Economics, BSc

Program Overview & Highlights

Honours 4-Year Program
Combined Honours Programs Available
Combined Business and Economics Available
BSc

Corner the market on economics education with this bachelor of science program. Learn the effects of deficits and spending cuts, and how the actions of individuals, firms and public agencies affect the overall economy. How do we reduce the unemployment rate? How does globalization affect the Canadian economy? You’ll be able to answer these questions and more. There’s more math involved in this program than in our Economics BA program. You’ll have the flexibility to personalize your education, combine it with other programs and have research opportunities. Take this program and pursue a law degree or go on to grad school for an MBA.

Outstanding scholars – our top students are involved in paid research opportunities with faculty!

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.

Learn More About Our Program

85%+

employment rate of graduates¹

¹ for Science students 6 months after graduation

$2Million

in scholarships given annually

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, English/ENG4U
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, Math of Data Management/MDM4U
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average in all science and math courses).

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

Course Requirements: Grade 12 Advanced Functions. Grade 12 English.
Strongly Recommended: Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors, Grade 12 Math of Data Management
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average of all science and math courses.)

Academic Calendars

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Career Tracks

Commercial/investment banking
business analyst
financial analyst
investment advisor
economic researcher

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

ECON 1100
MATH 1730
MATH 1020
Open choice
Open choice

Required Courses

ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I

MATH 1020: Mathematical Foundations

This course will cover mathematical logic, proof methods and development of proof techniques, mathematical induction, sets, equivalence relations, partial ordering relations and functions. (Prerequisite: One of COMP-1000, MATH-1250, MATH-1260 or MATH-1270.) (2 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1730: Integral Calculus

This course will cover antiderivatives, the definite integral and the fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, applications, improper integrals, sequences and series, convergence tests, power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series, and polar and parametric coordinates. (Prerequisite: MATH- 1760 or MATH-1720.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

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