Economics isafascinatingareawithanenormousbreadthof influence.
Its ideasappear inavarietyofdifferentsubjectsandprofessionssuchas
researchassistanceforfinancial institutions,governmentwork, teaching,
humanresourcemanagement, law, forensiceconomicsandmuchmore.
OurEconomicsprogramfocusesonthreekeyareas:
1)
Microeconomics
focusesontheproductionandconsumptionof
individualgoodsandservicesaswellasthemeritsofvariousmeans
ofallocatingthesegoodsbetweencompetingusers;
2)
Macroeconomics
focuseson issuesrelatedto inflation,
unemployment, interestandexchangerates,economicgrowthand
distributiononanationalor internationalscale;and
3)
Econometrics
focusesonthemeansofanalyzingdatato inferreliable
conclusions.Thesebasic ideasarenecessarytostudyspecific issues
andareextended inmoreadvancedclasses.
Economics
BachelorofArts (HonoursorGeneral)
AtUWindsor,weofferanumberof interestingandvaluable
doublemajors,both for thosestudents interested inspecializing
ineconomicsand thosewhosimplydesireabetterunderstanding
of it.OurmostpopularchoicescombineEconomicswith
Business, InternationalRelationsandDevelopmentStudies,
andQuantitativeEconomics (with theuseofStatisticsand
Mathematics).
CareerPaths
•
Researchassistance for financial institutions
•
Governmentministriesandagencies
•
Teaching (withadditional studies)
•
Humanresourcemanagement
•
Law (withadditional studies)
•
Forensiceconomics
BachelorofScience (Honours)
•
Amore technicallydemandingprogram than theHonours
BachelorofArtsprogram (above), requiringgreater theoretical,
mathematicalandempirical sophistication
•
Designed forstudents interested ingraduatestudiesorworkas
economists
CareerPaths
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Governmentandpublicpolicyanalysis
•
Banking
•
Finance
•
Corporateorcompetitivestrategy
•
Economicresearch/consulting
•
Stockbroking
•
Forecasting
EconomicsPrograms
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Phone: (519)2533000ext.2367
Email:economics
@
uwindsor.ca
Macroeconomics
focuseson issuesrelated to inflation,
unemployment, interestrates,exchange
rates,economicsgrowthanddistributionon
anationalor internationalscale
Microeconomics
focusesonconsumptionandproduction
ofgoodsandservices
Econometrics
focuseson themeansofmanipulating
data to inferreliableconclusions
fromdata
