Economics & Management Science

Dr. Brennan Thompson!Undergraduate Program Director Department of Economics

After Four Years...❖ EMS graduates have found employment as:!

❖ Analyst, Investment Banking, Canaccord Genuity!

❖ Policy Analyst, Canadian Federation of Independent Business!

❖ Business Analyst, Canadian Tire!

❖ Analyst, Commercial Real Estate, CB Richard Ellis!

❖ IT Business Analyst, Celestica!

❖ Senior Analyst, Interest Rate Derivatives, BMO Capital Markets!

❖ Trader, Hybrid FX Options, RBC Capital Markets

After Four Years...❖ A very high proportion of EMS graduates go on to

pursue graduate/professional degrees:!

❖ MA and PhD, Economics!

❖ Master of Financial Economics!

❖ MBA!

❖ JD (Law)!

❖ PhD, Health Policy

Degree Overview❖ In years 2-4, there are 30 courses:!

❖ 13 or 14 ECN/QMS courses:!

❖ 9 required in years 2-3!

❖ 4-5 electives in year 4!

❖ 6 courses common to all Bus. Mgmt. students!

❖ 5 required in year 2!

❖ 1 required in year 4 (BUS800)!

❖ 5 or 6 Professional-Related courses!

❖ 5 Liberal Studies courses

2nd Year❖ 3 courses required for all EMS students:!

❖ Fall: QMS 702 Calculus for Business!

❖ Winter: ECN 230 Mathematics for Economics QMS 442 Multiple Regression for Business!

❖ 5 courses common to all Bus. Mgmt. students (CMN 279, FIN 300, FIN 401, GMS 401, LAW 122)!

❖ 2 lower-level Liberal Studies courses (F and W)

3rd Year❖ 6 courses required for all EMS students:!

❖ Fall: ECN 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics I ECN 504 Intermediate Microeconomics I ECN 627 Econometrics I!

❖ Winter: ECN 600 Intermediate Macroeconomics II ECN 700 Intermediate Macroeconomics II QMS 703 Business Forecasting!

❖ 2 Professionally-Related courses!

❖ 2 upper-level Liberal Studies courses

4th Year❖ 4 or 5 of the following EMS electives: ! ECN 321! Introduction to Law and Economics! ECN 501! Industrial Organization! ECN 502! Economics of Natural Resources! ECN 506! Topics in Monetary Economics! ECN 510! Environmental Economics! ECN 601! The Economics of Information! ECN 605! Labour Economics! ECN 606! International Monetary Economics! ECN 609! Topics in Economic History ! ECN 614! An Introduction to Game Theory ! ECN 640 ! The Economics of Immigration! ECN 702! Econometrics II ! ECN 703! Public Finance I ! ECN 707! Economics of International Trade! ECN 715! Advanced Microeconomics! ECN 803! Public Finance II ! ECN 815! Advanced Macroeconomics!

❖ 1 course common to all Bus. Mgmt. students (BUS 800)!

❖ 3 or 4 Professionally-Related courses!

❖ 1 upper-level Liberal Studies courses

Minors❖ You can use your Professional-Related electives in years 3-4 to earn a minor!!

❖ Popular minors for EMS students are:!

❖ Finance!

❖ Only 4 extra courses on top of FIN 300 and FIN 401 (required for all Bus. Mgmt. students in 2nd year)!

❖ Marketing!

❖ Only 5 extra courses on top of MKT 100 (required for all Bus. Mgmt. students in 1st year)!

❖ Accounting!

❖ 6 courses!

❖ Mathematics!

❖ 6 courses!

❖ Can use ECN 230 as a pre-req for for many MTH courses!

Beyond The Classroom

❖ Zone Learning!

❖ EMSCU!

❖ Career Nights!

❖ Alumni Association