Economics
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Economics gets to the bottom line of how and why we produce, distribute and purchase goods and services. Students will examine the various roles individuals, consumer groups, small business owners, managers, CEOs and politicians play in shaping both the Canadian and global economies.
An Economics degree gives you the skills to analyze consumer and corporate behaviour. It’s a strong foundation for building a career in finance, business, government, teaching and media, or law if you plan to pursue graduate work.
Bachelor of Arts
Economics is available as an honours, major, minor or certificate option as part of a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree.
Areas of interest
Economics students can focus on a couple of areas:
- microeconomics - examines the decision making process of individual economic agents such as firms and consumers. Microeconomics also considers the impacts of the decisions made by these agents on individual markets.
- macroeconomics - explores the economy of countries as a whole by considering questions of short-term fluctuations in economic activity, such as unemployment. Macroeconomics also considers issues of long-term economic growth.
- econometrics is the fundamental tool of empirical analysis used by economists.
On our Saint John campus students can work towards a certification open to visiting international students or for community members interested in economics.
Economics @ Work
An economics degree could lead to work as:
- Bank Manager
- Economist
- Financial Planner
- Foreign Trade Analyst
- Investment Portfolio Manager
- Public Policy Analyst
- Stockbroker
- Teacher
What you'll learn
You’ll learn to use modern, market-based analytical tools to examine how producers, consumers and governments act (microeconomics), how an economy as a whole operates (macroeconomics) and how economists perform economic analysis (statistical/econometrics).
We’ll introduce you to the theories and structure of our market economy with three required first year courses on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Statistics. As you progress through the program, you’ll have the option in other years to choose more specialized courses such as international financial institutions and markets, urban economics and mathematical economics.
