Bachelor of Arts in Economics

The study of economics helps us understand our world: wages and employment, economic growth, productivity, wealth and poverty, government budgets and taxation, resource exploitation, business practices, inflation, recession, regional economic differences. In the undergraduate program in economics, you study the history and current reality of these issues, and the principles and techniques necessary to gain a sound understanding of the choices and problems facing us during our lifetime.

The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts at UM is committed to providing up-to-date education in the core skills that give economics majors a competitive edge in careers where an understanding and analysis of the economy, its institutions, its quantitative indicators, and economic policy, is desirable.

Our BA Advanced Major and the Honours programs provide in-depth and specialized knowledge of the discipline, as well as an appreciation of the range and nature of the debates and of the contemporary and evolving approaches within economics. The Honours program is especially unique in providing an intellectually interesting, as well as challenging, education to our students. The general major in Economics program provides a broader education that is useful to students interested in completing their degree in three years.

Students earning a general BA in economics can take a wide variety of economics courses while still pursuing interests in other fields. The advanced BA degree in Economics provides greater specialization. The Honours program is intellectually stimulating and offers smaller third and fourth-year classes.

Programs

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics (General) – 3 years
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Advanced) – 4 years
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Honours) – 4 years