Combined Majors Requirements

The Vancouver School of Economics offers four combined majors programs. To see the economics requirements for each of them, please click on each program title below. Please check the UBC Calendar for the specific program requirements from other departments.

Economics and Philosophy

ECONOMICS REQUIREMENTS	Credits
Principles of Economics(101 and 102 or equivalent)	6
Economics 2xx or 3xx	6
Intermediate Microeconomics (301)	3
Intermediate Macroeconomics (302)	3
Empirical Economics: Introduction (325)	3
Empirical Economics: Methods (326)	3
Applied Economics (490)	3
Additional Economics 3xx or 4xx	3
Total Economics credits required	30
Total Economics 3xx and 4xx credits required	18

Economics and Political Science

ECONOMICS REQUIREMENTS	Credits
Principles of Economics(101 and 102 or equivalent)	6
Economics 2xx or 3xx	6
Intermediate Microeconomics (301)	3
Intermediate Macroeconomics (302)	3
Empirical Economics: Introduction (325)	3
Empirical Economics: Methods (326)	3
Applied Economics (490)	3
Additional Economics 3xx or 4xx	3
Total Economics credits required	30
Total Economics 3xx and 4xx credits required	18

Economics and Mathematics

ECONOMICS REQUIREMENTS	Credits
Principles of Economics(101 and 102 or equivalent)^N1	6
Intermediate Microeconomics (301)	3
Intermediate Macroeconomics (302)	3
Empirical Economics: Introduction (325)^N2	3
Empirical Economics: Methods (326)	3
Applied Economics (490)	3
Additional Economics 2xx or 3xx or 4xx^N3	6
Additional Economics 3xx or 4xx or 5xx^N3	3
Total Economics credits required	30

N1 A student may take ECON 303 and 3 additional credits of ECON at the 3xx level or above instead of ECON 101 and 102.
N2 STAT 200 can substitute for ECON 325. If STAT 200 is selected an additional ECON elective at the 3xx or 4xx level is required to ensure that the total number of ECON credits is at least 30.
N3 ECON 320 cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

Economics and Statistics

ECONOMICS REQUIREMENTS	Credits
Principles of Economics(101 and 102 or equivalent)^N1	6
Intermediate Microeconomics (301 or 304)	3
Intermediate Macroeconomics (302 or 305)	3
Intermediate Microeconomics II (303 or 306)	3
Empirical Economics: Introduction (325)^N2	3
Empirical Economics: Methods (326)^N3	3
Econometrics (425)	3
Applied Economics (490)	3
Additional Economics 3xx or 4xx	3
Total Economics credits required^{N2, N3}	30

N1 A student may take ECON 307 and 3 additional credits of ECON at the 3xx or 4xx level instead of ECON 101 and 102.
N2 STAT 200 can substitute for ECON 325. If STAT 200 is selected an additional ECON elective at the 3xx or 4xx level is required to ensure that the total number of ECON credits is at least 30.
N3 STAT 306 can substitute for ECON 326. If STAT 306 is selected an additional ECON elective at the 3xx or 4xx level is required to ensure that the total number of ECON credits is at least 30.

Students should note the prerequisites for senior courses and plan their programs accordingly. Particular attention should be paid to the prerequisites for ECON 490: ECON 325 and 326 (or their equivalent) must be successfully completed before enrolling in ECON 490. ECON 490 is restricted to Economics Majors and Combined Majors in Economics in their final academic session.