Economics

About this programme

Economics courses provide individuals with a logical and consistent framework for understanding basic concepts such as market equilibrium, social welfare and economic policies. Select a course below to see full descriptions. (#) Indicates amount of credits per course This introductory course examines a subset of economic ideas to broadly understand individual behaviors, market outcomes, and aggregate performance of the economy in a non-technical manner. This course is strongly recommended to be taken prior to ECON 103 or ECON 105. UBC ECON 1st (3), No credit with any prior or concurrent ECON credits SFU ECON 1XX (3) UVIC ECON 100 (1.5) UNBC ECON 1XX (3) TRU ECON 1220 (3) Microeconomics is a particular branch of economics that exploits a model of behavior based on several principles of motivation, preferences, and technology. This introductory course introduces the principal elements of theory concerning utility and value, price and costs, factor analysis, productivity, labour organization, competition and monopoly, and the theory of the firm. ENGL 098, ECON 100 or MATH 11 (B) or MATH 12 (C) or MATH 099 (C) or MATH 100 (P) UBC ECON 101 (3) SFU ECON 103 (3), Q/B-Soc UVIC ECON 103 (1.5) UNBC ECON 100 (3) TRU ECON 1900 (3) Principles of macroeconomics introduces macroeconomic theories and issues and how economic variables interact with one another. This introductory course covers topics such as the national product and income and how to measure it, the theory of income and employment determination, inflation, money, banking, and the Bank of Canada, interest rates and exc