ECON 101 (3) Principles of Microeconomics
Elements of theory and of Canadian policy and institutions concerning the economics of markets and market behaviour, prices and costs, exchange and trade, competition and monopoly, distribution of income.
Same as ECON 310, available to students with 3rd year standing or higher.
ECON 102 (3) Principles of Macroeconomics
Elements of theory and of Canadian policy and institutions concerning the economics of growth and business cycles, national income accounting, interest and exchange rates, money and banking, the balance of trade.
Same as 311, available to students with 3rd year standing or higher.
ECON 221 (3) Introduction to Strategic Thinking
An introduction to how people interact in strategic situations drawn from political science, history, psychology, law, biology, military history, economics, business, and anthropology. The focus will be on developing intuition. May not be taken for credit by students with fourth-year standing. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON 221 or ISCI 344.
Prerequisite: All of ECON 101, ECON 102.
ECON 226 (3) Making Sense of Economic Data
Formulation of a testable hypothesis, identification of relevant data, use of appropriate statistical tools. May not be taken for credit by students with fourth-year standing in ECON or COMM. Not available for credit to students having credit for either of ECON 325 or ECON 326.
Prerequisite: All of ECON 101, ECON 102.
ECON 351 (3) Women in the Economy
Economic analysis of markets and policies particularly affecting women. Selected topics drawn from economic discrimination; educational, occupational, and work choices; pay and employment equity; allocation of work time and consumption within the household and in the market; economics of marriage and fertility; poverty; taxation; income security and pension policies; and historical perspectives.
Prerequisite: All of ECON 101, ECON 102.
ECON 441 (3) The Process of Economic Development
Industrialization of an agrarian economy; how the West grew rich; history of Japanese development; technical progress and growth; evolution of the patterns of income distribution; role of international trade in development; environment and development.
Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304.