science honours programs combining Economics with a second Honours area of study will consist of:

Degree Requirements

Total courses: forty.

(a) Economics: ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2120 or STAT-2950*, ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320, ECON-3060, ECON-3130, ECON-4060, ECON-4140, ECON-4230, ECON-4240, ECON-4330 and ECON-4340.
(b) Course requirements-Other Subject: courses used to calculate the major average in the other subject area, as prescribed by that area of study.
(c) MATH-1250 or MATH-1260 , MATH-1760 or MATH-1720, MATH-1730, MATH-1020, STAT-2920 and one additional course* from the Department of Mathematics & Statistics (MATH or STAT) at the 2XXX-level or higher.
(d) additional courses, if necessary, from any area of study to a total of forty courses.

* STAT-2950 is required if Mathematics and Statistics is the other subject. Also, STAT-2950 may be the ‘additional course’ in (c) above.

Courses used to calculate the major average are: courses listed under requirements (a) and (b), and any courses taken in the major area(s) of study.


Minor in Economics

A minor shall consist of ECON-1100, ECON-1110, ECON-2210, ECON-2310, and two additional Economics courses. A minimum average of 60% or better is required in all six courses.


Major and Minor Concentrations - Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science (IAS) - Economics

Major Concentration: ECON-2120, ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320, ECON-3130, ECON-4140, ECON-4230, ECON-4330; three additional courses at the 3XXX-level or above. (If General Science Major ECON-4240 and ECON-4340 are required.) (additional requirements: ECON-1100, ECON-1110, STAT-2910.)

*(Note: If a student is considering graduate studies in Economics they should take MATH-1720 (BIAS core), MATH-1730 (BIAS core), STAT-2920 (replaces core STAT-2910) and STAT-2950 (replaces ECON-2120) and ECON-4240 and ECON-4340 (replaces two of the three additional 3000 level or above), and one additional Economic course at the 3000 level or above.

Minor Concentration: ECON-2120, ECON-2210, ECON-2220, ECON-2310, ECON-2320; one 3000-level or above course.

Other requirements: ECON-1100, ECON-1110, STAT-2910.


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