Wilfrid Laurier University Undergraduate Academic Calendar - 2010/2011
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Honours BA Economics and Financial Management

The program consists of 20.0 credits, of which 8.0 credits are in Economics and a minimum of 6.0 credits are in Business. A minimum of 2.0 credits must be Economics electives. Other requirements are given in the following chart.

Honours BA Economics and Financial Management (Regular and Co-op)

Honours BA Economics and Financial Management
Year of ProgramRequired Economics and Business CoursesOther Required CoursesElectivesAcademic Regulations
1EC120
EC140
BU111
BU121		MA129, or MA130 or MA103 or MA110*
2.5 elective credits (2.0 if MA110* is taken).
MA141 may not count for credit towards any Honours BA Economics program.		Progression into Year 2 requires a GPA of 6.00 in EC120 and EC140, a GPA of 6.00 in Business courses, and an overall GPA of 5.00.
2EC270
EC285
EC290
EC295
BU227
BU231
BU247		MA1221.0 EC elective credit.Progression into Year 3 requires a cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Economics and Business courses combined, and an overall GPA of 6.00.
3

EC355
EC370
EC381
EC390
BU383
BU393

None0.5 EC elective credit.
1.5 elective credits.		Progression into Year 4 requires a cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Economics and Business courses combined, and an overall GPA of 6.00.
4

EC481
EC450 or EC470;
One of: BU357 or BU387;
Any four of:
BU353, BU403, BU413, BU419, BU423, BU429, BU433, BU439, BU443, BU453, BU463, BU473, BU483, BU493

None0.5 EC elective credit at the 300 or 400 level.
1.0 elective credit.		Graduation requires a cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Economics and Business courses combined, and an overall GPA of 6.00.