Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics with Concentration
ObjectivesAt its core, economics is the study of reasoned choice in the context of scarce resources and competing interests. The need to make such choices pervades the day-to-day lives of all of us as individuals and of society as a whole. Along with the study of decision-making and the interactions between the associated individuals, economics examines many important social problems such as health care, pollution, resource depletion, poverty, social assistance, and the tax system. In addition to being applied to the problems of society, economics is applied in many business fields including labour relations, banking and financial markets, and international trade and finance. An education in economics is very different from one in business. While the latter provides a technical training in specific areas of current interest to prospective employers, the former is a social science: it is an intellectual discipline that seeks to analyze and understand social phenomena. The focus of an education in economics is on individual intellectual growth and development.
Academic titleBachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics with Concentration
Course descriptionApplied Economics
B.A. Honours
with Concentration (20.0 credits)
1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (12.0 credits):
1. 1.0 credit in ECON 1000 [1.0] or FYSM 1003 [1.0];
2. 5.0 credits in ECON 1401, ECON 1402, ECON 2002, ECON 2003, ECON 2102, ECON 2103, ECON 2201, ECON 2202, ECON 3706, ECON 4890;
3. 1.0 credit in ECON 2400 and/or ECON at the 3000-level;
4. 1.0 credit in ECON at the 4000-level;
5. One of the following concentrations, also included in the Major CGPA: