100-level

ECON104
Introduction to Microeconomics
Description
Scarcity, exchange and trade. Market analysis and policy. Consumer choice theory. Theory of the firm. Imperfect competition. Externalities and public goods.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Semester Two 2026
UCIC Trimester One 2026
UCIC Trimester Two 2026
UCIC Trimester Three 2026
Points
15 points
Restrictions
ECON199
ECON105
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Description
This course introduces students to the macro economy and how it evolved to where it is today. We examine economic variables and how rises and falls in these variables affect people and businesses. We investigate how government policies, decisions by households and firms, and changes in the world economy affect inflation, exchange rates, interest rates, unemployment, growth, poverty and inequality and other economic outcomes we care about.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Semester Two 2026
UCIC Trimester Three 2026
Points
15 points
ECON199
Introduction to Microeconomics
Description
Scarcity, exchange and trade. Market analysis and policy. Consumer choice theory. Theory of the firm. Imperfect competition. Externalities and public goods. (ECON199 is offered under the STAR programme for secondary school students. Secondary School students only may enrol in this course.)
Occurrences
General non-calendar-based 2026 (Distance)
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Restrictions
ECON104

200-level

ECON206
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Description
ECON 206 provides an understanding of fluctuations of aggregate activity, the growth of a country’s standard of living, and how government choices affect these things. We study how people's and firms' decisions about consumption, saving, and investment affect their welfare and wealth, a country’s exports and capital flows, and the values of interest and exchange rates. We look at the role of money, inflation, credit, and the financial system in the economy. We use the aggregate demand and supply model to understand why the economy fluctuates and what it means for people's employment and income. Then we see if the government can stop or mitigate the effects of the fluctuations. Finally, we look at how we can improve our standard of living through economic growth.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON104 and ECON105
ECON207
Intermediate Microeconomics - Households and Government
Description
ECON 207 is one of two intermediate microeconomics courses which build on the concepts learned in ECON 104. Concepts will be taught with a graphical and/or simple algebraic approach. Most of the first term is spent using the consumer behaviour model to explain optimal consumer decision making with different types of goods. Consumer decision making under risk and uncertainty is also examined. Term two is spent examining what happens when people and businesses are imperfectly informed about their transactions, or about each other. Externalities and public goods are also investigated.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON104
ECON208
Intermediate Microeconomics - Firms and Markets
Description
ECON208 is one of two intermediate microeconomics courses which build on the concepts learned in ECON104. The initial topic is analysing the decision making of perfectly competitive businesses. Specifically, how production processes and the price of inputs influence the output decisions of businesses. All other topics look at what happens when perfect competition fails to hold. The focus is on people and businesses acting strategically and what happens when businesses exploit market power.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON104
ECON213
Introduction to Econometrics
Description
This course teaches basic skills in econometrics, which is the statistical analysis of economic data. The emphasis in this class is on doing! Over the course of the semester, you will learn how to (i) develop a regression model, (ii) estimate it, and (iii) interpret it. General topics that we will cover include OLS regression, prediction, dummy variables, model specification, model selection, hypothesis testing, robust standard errors, endogeneity, qualitative choice models (logit and probit), simulations, and Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). You will gain much hands-on experience estimating statistical models using the programming language R, a widely used, free software environment for statistical computing. One hour each week is devoted to learning the mathematical foundation for econometrics that will equip you to go on to do further coursework in econometrics.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
15 points from STAT
Restrictions
ECON214
ECON222
International Trade
Description
Microeconomic analysis of international trade, trade policy, the welfare implications of trade and trade policy. The political economy of trade liberalisation.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON104
ECON223
Introduction to Game Theory for Business, Science and Politics
Description
ECON223 is an introduction to game theory. Game theory itself is the science that studies strategic interaction, the interplay of competition and cooperation between rational, intelligent people. This course is introductory and non-mathematical, emphasizing a small number of key strategic ideas and principles that you will learn through hands-on, interactive playing and analyzing simple stylized examples. The course is multidisciplinary, with examples drawn from social behavior in economics, business, politics, management, history, sociology, psychology, and biology. Completion of first year university in any field is the only prerequisite.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 60 points
ECON225
Environmental Economics
Description
Economic theory and tools will be applied to the study of the environment and policy. In particular this course will examine how economists look for least cost ways of achieving environmental objectives even if those objectives are not set according to cost benefit analysis. This course will examine how market, incentive based regulatory mechanisms affect environmental outcomes and how the economy and the environment interact.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON104

300-level

ECON314
Economic Analysis of "Big Data"
Description
With the decrease of the cost of storing data, both the size and the variety of available data has increased dramatically. In this course, we will discuss how such 'big data', and the 'artificial intelligence' that may result from it, is affecting both the economy itself and how the economy can be analysed. We will analyse the impact of big data and artificial intelligence on the economy through various examples of how businesses and governments can benefit from big data and artificial intelligence, but also of how big data and artificial intelligence can be abused by them. We also discuss how big data and artificial intelligence has created new ways to analyse the economy, by providing new ways to collect data (for example, web scraping) and by creating new types of data (for example, Google Trend/Correlate data, Text data and Image data) that can be used to analyse the economy.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON105; and (2) ECON213 or ECON214
ECON321
Microeconomic Analysis
Description
This course follows on from the Intermediate Microeconomics sequence taught at stage 2. The primary focus is on applying fundamental mathematical tools and techniques for modelling standard microeconomics problems involving consumers, producers and markets. Techniques in both algebra and calculus will be used. The main objective is to show students how a selection of standard microeconomics problems can be modelled in terms of constrained optimisation, solving those problems, and above all, analysing the solutions.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON207; and (2) MATH102 or MATH199; and (3) 15 points from STAT RP: ECON208
ECON323
Time Series Methods
Description
Analysis of sequentially collected data including data modelling and forecasting techniques.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON213; and (2) ECON207; and (3) MATH102
Restrictions
FINC323, STAT317
ECON324
Econometrics
Description
This course teaches advanced skills in practical econometrics. Our coverage will include the following topics: OLS, FGLS, robust standard errors, panel data, Stata programming, writing .do files, Monte Carlo experiments, bootstrapping, model selection, and exercises in data cleaning. While the course will present some theory, the emphasis in this class is on doing. A distinctive characteristic of the class is that we will illustrate key concepts using computer simulations so that students can "see" the practical consequences of the issues they are studying.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON213 or STAT202; and (2) MATH102 or MATH199
ECON325
Advanced Macroeconomics
Description
ECON325 studies the economy as a whole to understand the two main areas of macroeconomics: long-run growth in the standard of living and the general level of prices, and short-run fluctuations in employment and output. The course gives particular attention to the mathematical techniques that economists use to study these areas and the microeconomic foundations that underpin much of macroeconomic analysis.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON206; and (2) MATH102; and (3) ECON207 or ECON208
ECON326
Macro and Monetary Economics
Description
Derivation of the demand for money. Choice of monetary policy instrument under uncertainty. Analysis of alternative monetary rules in closed and open economies. A Taylor rule in a dynamic model. Term structure of interest rates. Central bank digital currencies. Financial crises.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON206; (2) MATH102 or MATH199. RP: ECON207
ECON329
Industrial Organisation
Description
Imperfectly competitive markets and behaviour of firms. Monopoly models: standard, dominant firm, durable good, natural monopoly, perfectly contestable markets, price discrimination. Oligopoly models: Cournot, Bertrand, product differentiation. Measuring market power, competition policy.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207 or ECON208 RP: ECON208
ECON331
Financial Economics
Description
The economics of finance with applications to asset valuation, corporate finance, and portfolio management.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
, (1) FINC201; and (2) MATH102 or MATH199; RP: MATH103
Restrictions
FINC331
Co-requisites
ECON207
ECON335
Public Economics
Description
Economic theories for the role of government in a market economy and the role of economics in the formulation and evaluation of public policy.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207 RP: ECON208
ECON338
Health Economics Overview
Description
An application of microeconomic and empirical tools to the study of health and medical care. The topics covered will include market failures arising from asymmetric information, the demand for and production of health, provision of health insurance, and government involvement in the medical care system.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207 RP: ECON208
ECON340
Development Economics
Description
Economics 340 will examine some of the major economic issues faced by individuals and governments in poorer countries, and introduce students to the field of development economics. The course will study the concepts and measurement of development, poverty and growth, and how economists use theory, empirical analysis and experiments to address issues in these areas. Topics surveyed will include poverty and inequality, population growth, urbanization and migration, agriculture and rural development, investments in education and health and the role of women, governance and institutions, credit and insurance, foreign investment and aid, and international trade policy. In the process, students will be exposed to the ongoing debates in development economics.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207 or ECON208 RP: ECON208
ECON344
International Finance
Description
This course provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts and issues in international finance. It develops a "tool-kit" of common approaches and applies it to many real-world examples in international finance. We cover topics such as the foreign exchange markets and exchange rate systems, balance of payments, international arbitrage and interest rate parity, exchange rate determination and forecasting, measuring and managing exchange rate risk, international debt and equity financing, currency derivatives, interest rate and currency swaps, and financial crises.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON206 or FINC201 or FINC203 RP: 15 points in MATH or Year 13 Math with Calculus
Restrictions
ECON 210 and FINC 315 and FINC344
ECON345
The Economics of Risk and Insurance
Description
This course analyses the nature and problem of risk and uncertainty and consumers preferences regarding risk and risk taking. It examines the basic principles of risk and insurance, and the description of the characteristics of main types of insurance, (both life and general). The course includes an introduction to the structure and operation of insurance markets, (both local and international) and the function of insurance firms within the financial system. It covers the general principles of insurance underwriting and pricing, claims management and claims reserving process within the regulatory regime of the insurance industry.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207 RP: ECON208
ECON346
Economics Cost-Benefit Analysis
Description
This course provides you with the conceptual foundations and practical knowledge you will need to read and understand CBA reports, conduct a CBA, and to be a thoughtful consumer of policy research. An important part of the course is learning different economic methods to calculate and then estimate values of costs and benefits. The course draws on a mixture of economic theory and real-life case studies to examine both the theoretical and practical issues involved in CBA. Students also learn about the method of cultural impact assessment and its relationship to cost-benefit analysis.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ECON207
ECON390
Internship or Consultancy Project
Description
An internship or consultancy project is an opportunity to experience a professional work environment. Internships or projects taken for credit are usually unpaid. You are expected to develop a good understanding of a sector, market or organisation. The work you submit will show an application of the tools, ideas or concepts of economics. You will be required to reflect critically on the requirements of transitioning from an academic to a work environment and the skills valued in a professional workplace. As these are economics placements, priority is given to economics majors.
Occurrences
Summer Nov 2025
Semester One 2026
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
(1) ECON207 or ECON208; and (2) Subject to the Head of Department approval
Restrictions
FINC390, ARTS395, PACE395

Not Offered Courses in 2026

100-level

ECON105
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Description
This course introduces students to the macro economy and how it evolved to where it is today. We examine economic variables and how rises and falls in these variables affect people and businesses. We investigate how government policies, decisions by households and firms, and changes in the world economy affect inflation, exchange rates, interest rates, unemployment, growth, poverty and inequality and other economic outcomes we care about.
Occurrences
ECON105-26V1 (C)
UCIC Trimester One 2026 - Not offered
For further information see ECON105 course details
Points
15 points

200-level

ECON214
Data Analytics for Business Economics
Description
This course teaches basic skills in econometrics, which is the statistical analysis of economic data. The emphasis in this class is on doing! Over the course of the semester, you will learn how to (i) develop a regression model, (ii) estimate it, and (iii) interpret it. General topics that we will cover include OLS regression, prediction, dummy variables, model specification, model selection, hypothesis testing, robust standard errors, endogeneity, qualitative choice models (logit and probit), simulations, and Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). You will gain much hands-on experience estimating statistical models using the programming language R, a widely used, free software environment for statistical computing. One hour each week is devoted to analysing case studies and improving presentation skills.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2025
For further information see ECON214 course details
Points
15 points

300-level

ECON327
Economic Analysis of Law
Description
An introduction to the law of property and contracts as systems for allocating resources.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017
For further information see ECON327 course details
Points
15 points
ECON332
Economics and Psychology
Description
Economics and Psychology will discuss both how psychological insights and experimental methods may be brought to bear on the understanding of economic phenomena, especially in situations with strategic interaction. A mixture of theoretical developments and experimental results will be dealt with.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2013 , 2014
For further information see ECON332 course details
Points
15 points
ECON333
Experimental Economics
Description
An introduction to experimental economics research methods for testing economic theory. Includes the design of laboratory experiments and the analysis of data. Applications will be made to areas such as public, environmental and labour economics, industrial organisation, and individual decision making.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2020
For further information see ECON333 course details
Points
15 points
ECON334
Labour Economics
Description
Labour economics studies how workers and employers interact in firms, organizations, and markets. This course will examine theories and empirical evidence of topics such as labour supply and demand, wage determination, collective bargaining, unemployment, labour force participation, immigration, discrimination, human capital, and employment law.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2016
For further information see ECON334 course details
Points
15 points
ECON341
Economics of Education
Description
This course uses economic tools to help students understand how and why people make decisions to invest in education, the effect of education on long-term social and economic outcomes, the behaviour of institutions that "produce" education (including why governments might have a role in the education sector), how it is financed, the market for teachers, the role of education in economic development and how best to design and implement public policies affecting the level and distribution of education resources.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2013 , 2014 , 2015
For further information see ECON341 course details
Points
15 points
ECON342
Economic History
Description
This course examines how production and trade have been central to the economic and social organisation of humanity. We study the causes and consequences of the Three Great Transformations: language, agriculture, and the commercial and industrial revolutions that began in the 16th century. What can we learn from the economic rise of England? What can our economic history teach us about our economic future?
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2013 , 2014
For further information see ECON342 course details
Points
15 points