Program: Economics (B.A.) - McMaster University - Modern

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Undergraduate Calendar 2013-2014

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Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Cumulative Average of at least 3.5 and an average of at least 4.0 in ECON 1B03 and ECON 1BB3 .

Notes

COMMERCE 2FA3 may be substituted for ECON 2I03 and COMMERCE 2QA3 may be substituted for ECON 2B03 .
Students with prior credit in a course equivalent to ECON 2B03 are exempt from this requirement. See ECON 2B03 in the Course Listings section of this Calendar for equivalencies.
Alternate admission to the B.A. Economics program requires a Cumulative Average of at least 3.5 including an average of at least 4.0 in ECON 2G03 , ECON 2H03 .

Requirements

90 units total (Levels I to III), of which 42 units may be Level I

30 units

from

the Level I program completed prior to admission to the program.
(See Admission above.)

9 units

ECON 2B03 - Analysis of Economic Data
ECON 2G03 - Intermediate Microeconomics I
ECON 2H03 - Intermediate Macroeconomics I
(See Note 2 above.)

15 units

Levels II, III, IV Economics with no more than six units from

3 units*

from

MATH 1A03 - Calculus For Science I
MATH 1F03 - Introduction to Calculus And Analytic Geometry * or
Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors U
MATH 1LS3 - Calculus for The Life Sciences I or
MATH 1M03 - Calculus for Business, Humanities and The Social Sciences

3 units*

from

STATS 1L03 - Probability and Linear Algebra or
Grade 12 Mathematics of Data Management U

30 units

Electives. If not completed in Level I, a minimum of six units must be from the Faculty of Humanities and/or the Department of Religious Studies. The number of units of Economics courses above Level I (excluding ECON 2B03 and ECON 3U03 ) must not exceed 36.

Note

*If requirement was completed in Level I or with Grade 12 U courses, these units will be taken as electives.