Students who entered the program before September 1, 2010, and are graduating before July, 2014, will be allowed to follow the requirements immediately below, but are strongly encouraged to meet the new admission requirements.
Admission Requirements for students who entered program before September 1, 2010
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60% in 3.0 principal courses, including an average of 70% with no grades less than 60% in the following 2.0 courses: Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B, or Economics 1020, and the former Mathematics 030; or 0.5 course from: Mathematics 1225A/B, Calculus 1000A/B, 1100A/B; plus 0.5 course from Calculus 1301A/B, 1501A/B, Mathematics 1229A/B, Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B.
New Admission Requirements for students entering on or after
September 1, 2010
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60% in 3.0 principal courses, including an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60% in the following 2.5 courses: Economics 1021A/B and Economics 1022A/B, or Economics 1020; 0.5 course from Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1100A/B; and Calculus 1501A/B (or Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%) and Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B.
Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B (or Economics 1020), and Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1100A/B must be completed before admission to the module. Calculus 1501A/B (or Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%) and Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B can be taken after entering the module, but must be completed by the end of the second year in the module.
(Note: Students entering this program before September 1, 2010, who have not completed Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1100A/B may enter the program if they have an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60% in 3.0 principal courses, including an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60% in the following 2.0 courses: Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B, or Economics 1020; and 1.0 course from Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B, Mathematics 1225A/B, 1229A/B, the former Mathematics 030. Such students are required to complete Economics 2210A/B as part of the module requirements.)
Module
9.0 Courses:
3.0 courses normally taken in second year: Economics 2220A/B, 2221A/B, 2222A/B, 2223A/B, 2260A/B, 2261A/B.*
1.0 course normally taken in third year: Economics 3320A/B, 3382A/B.
1.0 course in Economics at the 2200 or 3000 level with an F/G designation, normally taken in third year.
1.5 courses normally taken in fourth year: Economics 3388A/B, 4400E.
2.5 additional courses in Economics at the 3000 level.**
*Students who have taken a full or half course in introductory statistics at the 2100 level or higher in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences can substitute that course for Economics 2222A/B towards the module requirements. Students who have completed any other introductory statistics course listed as an anti-requisite to Economics 2222A/B must replace Economics 2222A/B with 0.5 course in Economics at the 2200 or 3000 level.
**Students may substitute up to 1.0 course from the following list toward this requirement: Calculus 2502A/B, 2503A/B; any Mathematics course numbered 2100 or higher; Applied Mathematics 2402A, or the former Differential Equations 2402A, Applied Mathematics 2811B, 2813B, 3811A/B, 3813A/B, 3815A/B, 3817A/B, 3911F/G, 4353B, 4613A/B, 4617A/B, 4815A/B, 4817A/B. Students who choose to make such a substitution cannot count Economics 3310A/B towards this requirement.
Students who have completed Economics 2150A/B, 2151A/B, 2152A/B and 2153A/B with an average of 80% and no mark less than 75%, and who have taken Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1100A/B, and Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B, with no mark less than 60%, may enter the Honors Specialization and be exempt from taking Economics 2220A/B, 2221A/B, 2260A/B and 2261A/B. Students who have completed these requirements and have also completed Economics 2122A/B and 2123A/B with an average of 80% and no mark less than 75% may also be exempt from taking Economics 2222A/B and 2223A/B. [Students who completed Economics 2150A/B, 2151A/B, 2152A/B and 2153A/B before September, 2009, may request to be granted these exemptions based on the mark requirements described for this module in the Faculty of Social Science section of the 2008 Academic Calendar.]
Students who completed Economics 2150A/B, 2151A/B, 2152A/B and 2153A/B before September, 2009, may request to be admitted to the Honors Specialization in accordance with the requirements listed under “Admission Requirements for students entering Year 4 or with a previous degree” on pg. 175 of the 2008 Academic Calendar.