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Sample Programs

This page is designed to help you select your courses to fit your individual needs. Below electives are grouped together to fit certain career or educational goals.

Group I: Student interested in a career in the financial industry

  • W2261 (4261) Intro to Accounting and Finance
  • V3025 Financial Economics
  • V3265 Economics of Money and Banking
  • W4213 Advanced Macroeconomics
  • W4280 Corporate Finance (or BUSI W3003 Corporate Finance)
  • W4505 International Monetary Theory and Policy (or BC3038 International Money and Finance)

Group II: Student interested in a career in an international governmental or non-governmental agency

  • W4080 Globalization, Incomes and Inequality
  • W4321 Economic Development or BC3029 Development Economics
  • W4329 Economics of Sustainable Development
  • G4340 World Trading System
  • W4345 World Economic Problems
  • W4370 Political Economy
  • W4500 International Trade
  • W4505 International Monetary Theory and Policy or BC3038 International Money and Finance
  • W4625 Economics of the Environment
  • Any Regional Course

•  W4325 Economic Organization and Development of Japan

•  G4337 Economic Organization and Development of the Middle East

•  G4523 Organization, Development and Collapse of the Soviet Economic System

•  G4526 Transition Issues in East-Central Europe , Post-Soviet States and Reforming Asian Economies

•  G4527 Economic Organization and Development in China

 

Group III: Student interested in a career in international business

  • W2261 (4261) Intro to Accounting and Finance
  • V3025 Financial Economics
  • W4280 Corporate Finance (or BUSI W3003 Corporate Finance)
  • W4321 Economic Development or BC3029 Development Economics
  • W4500 International Trade
  • W4505 International Monetary Theory and Policy or BC3038 International Money and Finance
  • Any Regional Course
    • W4325 Economic Organization and Development of Japan
    • G4337 Economic Organization and Development of the Middle East
    • G4523 Organization, Development and Collapse of the Soviet Economic System
    • G4526 Transition Issues in East-Central Europe , Post-Soviet States and Reforming Asian Economies
    • G4527 Economic Organization and Development in China

Group IV: Student interested in a career in public policy or the law

  • W4228 Urban Economics
  • W4251 Industrial Organization
  • W4321 Economic Development or BC3029 Development Economics
  • W4329 Economics of Sustainable Development
  • W4400 Labor Economics or BC3019 Labor Economics
  • W4438 Economics of Race in the United States
  • W4465 Public Economics
  • W4615 Law and Economics
  • W4625 Economics of the Environment
  • BC2010 The Economics of Gender

 

Group V: Student interested in pursuing a PhD in economics (NB: please refer to the information in the FAQ regarding graduate school for more information)

  • W4020 Economics of Uncertainty and Information
  • W4213 Advanced Macroeconomics
  • W4251 Industrial Organization
  • W4415 Game Theory
  • W4465 Public Economics
  • W4370 Political Economy
  • W4400 Labor Economics or BC3019 Labor Economics
  • W4500 International Trade
  • W4505 International Monetary Theory and Policy or BC3038 International Money and Finance


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