The Department of Economics offers the following BA programs:
Required Economics (Minimum grade C-) Minor Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 Humanities Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2613 Minor General elective General elective |
ECON 3113 ECON elective Minor General elective General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective Minor Minor General elective |
ECON 3123 ECON elective Minor Minor General elective |
Year 4 | ECON elective ECON elective Minor General elective General elective |
ECON elective ECON elective Minor General elective General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade B-) Minor Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 Humanities Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2613 Minor General elective General elective |
ECON 3113 ECON 2623 Minor General elective General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective Minor Minor General elective |
ECON 3123 ECON elective Minor Minor General elective |
Year 4 | ECON 4996 ECON 4903 ECON elective Minor General elective |
ECON 4996 ECON elective ECON elective Minor General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade B-) Minor Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 Humanities Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2213 ECON 2613 Minor General elective |
ECON 3113 ECON 3123 ECON 2623 Minor General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 4033 or 4043 ECON elective Minor Minor General elective |
ECON 4613 or ECON elective ECON elecitve Minor Minor General elective |
Year 4 | ECON 4033 or 4043 ECON elective Minor General elective General elective |
ECON 4613 or ECON elective ECON elective Minor General elective General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade C-) Business Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 BUSI 1703 Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2613 BUSI 2733 BUSI 2803 General elective |
ECON 3113 ECON elective BUSI 2743 BUSI 2013 General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective BUSI 2223 BUSI 2423 BUSI 2513 |
ECON 3123 ECON elective BUSI 2233 BUSI 2433 BUSI 3063 |
Year 4 | ECON elective ECON elective BUSI elective Humanities General elective |
ECON elective ECON elective BUSI elective Humanities General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade B-) Business Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 BUSI 1703 Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2613 BUSI 2733 BUSI 2803 General elective |
ECON 3113 ECON 2623 BUSI 2743 BUSI 2013 General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective BUSI 2223 BUSI 2423 BUSI 2513 |
ECON 3123 ECON elective BUSI 2233 BUSI 2433 BUSI 3063 |
Year 4 | ECON 4996 ECON 4903 ECON elective BUSI elective Humanities |
ECON 4996 ECON elective ECON elective BUSI elective Humanities |
Required Economics (Minimum grade B-) Business Requirements (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 English 1 BUSI 1703 Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON 2213 ECON 2613 BUSI 2733 BUSI 2803 |
ECON 3113 ECON 3123 ECON 2623 BUSI 2743 BUSI 2013 |
Year 3 | ECON 4033 or 4043 ECON elective BUSI 2223 BUSI 2423 BUSI 2513 |
ECON 4613 or ECON elective ECON elective BUSI 2233 BUSI 2433 BUSI 3063 |
Year 4 |
ECON 4033 or 4043 |
ECON 4613 or ECON elective ECON elective BUSI elective Humanities General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1013 English 1 Humanities Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 MATH 1323 MATH 2213 MATH 2013 General elective |
ECON 3113 MATH 2313 MATH 2223 MATH 2023 General elective |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective ECON elective MATH 3233 General elective |
ECON 3123 ECON elective ECON elective MATH elective General elective |
Year 4 | ECON elective ECON elective ECON elective MATH elective General elective |
ECON elective ECON elective MATH elective General elective General elective |
Required Economics (Minimum grade C-) Arts Core Requirements (Minimum grade D-) Electives (Minimum grade D-) |
Suggested Course Sequence | ||
Program Year | Fall | Winter |
Year 1 | ECON 1013 MATH 1613 or 1013 COMP 1113 MATH 1323 or MATH 1313 Language 1 |
ECON 1023 |
Year 2 | ECON 2113 ECON elective COMP 2113 COMP 2203 English 1 |
ECON 3113 ECON elective COMP 2103 COMP 2213 English 2 |
Year 3 | ECON 2213 ECON elective COMP elective Humanities 1 General elective |
ECON 3123 ECON elective COMP elective Humanities 2 General elective |
Year 4 | Econ elective Econ elective COMP elective General elective General elective |
ECON elective ECON elective COMP elective General elective General elective |
In addition to the programs listed above, it is possible to pursue double major programs with most subjects offered at Acadia. Popular choices have been to combine Economics with Politics, History, English, Philosophy, a foreign language, or Sociology.
Please note that, although this information was prepared with care, wherever there may be a conflict or discrepancy, information in Acadia University's Academic Calendar is binding.
General Information Relating to the Economics BA Programs
Credit can be obtained for only one of MATH 1213/MATH 1223, MATH 2213/MATH 2223, MATH 2233/MATH 2243, and ECON 2613/ECON 2623. ECON 2613 cannot be offered for credit by Math/Stats majors.
ECON 1013/1023 is prerequisite to all 2000-level and higher economics courses except ECON 2613.
Of the total 120 hours required for the program, 96 hours must be taken within the Faculties of Arts and Science. This requirement should be heeded when choosing electives.
Additional prerequisites are shown in the Acadia University Calendar. For more detailed course information please read the course descriptions.
GPA/Graduation Requirements:
A program GPA of 2.0 is normally required in order to change a major.
A program GPA of 3.0 is required to declare Honours.
A program GPA of 2.0 is required in order to be eligible to graduate (3.0 for Honours).
A program GPA of 2.0 is equivalent to an average grade of C (63%-66%).