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MAJOR IN ECONOMICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including the following 1.5 courses with an average of at least 70% and with no mark less than 60%: Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B; and Calculus 1000A/B, or Calculus 1500A/B. (Engineering students and Science students may substitute Economics 2001A/B for Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B, and Applied Mathematics 1413 for Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1500A/B. Please contact the department for details.)

Module
6.0 Courses:

3.0 courses: Economics 2220A/B, Economics 2221A/B, 2222A/B, 2223A/B, 2260A/B, 2261A/B.*
0.5 course: in Economics at the 3000 level.
2.5 additional courses from:
Economics at the 2200 or 3000 level**, Epidemiology 4615A/B.

*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 (exception: if the statistics course is being used in another module, no credit overlap is allowed, and students are required to replace Economics 2222A/B with another 0.5 course in Economics at the 2200 level or higher). Students who have completed any other introductory statistics course listed as an antirequisite to Economics 2222A/B must replace Economics 2222A/B with 0.5 course in Economics at the 2200 or 3000 level.

**Students who are not counting Economics 3310A/B towards their module may substitute up to 0.5 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, 3911F/G, 4353B, 4613A/B, 4617A/B, 4815A/B, 4817A/B, Financial Modelling 3817A/B.

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 1500A/B or the former Calculus 1100A/B with a mark of at least 60%, may enter the Major 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% will be exempt from taking Economics 2222A/B and 2223A/B.

Note: Students considering graduate study in economics or finance should take certain advanced economics courses and additional mathematics and are strongly advised to consult with the Undergraduate Coordinator.

Academic Calendar 2016 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ECONOMICS MAJOR IN ECONOMICS
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