31
DEGREETITLE/PROGRAM
OSSADMISSIONCRITERIA, COURSE
REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL
APPLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS
2014 FALL
MINIMUM
ADMISSION
AVERAGE
2013 FALL
MEAN
†
ADMISSION
AVERAGE
• ENG4U, MHF4U required. MCV4UandMDM4Uare
strongly recommended.
• ENG4U is required. MHF4U is required for Honours
Economics. MCV4UandMDM4Uare strongly
recommended for theHonours Economics.
70%
70%
Bachelor of Science, B.Sc.
Economics (Honours)
Bachelor of Arts, B.A.
Economics (General)
Economics (Honours)
84%
84%
Economics is a fascinatingareawithanenormousbreadthof
influence. Its ideas appear ina variety of different subjects and
professions suchas researchassistance for financial institutions,
governmentwork, teaching, human resourcemanagement, law,
forensic economics andmuchmore. At UWindsor, weoffer a
number of interestingand valuableprogramcombinations, both for
those students interested inspecializing ineconomics and those
who simply desireabetter understandingof it. Ourmost popular
choices combineEconomicswithBusiness, International Relations
andDevelopment Studies, orMathematics and/or Statistics.
Our Economicsprogramfocuses on threekey areas:
1)
Microeconomics
focuses on theproductionandconsumption
of goods andservices aswell as themerits of variousmeans of
allocating thesegoodsbetweencompetingusers.
2)
Macroeconomics
focuses on issues related to inflation,
unemployment, interest andexchange rates, economicgrowth
anddistributiononanational or international scale.
3)
Econometrics
focuses on themeans ofmanipulatingdata to
infer reliable conclusions. Thesebasic ideas arenecessary to
study specific issues andareextended inmoreadvancedclasses.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours or General)
•
The theories and techniques of economics
•
Specialize in “big picture”macroeconomics studying
unemployment, economic growth, inflation and deficits
•
Study microeconomics—individual decision-making
in firms and households and their interactions
•
Specialize in specific fields such as labour,
international trade, public finance or econometrics
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
•
A more technically demanding program than the
Honours Bachelor of Arts program, requiring
greater theoretical, mathematical and empirical
sophistication
•
Designed for students interested in graduate studies
or work as economists
Career Tracks
•
Government and public policy analysis
•
Banking
•
Finance
•
Corporate or competitive strategy
•
Economic research/consulting
•
Stockbroking
•
Forecasting
Department of Economics
Admission Requirements
Department of Economics
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†
The average of all student entrance averages from the previous year
Economics Programs
