The Department of Economics offers Honours, Major and Minor programmes in economics.
The Honours programmes are the most intensive and provide the greatest exposure to the discipline. The Major programmes are less specialized and allow the student to take a wider range of complementary courses or even to add a major or a minor in another discipline. For example, a popular choice is to combine a Major in Economics with a BBA in Finance.
The Minor in economics is the least specialized programme and is added to your major or minor from another discipline once studies are in progress at Bishop's.
We also offer a major and honours programs in International Political Economy.
B.A. (Honours Economics)
B.A. (Major in Economics)
Minor in Economics
B.A. (Major in International Political Economy)
For complete details, view the Economics section of the academic calendar.
Course Schedule of the Department
Many required economics courses are only taught once a year. It is therefore important to carefully plan your course schedule in keeping with the following:
Required courses for both major and honours in Economics:
ECO102 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics (taught in the Fall and Winter terms)
ECO103 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (taught in the Fall and Winter terms)
ECO208 Intermediate Microeconomics I (taught only in the Fall term)
ECO212 Intermediate Macroeconomics I (taught only in the Fall term)
EMA141 Statistics for Economics I (taught in the Fall and Winter terms)
EMA261 Econometrics I (taught only in the Fall term)
MAT193 Calculus I for Business and Economics (taught in the Fall and Winter terms)
Additional required courses for major in Economics:
ECO340 Practicum in Economic Analysis and Policy (taught only in the Winter term)
Additional required courses for honours in Economics:
ECO209 Intermediate Microeconomics II (taught only in the Winter term)
ECO213 Intermediate Macroeconomics II (taught only in the Winter term)
ECO342 Advanced Macroeconomics (taught once a year, either Fall or Winter term)
ECO343 Advanced Microeconomics (taught only once a year, either Fall or Winter term)
ECO360 Advanced Topics in Applied Economics (taught only in the Fall term)
EMA361 Econometrics II (taught only in the Winter term)
MAT195 Calculus II for Business and Economics (taught in the Fall and Winter term)
All other ECO elective courses are offered on a rotation basis.
Please contact the Chairperson of the department for more information.
