Graduate Studies : Graduate Programs :
Economics
Economics
General Information
Admission Requirements
Program Requirements
Co-operative Education
General Information
The Department of Economics is recognized for its strengths in both research and teaching. Areas of faculty research include both theoretical and applied economics and econometrics. All faculty members have active research programs and publish regularly in academic journals. In addition, faculty members have made important applied contributions to industry and governments at various levels. The department’s teaching is highly regarded, with a strong emphasis at the graduate level on econometrics and economic theory as tools for understanding economic phenomena and for developing economic policy.
Further information can be found at <www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/graduate>
Contact Information
Department of Economics
Location: Business and Economics Building, Room 360
Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Canada
Courier Address:
3800 Finnerty Road
Business & Economics Building
Room 360
Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Canada
Telephone Number: 250-472-4410
Website: <http://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics>
Chair: Dr. Graham Voss
Email: econchair@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-8532
Graduate Adviser: Dr. Pascal Courty
Email: egrad@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-8544
Graduate Secretary: Charlene Toews
Email: gradecon@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-472-4409
Faculty Members and Areas of Research
M. Christopher Auld, PhD (Queen’s)
Health economics, microeconometrics
Judith A. Clarke, PhD (Canterbury)
Theoretical and applied econometrics
Pascal Courty, PhD (Chicago)
Industrial organization, behavioural economics, sports and cultural economics
Marco Cozzi, PhD (UCL)
Macroeconomics, empirical microeconomics, computational economics
Merwan Engineer, PhD (Queen’s)
Economic development and growth, quality of life
Martin Farnham, PhD (Michigan)
Public finance, labour economics, urban economics
Donna Feir, PhD (UBC)
Labour economics, applied econometrics, aboriginal policy
Rob Gillezeau, PhD (Michigan)
Economic history, labour economics
Elisabeth Gugl, PhD (Rice)
Public economics, family economics, applied microeconomic theory
Emma Hutchinson, PhD (Michigan)
Environmental economics, law and economics, applied microeconomics
Maggie Jones, PhD (Queen's)
Labour economics, economics of education, economic history
Peter W. Kennedy, PhD (Queen’s)
Microeconomic theory
Alok Kumar, PhD (Queen’s)
Monetary economics, macroeconomics, development economics
Felix Pretis, DPhil (Oxford)
Econometrics, environmental economics, natural resource economics
Daniel Rondeau, PhD (Cornell)
Environmental and resource economics, microeconomics, experimental methods
Nilanjana Roy, PhD (California, Riverside)
Econometrics, development economics
Herbert J. Schuetze, PhD (McMaster)
Labour economics
Paul Schure, PhD (EUI, Florence)
Microeconomics, financial economics, industrial organization
David Scoones, PhD (Queen’s)
Applied microeconomics, microeconomic policy, conflict economics
Kenneth G. Stewart, PhD (Michigan)
Econometrics, macroeconomics
G. Cornelis van Kooten, PhD (Oregon State)
Agriculture, energy and resource economics
Graham M. Voss, PhD (Queen’s)
Macroeconomics, international economics, monetary economics
Linda A. Welling, PhD (Western)
Economics of the family, applied microeconomic theory, industrial organization
Ke Xu, PhD (Queen's)
Financial market microstructure, empirical asset pricing, macroeconomics
Adjunct and Cross-Listed Appointments
Jen Baggs, Business, PhD (UBC) (2019-2022)
International business
Lynda Gagné, Public Admin., PhD (UBC) (2017-2020)
Economic evaluation, health economics, ecological economics
Charles Knickerbocker Harley, Adjunct Professor, PhD (Harvard) (2017-2020)
Economic history
Jill R. Horwitz, Adjunct Professor, JD, PhD, MPP (Harvard) (2019-2022)
Health Policy, law and economics
Alan Mehlenbacher, Adjunct Assistant Professor, PhD (UVic) (2018-2021)
Economics of competition law
Bradley Stennes, Adjunct Associate Professor, PhD (UBC) (2019-2022)
Forest economics, natural resource economics
Lili Sun, Adjunct Assistant Professor, PhD (UVic) (2017-2020)
Forest economics, natural resource economics
Degrees and Specializations Offered
The Department of Economics offers an MA program and a PhD program. Both programs combine strong training in core economic theory and econometrics with electives in applied areas and a co-operative option. MA graduates will be well prepared for doctoral studies in economics or for research and analysis positions in the private or public sectors. The PhD program provides more advanced training in applied economics, to prepare graduate students for academic and non-academic careers.
Facilities
The department has a range of facilities to support both MA and PhD students in their studies. These include office space and a computer lab, solely for graduate students, which has the requisite software and databases for word-processing, econometric analysis and computer modeling. The Reid Elliot Reading room is also available for students.
Financial Support
All students admitted to the graduate program are automatically considered for financial support, with the level of support determined on a competitive basis. Incoming students with first-class records (A-, or 7 on the University of Victoria 9-point scale) are considered for University of Victoria Fellowships. Consideration for these awards is automatic upon receipt of application by February 15 of the same calendar year. In addition, the department has a number of fellowships and scholarships available each year that are awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Further support is provided in the form of Teaching Assistantships (TA). Research Assistantships may also be available. All eligible students are encouraged to apply for provincial, federal and external funding, particularly from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council <www.sshrc.ca>.
For students who receive funding support, funding is usually promised for one year for MA students and three years for PhD students. Students do not necessarily receive funding, though in recent years every effort has been made to provide all students with some level of funding, usually a TA position and, in many instances, additional funds in the form of fellowships or scholarships.