ECON/APEC Third Year Meeting

Dr. Ian Keay, Undergraduate ChairJennine Ball, Undergraduate Assistant and Advisor

Moving to Fourth YearCourses, Seminars

Assessments and EligibilityImportant Dates

Meet Current Fourth Year Students!

Major ECON and APEC 4th Year

ECON-M-BAH• Minimum 4 (12 units) 400-level econ courses

plus one (3 units) Seminar are requiredAPEC-M-BAH• ECON 452 (3 units) plus 2 (6 units) 400-level econ

courses, and one (3 units) Seminar are required.

• Thesis option is reserved for a few very top students requiring a detailed topic proposal and preliminary approval/discussions with potential supervisors.

MEDIAL 4th Year

• ECONXXXX or XXXXECONOne of 310, 320, 351 completed prior to takingyour required Seminar.

A minimum of two additional 300-level or400-level economics courses (6 units) plusone Seminar (3 units)

ECON 400-level Courses and Seminars 2012-13

• Fall Term• • 411 Topics in Microeconomic Theory R. Wang• 422 Monetary Economics A. Head• 425 International Trade Theory B. Lapham • 430 Issues in Economic History C. Minns• 435/835 Development Economics (grad level) Lloyd-Ellis • 443 Issues in Microeconomic Policy D. Garvie• 452 Applied Econometrics (cross-sectional) M.G. Abbott• 455/855 Mathematical Economics (grad level) R. Wang• • Fall Term Seminars*• • 480 Philosophical Issues in Economics R. DeSouza• 484 Canadian Public Policy A. Stewart• 492 Comparative Financial Crises D. Longworth

• Timetable available June 19, 2012• *Seminar descriptions available on Economics Undergraduate Website June 19, 2012

ECON 400-level Courses and Seminars 2012-13

• Winter Term• • 421 Topics in Macroeconomic Theory T. Koeppl• 423 Topics in Financial Economics M-L. Viero• 426 International Macroeconomics G. Smith• 442 Topics in Public Economics R. Boadway• 445 Industrial OrganizationR. Ware• 452 Applied Econometrics (time series) A.W. Gregory• • Winter Term Seminars*• • 482 Environmental Economics D. Garvie• 483 Urban Economics J. Hartwick• 485 Law/Econ intellectual property rights J. Bergin• 491 Current Global Macro/Policy Response M. Kennedy• 493 Applied Macroeconomics D. Curtis•

• * Descriptions updated by mid June will be on the Econ Undergraduate• Website with the selection form attached (click/submit) due by July 1.

All About Seminars!

• Prerequisites/Eligibility Assessments-Assessment of Eligibility

Majors ECON-M-BAH and APEC-M-BAHCompletion of ECON 310, 320, 35130 units of Economics with a minimum GPA of 2.6* and overall GPA 1.9Note: APEC students who have not taken ECON 320 may only

request a Microeconomic Seminar 480-489.

MedialsCompletion of one of ECON 310, 320, 35118 units of Economics with a minimum GPA of 2.6* and overall GPA 1.9Eligible in other Concentation/Plan to complete in 2012-13.

*No rounding when calculating eligibility (ie 2.59 is NOT “close enough”)

SEMINAR DETAILS!

-students must take 3 units from the series ECON 480-499 and may onlytake a maximum of 3 units (you cannot do more than one seminar)

-complete the seminar request form and submit it to the UG officeby May 1, 2012 if requesting a seminar for either fall 2012 or winter 2013

-if your GPA meets the requirements but you are missing a core courseapply now, take missing core in fall, request a winter term seminar

-attendance at ALL seminar classes and instructor/student meetingsIs REQUIRED (mandatory). Failure to comply with this requirement mayresult in being removed from the course or a grade of F.

WHAT TO EXPECT in Your Seminar Capstone Experience

• Instructors introduce you to the subject area with a series of lectures, readings

• You are given a short period of time to research and prepare a report about your topic and research progress.

• You meet one-on-one with the instructor throughout the term to ensure you are on the right track with your research and writing in a concise but professional manner.

• Presentations! Each person in the seminar will present their paper to the group and instructor.

• Final research papers will be due at the end of the term. This is your chance to put your econ education into a solid research project!

What Happens After Graduation?

• Start thinking about what you are going to do over the summer because some decisions/applications/standardized tests must be completed by early fall term.

• LSAT, GMAT, GREIf possible these should be written in the summer as you will not have time in fall term.

• Punch up your resume – if applying for jobs.

TIMELINE & DATES• May 1 – applications for seminars due to the Undergraduate

Office DUN 221• May 14-25 Change of Plan website opens (Arts&Sci)• June 19 – timetable available from the Registrar’s Office• June 22nd – email to those who have applied for a seminar with

link to descriptions and selection form

• July 9th deadline to click/submit seminar selections• July 9-27 – time appointments for course selection (except

economics seminar which will be entered for you)• July 30 – August 3 – open registration (no need to wait for

September!)