Department of Economics

Courses

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You can find lists below of courses and links to some of the course outlines and web pages.

Note: The University reserves the right to cancel courses when enrolment is not sufficient. Preliminary lists of instructors and schedules are subject to change.
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Pre-requisite waiver information

If you require a pre-requisite waiver for an Economics course, please make sure you read the following information and complete the Pre-requisite Waiver Form Note: this form is for Economics courses only, for all other courses such as MATH and COM, you will need to contact the Math or Commerce Department directly.

Did you know?

You can get credit for ECON 485, Topics in Economics, more than once in different topics, with permission of the Department.

Courses offered

Winter Session 2011-12, Second Term (Jan-Apr 2012)

Winter Session 2011-12, Second Term (Jan-Apr 2012) - Timetable (in blocks)
Course Name Instructor
ECON 103 A01 Principles of Microeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Rutherford
ECON 104 A01
ECON 104 A02
Principles of Macroeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
G. Voss
ECON 112 A01 Strategy, Conflict and Cooperation
Course Outline - Course Website
D. Scoones
ECON 203 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics I
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Johnson
ECON 203 A02 Intermediate Microeconomics I
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Schure
ECON 204 A01 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
K. Stewart
ECON 204 A02 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
Updated 4 January 2012
J. Li
ECON 205 A01 Managerial Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Johnson
ECON 225 A01
ECON 225 A02
ECON 225 A03

Writing for Economists
Course Outline - Course Website
S.E. Hume
ECON 225 A04 Writing for Economists
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Ahmadi
ECON 245 A01 Descriptive Statistics & Probability
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Johnson
ECON 246 A01 Statistical Inference
Course Outline - Course Website
Updated 15 December 2011
D. Giles
ECON 305 A01
Money and Banking
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Sopinka
ECON 305 A02 Money and Banking
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Sopinka
ECON 306 A01 International Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Mosk
ECON 310B A01 Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Mehlenbacher
ECON 313 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics II
Course Outline - Course Website
E. Gugl
ECON 317 A01 Economics of Canadian Health Care
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Auld
ECON 320 A01 Economic Development
Course Outline - Course Website
N. Roy
ECON 325 A01 Public Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
E. Gugl
ECON 325 A02 Public Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
R. Porges
ECON 327 A01 Economic History of North America
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Mosk
ECON 329 A01 Development and Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Kumar
ECON 338 A01 History of Economic Thought Since 1870
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Rutherford
ECON 339 A01 Economics of the Family
Course Outline - Course Website
Updated 14 December 2011
L. Welling
ECON 345 A01 Applied Econometrics
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Mehlenbacher
ECON 351 A01 Mathematical Economics II: An Introduction to Dynamic Methods
Course Outline - Course Website
D. Rondeau
ECON 353 Please note: ECON 353 was re-numbered ECON 457 effective May 2011. See the 2011-12 Calendar or contact the Economics Undergraduate Advisor (ecadvice@uvic.ca) for more information.  
ECON 366 A01 Econometrics: Part II
Course Outline - Course Website
K. Stewart
ECON 370 A01 Labour Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
H. Schuetze
ECON 381 A01 Environmental Economics I
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Martinez
ECON 382 A01 Natural Resource Economics I
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Scarfe
ECON 410A A01 Problems of Canadian Microeconomic Policy
Course Outline - Course Website
N. South
ECON 416 A01 Cost Benefit Analysis: Principles and Application
Course Outline - Course Notes
B. Scarfe
ECON 435 A01 Financial Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Schure
ECON 453 A01 Economic Growth and Business Cycles
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Engineer
ECON 454 A01 Theory of Corporate Finance
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Schure
ECON 457 A01
(formerly ECON 353)
Computer Aided Modelling in Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Mehlenbacher
ECON 485B A01 Topics in Economics: Happiness & Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Courty & M. Engineer
ECON 499 Y01 Honours Thesis and Seminar
Course Outline - Course Website
H. Schuetze & D. Rondeau

Winter Session 2011-12, First Term (Sep-Dec 2011)


Winter Session 2011-12, First Term (Sep-Dec 2011) - Timetable (in blocks)
Course Name Instructor
ECON 100 A01 The Canadian Economy
Course Outline - Course Website
J. Brookes
ECON 103 A01 - A06 Principles of Microeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
H. Schuetze
ECON 103 A07 - A17 Principles of Microeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Rutherford
ECON 104 A01 Principles of Macroeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
G. Voss
ECON 111 A01 The Economy & The Environment
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Kennedy
ECON 113 A01 Introduction to Economics for Policy
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Kennedy
ECON 203 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics I
Course Outline - Course Website
D. Vo
ECON 203 A02 Intermediate Microeconomics I
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Johnson
ECON 204 A01 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Course Outline - Course Website
J. Li
ECON 205 A01 Managerial Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Courty
ECON 225 A01
ECON 225 A02
ECON 225 A03

Writing for Economists
Course Outline - Course Website
Updated on 7 Sept 2011
S.E. Hume
ECON 245 A01 Descriptive Statistics & Probability
Course Outline - Course Website
B. Johnson
ECON 305 A01
Money & Banking
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Sopinka
ECON 305 A02 Money & Banking
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Sopinka
ECON 306 A01 International Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
Y. Denchev
ECON 306 A02 International Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
C.Y. Lui
ECON 310A A01 Industrial Organization
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Mehlenbacher
ECON 312 A01 Urban Land Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Farnham
ECON 313 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics II
Course Outline - Course Website
R. Godwin
ECON 320 A01 Economic Development
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Mosk
ECON 321 A01 The Economic History of Canada
Course Outline - Course Website
N. South
ECON 325 A01 Public Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
M. Farnham
ECON 325 A02 Public Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
R. Porges
ECON 328 A01 Economic History of the Pacific Rim
Course Outline - Course Website
C. Mosk
ECON 333 A01 Introduction to Economic Growth
Course Outline - Course Website
K. Stewart
ECON 345 A01 Applied Econometrics
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Mehlenbacher
ECON 350 A01 Mathematical Economics I: An Introduction to Static Methods
Course Outline - Course Website
GC van Kooten
ECON 365 A01 Econometrics: Part I
Course Outline - Course Website
J. Clarke
ECON 381 A01 Environmental Economics I
Course Outline - Course Website
R. Porges
ECON 383 A01 Climate Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
GC van Kooten
ECON 400 A01 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
Course Outline - Course Website
E. Gugl
ECON 401 A01 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
Course Outline - Course Website
G. Voss
ECON 406 A01 Monetary Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
A. Kumar
ECON 450 A01 Game Theory in Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
D. Rondeau
ECON 456 A01 Experimental Economics
Course Outline - Course Website
D. Rondeau
ECON 468 A01 Financial Econometrics
Course Outline - Course Website
K. Stewart
ECON 485A A01 Topics in Economics: Advanced Industrial Organization
Course Outline - Course Website
P. Courty
ECON 499 Y01 Honours Thesis and Seminar
Course Outline - Course Website
H. Schuetze & D. Rondeau

Summer Session 2012

Course Name Part of Term (POT), Schedule Instructor
ECON 203 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics I 2 (May-June), TWF, 10:30AM-12:20PM D. Rondeau
ECON 204 A01 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 (July-Aug), TWF, 10:30AM-12:20PM Owen Powell
ECON 225 A01
Writing for Economists 2 (May-June), MWR, 2:30-4:20PM S.E. Hume
ECON 245 A01 Descriptive Statistics & Probability 2 (May-June), TWF, 12:30-2:20PM B. Johnson
ECON 246 A01 Statistical Inference 3 (July-Aug), TWF, 12:30-2:20PM B. Johnson
ECON 306 A01 International Economics 4 (May), MTWRF, 10:30AM-12:20PM Brian Scarfe
ECON 321 A01 The Economic History of Canada 2 (May-June), MW, 6:30-9:20PM Nancy South
ECON 325 A01 Public Economics 2 (May-June), TWF, 8:30-10:20AM Yolina Denchev
ECON 345 A01 Applied Econometrics 1 (Full term), MR, 1:00-2:20PM Alan Mehlenbacher
ECON 381 A01 Environmental Economics I 1 (Full term), T, 6:30-9:20PM TBA
ECON 382 A01 Natural Resource Economics I 2 (May-June), TWF, 12:30-2:20PM Amy Sopinka
ECON 450 A01 Game Theory in Economics 2 (May-June), TWR, 2:30-4:20PM D. Rondeau
ECON 485 A01 Topics in Economics: Europe and the Financial Crisis (cross-listed as POLI 433) 3 (July-Aug), TWF, 8:30-10:20AM Iain Hardie
Summer Session 2012 - Preliminary Course Offerings & Schedule (subject to change/cancellation), Updated 8 Feb 2012

Winter Session 2012-13, First Term (Sep-Dec 2012)


Winter Session 2012-13, First Term (Sep-Dec 2012)
Course Name Instructor
ECON 100 A01 The Canadian Economy
S. Kaplash
ECON 103 A01 - A07 Principles of Microeconomics
M. Rutherford
ECON 103 A08 - A17 Principles of Microeconomics
E. Hutchinson
ECON 104 A01 Principles of Macroeconomics
S. Kaplash
ECON 111 A01 The Economy & The Environment
P. Kennedy
ECON 203 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics I
B. Johnson
ECON 203 A02 Intermediate Microeconomics I
TBA
ECON 204 A01 Intermediate Macroeconomics
TBA
ECON 205 A01 Managerial Economics
P. Courty
ECON 225 A01
ECON 225 A02
ECON 225 A03
Writing for Economists
S.E. Hume
ECON 245 A01 Descriptive Statistics & Probability
B. Johnson
ECON 305 A01
Money & Banking
TBA
ECON 306 A01 International Economics
TBA
ECON 313 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics II
L. Welling
ECON 320 A01 Economic Development
N. Roy
ECON 321 A01 The Economic History of Canada
TBA
ECON 325 A01 Public Economics
M. Farnham
ECON 329 A01 Development and Economics
A. Kumar
ECON 333 A01 Introduction to Economic Growth
K. Stewart
ECON 337 A01 History of Economic Thought to 1870
M. Rutherford
ECON 339 A01 Economics of the Family
L. Welling
ECON 345 A01 Applied Econometrics
TBA
ECON 350 A01 Mathematical Economics I: An Introduction to Static Methods
TBA
ECON 365 A01 Econometrics: Part I
N. Roy
ECON 370 A01 Labour Economics
H. Schuetze
ECON 381 A01 Environmental Economics I
E. Hutchinson
ECON 383 A01 Climate Economics
GC van Kooten
ECON 400 A01 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
E. Gugl
ECON 401 A01 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory G. Voss
ECON 405B A01 International Monetary Theory and Policy
G. Voss
ECON 468 A01 Financial Econometrics K. Stewart
ECON 485 A01 Topics in Economics: Title pending
GC van Kooten
ECON 499 Y01 Honours Thesis and Seminar
H. Schuetze &
P. Courty

Winter Session 2012-13, Second Term (Jan-Apr 2013)

Winter Session 2012-13, Second Term (Jan-Apr 2013)
Course Name Instructor
ECON 103 A01 Principles of Microeconomics
E. Hutchinson
ECON 104 A01
ECON 104 A02
Principles of Macroeconomics
G. Voss
ECON 112 A01 Strategy, Conflict and Cooperation
D. Scoones
ECON 113 A01 Introduction to Economics for Policy
P. Kennedy
ECON 203 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics I
B. Johnson
ECON 203 A02 Intermediate Microeconomics I
TBA
ECON 204 A01 Intermediate Macroeconomics
K. Stewart
ECON 204 A02 Intermediate Macroeconomics
TBA
ECON 205 A01 Managerial Economics
B. Johnson
ECON 225 A01
ECON 225 A02
ECON 225 A03

Writing for Economists
S.E. Hume
ECON 246 A01 Statistical Inference
D. Giles
ECON 305 A01
ECON 305 A02
Money and Banking
M. Engineer
ECON 306 A01 International Economics
C. Mosk
ECON 310A A01 Competition Economics I (formerly Industrial Organization)
TBA
ECON 311A A01 Economic Analysis of Property & Contract
L. Welling
ECON 312 A01 Urban Land Economics M. Farnham
ECON 313 A01 Intermediate Microeconomics II E. Hutchinson
ECON 318 A01 (new course) Health Economics C. Auld
ECON 320 A01 Economic Development N. Roy
ECON 325 A01 Public Economics E. Gugl
ECON 327 A01 Economic History of North America C. Mosk
ECON 338 A01 History of Economic Thought Since 1870 M. Rutherford
ECON 345 A01 Applied Econometrics M. Farnham
ECON 351 A01 Mathematical Economics II: An Introduction to Dynamic Methods TBA
ECON 366 A01 Econometrics: Part II K. Stewart
ECON 371 A01 Economics of Work & Pay H. Schuetze
ECON 381 A01 Environmental Economics I TBA
ECON 382 A01 Natural Resource Economics I TBA
ECON 406 A01 Monetary Economics A. Kumar
ECON 407 A01 Topics in the History of Economic Thought M. Rutherford
ECON 413 A01 (new course) Economics of Firm Strategy P. Courty
ECON 416 A01 Cost Benefit Analysis: Principles and Application
TBA
ECON 435 A01 Financial Economics P. Schure
ECON 437 A01 Philosophical Problems in Contemporary Economics P. Courty &
M. Engineer
ECON 452 A01 Information and Incentives L. Welling
ECON 454 A01 Theory of Corporate Finance P. Schure
ECON 457 A01
(formerly ECON 353)
Computational Economics (formerly Computer Aided Modelling in Economics) TBA
ECON 499 Y01 Honours Thesis and Seminar H. Schuetze &
P. Courty

Course Descriptions

All Economics Courses
Course Number Course Name
ECON 100 The Canadian Economy
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 111 The Economy & The Environment
ECON 112 Strategy, Conflict and Co-operation
ECON 113 Introduction to Economics for Policy Analysis
ECON 203 Intermediate Microeconomics I
ECON 204 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 205 Managerial Economics
ECON 225 Writing for Economists
ECON 245 Descriptive Statistics & Probability
ECON 246 Statistical Inference
ECON 305 Money & Banking
ECON 306 International Economics
ECON 310A Industrial Organization
ECON 310B Industrial Organization and Public Policy
ECON 311A The Economic Analysis of Property and Contract
ECON 311B The Economic Analysis of Tort and Crime
ECON 312 Urban Land Economics
ECON 313 Intermediate Microeconomics II
ECON 314 Topics in Macroeconomics
ECON 317 The Economics of Canadian Health Care
ECON 320 Economic Development
ECON 321 The Economic History of Canada
ECON 325 Public Finance
ECON 327 Economic History of North America
ECON 328 Economic History of the Pacific Rim
ECON 329 Development and Economics
ECON 333 Introduction to Economic Growth
ECON 337 History of Economic Thought to 1870
ECON 338 History of Economic Thought Since 1870
ECON 339 Economics of the Family
ECON 345 Applied Econometrics
ECON 350 Mathematical Economics I: An Introduction to Static Methods
ECON 351 Mathematical Economics II: An Introduction to Dynamic Methods
ECON 353 Computer Aided Modelling in Economics
ECON 365 Econometrics: Part I
ECON 366 Econometrics: Part II
ECON 370 Labour Economics
ECON 371 Economics of Work and Pay
ECON 381 Environmental Economics I
ECON 382 Natural Resource Economics I
ECON 383 Climate Economics
ECON 400 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
ECON 401 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 405A International Trade Theory
ECON 405B International Monetary Theory and Policy
ECON 406 Monetary Economics
ECON 407 Topics in the History of Economic Thought
ECON 410A Problems of Canadian Microeconomic Policy
ECON 410B Problems of Canadian Macroeconomic Policy
ECON 411 Topics in the Economic Analysis of Law
ECON 414 Regional Economics
ECON 415 Topics in Labour Economics
ECON 416 Cost Benefit Analysis: Principles and Application
ECON 420 Theory of Economic Development
ECON 421 European and International Economic History
ECON 422 Issues in European Economic Integration
ECON 425 Economic Growth in Early Modern and Modern Japan
ECON 426 Institutional Economics
ECON 428 Economic Development of the Postwar Pacific Rim
ECON 429 Population Economics
ECON 435 Financial Economics
ECON 437 Philosophical Problems in Contemporary Economics
ECON 450 Game Theory in Economics
ECON 451 General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics
ECON 452 Information and Incentives
ECON 453 Economic Growth and Business Cycles
ECON 454 Theory of Corporate Finance
ECON 456 Experimental Economics
ECON 468 Financial Econometrics
ECON 481 Environmental Economics II
ECON 482 Natural Resource Economics II
ECON 485 Topics in Economics
ECON 486 Topics in Econometrics
ECON 495 Directed Studies
ECON 499 Fourth Year Honours Thesis and Seminar