Apr 12, 2025  
Undergraduate Calendar 2025-2026 
    
Undergraduate Calendar 2025-2026

Honours Economics (B.A.) - Accelerated Option


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Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 6.0 including an average of at least 5.0 in ECON 1B03  (or 1BX3) and 1BB3  (or 1BA3); and completion of one of ECON 1ME3 , MATH 1MM3 , MATH 1A03 , 1LS3 ; and completion of ECON 2B03 , 2Z03  and 2Y03  (or 2H03).  For continuation in program, see the section on Minimum Requirement for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I .

Notes


  1. COMMERCE 2FA3  may be substituted for ECON 2I03  and COMMERCE 2QA3  may be substituted for ECON 2B03 .
  2. Students with prior credit in a statistics course recognized as an alternative to ECON 2B03  are exempt from this requirement. Those students can take ECON 3EE3  (formerly 3U03) only if they achieved a grade of at least B+ in an alternative statistics course. There is no such grade requirement for ECON 3E03  (formerly 3WW3). See ECON 3EE3  (formerly 3U03) in the Course Listings section of this Calendar for a list of recognized alternative statistics courses.
  3. Students interested in an M.A. in Economics should take ECON 3EE3  (formerly 3U03) and consider the Specialist Option.
  4. MATH 1MM3  (or 1M03) is required for any student planning to transfer into Commerce and strongly recommended for any student with a Minor in Business or Finance.
  5. Students who have not completed ECON 1ME3  are recommended to complete one of Grade 12 Mathematics of Data Management, STATS 1LL3 , STATS 1L03, or COMMERCE 1DA3 .
  6. For students who have completed ECON 2H03 but did not successfully complete ECON 2HH3, they may substitute ECON 2Y03  in place of ECON 2HH3.
  7. Students who have not completed at least 42 units for the Honours Economics Accelerated Option (B.A.) within the first consecutive 12 months of the program (including Level 1) will be transferred to the Honours Economics (B.A.).

Requirements


120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I

30 units


from

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

3 units


from

42 units


  • Electives. Note: The number of units of Economics courses above Level I (excluding ECON 2B03, 3E03 and 3EE3) must not exceed 60 

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