1. The Firm — Option A: Microeconomic Analysis

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must complete 18 credits (24 for the Honours BA) from either Option A or Option B.

Option A – Microeconomic Analysis*

• AS/ECON 1530 3.00 Introductory Mathematics for Economists I**;
• AS/ECON 1540 3.00 Introductory Mathematics for Economists II**;
• AS/ECON 2500 3.00 Introductory Statistics**;
• AS/ECON 3210 3.00 Use of Economic Data** or AS/ECON 3500 3.00 Introductory Mathematical Statistics for Economists;
• six credits, including at least three credits at the 3000 level, chosen from:
  AS/ECON 2300 3.00Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I,
  AS/ECON 2350 3.00 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II,
  AS/ECON 3200 3.00 Industrial Organization,
  AK/ECON 3411 3.00 Applied Managerial Economics, or
  AK/ECON 3760 3.00 Industrial Organization: Policy and Application.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4130 3.00 Introduction to Game Theory in Economics,
AS/ECON 4210 3.00 Econometrics,
AS/ECON 4220 3.00 Econometric Theory, or
AS/ECON 4350 3.00 Advanced Topics in Industrial Organization.

* Students may not combine this Stream Option with Option A in The Macroeconomy Stream .

** Students who take this course as part of the Macro-Economy Stream should replace it with another course chosen from the listed course options at the 2000 or 3000 level.

1. The Firm — Option B: Organizational Analysis

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must complete 18 credits (24 for the Honours BA) from either Option A or Option B.

Option B – Organizational Analysis

• AK/ADMS 1000 3.00 Introduction to Administrative Studies;
• AK/ADMS 2400 3.00 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour;
• AS/ ECON 2500 3.00 Introductory Statistics*;
• AS/ECON 3210 3.00 Use of Economic Data*;
• Six credits chosen from:
  AS/ECON 3200 3.00 Industrial Organization,
  AS/ECON 3240/3249 3.00 Labour Economics – Theory,
  AS/SOCI 3620 6.00 Formal Organizations,
  AK/ADMS 3300 3.00 Decision Analysis, or
  AS/PSYC3570 3.00 Organizational Psychology.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4130 3.00 Introduction to Game Theory in Economics,
AS/ECON 4350 3.00 Advanced Topics in Industrial Organization,
AS/SOSC 4041 6.00 Alternative Economic Firms and Arrangements,
AS/SOSC 4210 6.00 Collective Bargaining Simulation, or
AK/ADMS 4010 3.00 Organization and Administrative Theory.

* Students who take this course as part of the Macro-Economy Stream should replace it with another course chosen from the listed course options at the 3000 level.

2. The Macroeconomy — Option A: Macroeconomic Analysis

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must complete 18 credits (24 for the Honours BA) from either Option A or Option B.

Option A – Macroeconomic Analysis*

• AS/ECON 1530 3.00 Introductory Mathematics for Economists I**;
• AS/ECON 1540 3.00 Introductory Mathematics for Economists II**;
• AS/ECON 2500 3.00 Introductory Statistics**;
• AS/ECON 3210 3.00 Use of Economic Data**;
• six credits, including at least three credits at the 3000 level, chosen from:
  AS/ECON 2400 3.00 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I,
  AS/ECON 2450 3.00 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II,
  AS/ECON 3140 3.00 Monetary Economics,
  AS/ECON 3150 3.00 International Trade I, or
  AS/ECON 3200 3.00 Industrial Organization.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4070 3.00 Public Finance I,
AS/ECON 4080 3.00 Public Finance II,
AS/ECON 4129 3.00 International Trade Policy and Economic Integration,
AS/ECON 4190 3.00 International Trade II, or
AS/ECON 4200 3.00 International Monetary Economics.

* Students may not combine this Stream Option with Option A in The Firm Stream.

**Students who take this course as part of the Firm Stream should replace it with another course chosen from the listed course options at the 2000 or 3000 level.

2. The Macroeconomy — Option B: Public Policy Analysis

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must complete 18 credits (24 for the Honours BA) from either Option A or Option B.

Option B – Public Policy Analysis

• AS/ECON 2500 3.00 Introductory Statistics*;
• AS/ECON 3210 3.00 Use of Economic Data*;
• AS/POLS 3190 6.00 Public Administration;
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/ECON 3140 3.00 Monetary Economics,
  AS/ECON 3150 3.00 International Trade I,
  AS/ECON 3200 3.00 Industrial Organization,
  AK/ECON 3660 3.00 Canadian Economic Policy II,
  AS/POLS 3125 3.00 Canadian Political Economy ,
  AS/POLS 3145 3.00 Government and Business in Canada,
  AS/POLS 3600 3.00 Public Law I, or
  AS/POLS 3605 3.00 Public Law II.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4070 3.00 Public Finance I ,
AS/ECON 4080 3.00 Public Finance II,
AS/ECON 4129 3.00 International Trade Policy and Economic Integration,
AS/ECON 4190 3.00 International Trade II,
AS/ECON 4200 3.00 International Monetary Economics,
AS/ECON 4350 3.00 Advanced Topics in Industrial Organization,
AS/ECON 4379 3.00 Regulatory Economics,
AS/POLS 4115 6.00 Political Economy of State Finance, or
AS/POLS 4300 6.00 Public Policy Research.

* Students who take these courses as part of the Firm Stream should replace them with AS/POLS 2910 6.00.

3. The Global Economy

• AS/HIST 1090 6.00 Business in the International Economy or AS/POLS 2920 6.00 Global Politics;
• AS/ECON 3150 3.00 International Trade I;
• AS/ECON 3310 3.00 Development Economics I
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/ECON 3190 3.00 Approaches to Global Economics,
  AS/ECON 3320 3.00 Development Economics II,
  AS/ANTH 3220 6.00 Greed, Globalization and the Gift,
  AS/GEOG 3130 3.00 The Global Economy,
  AS/POLS 3270 3.00 Global Political Economy I and AS/POLS 3275 3.00 Global Political Economy II,
  AS/POLS 3560 6.00 The Global South: Politics, Policy and Development,
  AK/POLS 3700 6.00 Politics of the Global Economy,
  AK/POLS 3740 6.00 Work and Employment in the Global Economy, or
  AK/SOSC 3510 6.00 Wealth Poverty and the New World Order.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4129 3.00 International Trade Policy and Economic Integration,
AS/ECON 4190 3.00 International Trade II,
AS/ECON 4200 3.00 International Monetary Economics,
AS/POLS 4117 3.00 Political Economy of NAFTA,
AS/POLS 4285 3.00 Political Economy in East Asia,
AS/POLS 4291 3.00 Capital and Power in the Global Political Economy,
AS/POLS 4295 3.00 Political Economy of Global Finance,
AS/POLS 4403 3.00 Economic Unions and Globalization,
AS/POLS 4770 3.00 Political Economy of Development.
AS/GEOG 4220 3.0 Geographies of Industry, or
AS/GEOG 4395 3.0 Asia Pacific Development

4. The Social Economy

• AS/SOSC 1341 9.00 The Social Economy;
• AS/GEOG 2100 6.00 (or AS/GEOG 2105 3.00 and an additional three credits from the following: AS/GEOG 2060 3.00, AS 2065 3.00, AS/GEOG 2070 3.00, AS/GEOG 2075 3.00, AS/GEOG 2305 3.00, AS/GEOG 3051 3.00, AS/GEOG 3060 3.00, AS/GEOG 3130 3.00, AS/GEOG 3140 3.00, AS/GEOG 3600 3.00, AS/GEOG 3710 3.00, AS/GEOG 3770 3.00, AS/GEOG 3800 3.00)
• AS/SOSC 4041 6.00 Alternative Economic Firms and Arrangements.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/SOSC 4042 6.00 Research in the Community, or
AS/SOCI 4200 6.00 Sociology of Conflict and Co-operation.
AS/SOSC 3040 6.0 Corporate Social Responsibility

5. Labour

• AS/SOSC 2210 9.00 Labour Relations in Canada;
• 12 credits chosen from:
  AS/ECON 3240 3.00 Labour Economics – Theory,
  AK/ECON 3620 3.00 The Economics of Unemployment,
  AS/GEOG 3800 3.00 Geographies of Labour,
  AS/SOSC 3130 6.00 Women and Work,
  AS/SOSC 3210 6.00 The Working Class in Canadian Society,
  AS/SOSC 3240 3.00 Labour and Globalization I: North American Perspectives,
  AS/SOSC 3241 6.00 Labour and Globalization II: Comparative Perspectives,
  AS/SOSC 3280 3.00 Political Economy of Labour in Canada,
  AS/SOSC 3380 6.00 Law, Labour and the State,
  AS/SOSC 3815 3.00 Canadian Labour Market Policy,
  AS/SOSC 3980 3.00 Workers' Organizations,
  AS/SOSC 3981 3.00 Diversity Issues at the Work Place,
  AS/SOSC 3993 3.00 Strategies of Social Science Research, or
  AS/MATH 2560 3.00 Elementary Statistics I.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:AS/SOSC 4041 6.00 Alternative Economic Firms and Arrangements,

AS/SOSC 4210 6.00 Collective Bargaining Simulation,
AS/SOSC 4240 6.00 Labour Studies Placement, or
AS/SOSC 4250 6.00 Advanced Topics in Labour Studies.

6. Professions, Occupations and Social Change

• AS/SOCI 1010 6.00 Introduction to Sociology or AK/HUMA 1790 6.00 Business, Tradition and Culture;
• AS/SOCI 3600 3.00 Sociology of Work and Industry;
• AS/SOCI 3610 3.00 Sociology of the Professions;
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/SOSC 3311 6.00 Communication in Organizations,
  AS/SOCI 3620 6.00 Formal Organizations,
  AS/SOSC 3981 3.00 Diversity Issues at the Work Place,
  AS/SOSC 3993 3.00 Strategies of Social Science Research,
  AS/WMST 3520 3.00 Women and the Professions,
  AK/ADMS 3120 3.00 Gender Issues in Management, or
  AS/MATH 2560 3.00 Elementary Statistics I.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/SOSC 4315 6.00 Communication and the Management of Change in Organizations,
AS/PHIL 4150 3.00 Professional Ethics,
AS/PHIL 4160 3.00 Topics in Business Ethics,
AS/SOCI 4620 6.00 Issues in the Sociology of Work and Labour, or
AS/SOSC 4042 6.00 Research in the Community.

7. Law and Governance

• six credits chosen from:

AS/PHIL 2050 6.00 Philosophy of Law, or
AS/SOSC 2350 6.00 Law and Society;

• AS/SOSC 2330 9.00 The Economics of Law, Policy, and Organization;
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/SOSC 3040 6.00 Corporate Social Responsibility
  AS/SOSC 3380 6.00 Law, Labour and the State,
  AS/POLS 3165 6.00 Problems in Canadian Business Law,
  AK/ECON 3800 3.00 Law and Economics, or
  AS/ECON 4500 3.00 Canadian Business Law I.

For the Honours program:

• AS/SOSC 4043 6.00 Corporate Governance and Business Law

8. The Media and Communication

• AS/SOSC 1310 9.00 Introduction to Communications;
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/SOSC 2313 6.00 Politics, Policy and the Media, or
  AS/SOSC 2314 6.00 Media, Culture and Society;

• six credits chosen from
  AS/SOSC 3310 6.00 Communication for Tomorrow,
  AS/SOSC 3315 6.00 Advertising and Society,
  AS/SOSC 3350 3.00 Broadcasting Policy: A Comparative Introduction,
  AS/SOSC 3351 3.00 Broadcasting Policy: Current Issues and Case Studies, or
  AK/SOSC 3560 6.00 Mass Media and Ideology.:

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/POLS 4180 6.00 Politics and the Mass Media in Canada,
AS/SOSC 4314 6.00 Media, Publics & Democracy,
AS/SOSC 4801 6.00 Selected Topics in Mass Communications,
AS/SOSC 4802 6.00 Selected Topics in Mass Communications,
AS/SOSC 4803 6.00 Selected Topics in Mass Communications, or
AK/ADMS 4295 6.00 Philosophical and Ethical Issues in the Mass Media.

9. The Environment

• ES/ENVS 1000 6.00 Perspectives in Environmental Studies;
• ES/ENVS 2100 6.00 Foundations in Environment and Culture or ES/ENVS 2400 6.00 Foundations of Environmental Management;
• six credits chosen from:
  ES/ENVS 3120 3.00 Environmental History,
  ES/ENVS 3130 3.00 Energy and the Environment,
  ES/ENVS 3410 3.00 Environmental Policy I,
  ES/ENVS 3420 3.00 Environmental Law,
  ES/ENVS 3430 3.00 Environmental Assessment,
  ES/ENVS 3440 3.00 Resource Management,
  ES/ENVS 3510 3.00 Environmental Economics I.
  AS/GEOG 3050 3.00 Nature, Power and Society, or
  AS/GEOG 3051 3.00 International Political Ecology
  

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

ES/ENVS 4120 3.00 Natural History,
ES/ENVS 4140 3.00 Environmental Thought,
ES/ENVS 4410 3.00 Environmental Policy II,
ES/ENVS 4430 3.00 Impact Assessment Processes and Practice,
ES/ENVS 4442 3.00 Environmental Monitoring and Auditing ,
ES/ENVS 4510 3.00 Ecological Economics,
ES/ENVS 4530 3.00 Risk Assessment in Resource Management,
AS/GEOG 4050 3.00 Nature, Neoliberlaism and Political Ecology,
AS/GEOG 4051 3.00 Gender, Environment and Development,
AS/SOSC 4041 6.00 Alternative Economic Firms and Arrangements, or
AS/SOSC 4042 6.00 Research in the Community.

 

10. Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility

• AS/PHIL 2070 3.00 Introduction to Ethics;
• six credits chosen from:
  AS/SOSC 1960 9.00 Introduction to Social and Political Thought,
  AS/POLS 2900 6.00 Perspectives on Politics, or
  AS/SOSC 2570 9.00 Perspectives on Human Nature and Political Thought;
• AS/SOSC 3040 6.00 Corporate Social Responsibility;
• three credits chosen from:
  AS/PHIL 2075 3.00 Introduction to Practical Ethics,
  AS/PHIL 3020 3.00 Ethics,
  AS/PHIL 3050 3.00 Business Ethics
  AK/PHIL 3770 3.00 Ethics of Administration,
  AK/PHIL 3776 3.00 Technology and Ethics,
  ES/ENVS 3000 3.00,Environmental Ethics and Epistemology, or
  AS/MATH 2560 3.00 Elementary Statistics I.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/AK/PHIL 4150 3.00 Professional Ethics,
AS/PHIL 4160 3.00 Topics in Business Ethics, or
AS/SOSC 4043 6.00 Corporate Governance and Business Law.
AS/SOSC 4044 6.00 Ethics and Economics