Economics, BA

Program Overview & Highlights

General 3-Year Program
Honours 4-Year Program
BA

From micro- to macroeconomics, analyze how inflation, employment rates, and other phenomenon affect our lives. Acquire a strong education related to government, policy, decision-making, society and business. Seize research opportunities and the chance to combine your studies with other disciplines. Take this program and pursue a law degree or go on to grad school for an MBA.

Economics is a small, high-quality program. You will receive individual attention and connect with your profs starting from recruitment and continuing throughout the program.

Upper-level students in Economics are often offered positions as teaching and/or research assistants.

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Over $2 MIllion

in student funding given annually¹

¹ to Faculty of Science students

1:20

student ratio means a more personalized experience

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U for Honours Economics, English/ENG4U
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, Math of Data Management/MDM4U for Honours Economics
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 82%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Course Requirements: Grade 12 Advanced Functions for Honours Economics. Grade 12 English.
Strongly Recommended: Grade Calculus & Vectors, Grade 12 Math of Data Management for Honours Economics
Minimum Average: 70%

Career Tracks

Commercial/investment banking
business analyst
policy advisor
development analyst
economic consultant
grad school
law school

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

All students using this program guide should also attend Head Start or make an appointment with an academic advisor in their program area during the first two weeks of the Fall semester.
Email economics@uwindsor.ca for direction to an appropriate academic advisor.
Open Choice means any course that fulfils the degree requirements. Many students choose to select a Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) course in the first year.
Please note that this guide provides information regarding the first semester of studies. If your first semester is in the Winter, your sequencing may look different. Please contact academic advising if you have any questions.

Required Course Notes

Major Courses

ECON 1100
MATH 1250 or MATH 1260¹
MATH MATH 1720¹ or 1760
Open choice
Open choice

¹ Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors will take MATH 1250 and MATH 1720; those who do not have this credit will take MATH 1260 and MATH 1760.

Required Courses

ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I

MATH 1250: Linear Algebra I

This course will cover linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n-dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. (Prerequisites: Both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1280.) (Antirequisites: MATH-1260, MATH-1270.) (3 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1260: Vectors and Linear Algebra

This course is for students without Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). The course MATH- 1250 is for students with MCV4U. This course will cover vectors, three-dimensional geometry, linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n- dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. The course is equivalent to MATH-1250 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisites: MATH-1250, MATH-1270.) (4 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

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