1. Economics &
Management Science
Dr. Brennan Thompson!
Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Economics

2. After Four Years...
❖ EMS graduates have found employment as:!
❖ Analyst, Investment Banking, Canaccord Genuity!
❖ Policy Analyst, Canadian Federation of Independent Business!
❖ Business Analyst, Canadian Tire!
❖ Analyst, Commercial Real Estate, CB Richard Ellis!
❖ IT Business Analyst, Celestica!
❖ Senior Analyst, Interest Rate Derivatives, BMO Capital Markets!
❖ Trader, Hybrid FX Options, RBC Capital Markets

3. After Four Years...
❖ A very high proportion of EMS graduates go on to
pursue graduate/professional degrees:!
❖ MA and PhD, Economics!
❖ Master of Financial Economics!
❖ MBA!
❖ JD (Law)!
❖ PhD, Health Policy

4. Degree Overview
❖ In years 2-4, there are 30 courses:!
❖ 13 or 14 ECN/QMS courses:!
❖ 9 required in years 2-3!
❖ 4-5 electives in year 4!
❖ 6 courses common to all Bus. Mgmt. students!
❖ 5 required in year 2!
❖ 1 required in year 4 (BUS800)!
❖ 5 or 6 Professional-Related courses!
❖ 5 Liberal Studies courses

5. 2nd Year
❖ 3 courses required for all EMS students:!
❖ Fall:
QMS 702 Calculus for Business!
❖ Winter:
ECN 230 Mathematics for Economics
QMS 442 Multiple Regression for Business!
❖ 5 courses common to all Bus. Mgmt. students (CMN 279, FIN
300, FIN 401, GMS 401, LAW 122)!
❖ 2 lower-level Liberal Studies courses (F and W)

6. 3rd Year
❖ 6 courses required for all EMS students:!
❖ Fall:
ECN 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics I
ECN 504 Intermediate Microeconomics I
ECN 627 Econometrics I!
❖ Winter:
ECN 600 Intermediate Macroeconomics II
ECN 700 Intermediate Macroeconomics II
QMS 703 Business Forecasting!
❖ 2 Professionally-Related courses!
❖ 2 upper-level Liberal Studies courses

7. 4th Year
❖ 4 or 5 of the following EMS electives:
! ECN 321! Introduction to Law and Economics
! ECN 501! Industrial Organization
! ECN 502! Economics of Natural Resources
! ECN 506! Topics in Monetary Economics
! ECN 510! Environmental Economics
! ECN 601! The Economics of Information
! ECN 605! Labour Economics
! ECN 606! International Monetary Economics
! ECN 609! Topics in Economic History
! ECN 614! An Introduction to Game Theory
! ECN 640 ! The Economics of Immigration
! ECN 702! Econometrics II
! ECN 703! Public Finance I
! ECN 707! Economics of International Trade
! ECN 715! Advanced Microeconomics
! ECN 803! Public Finance II
! ECN 815! Advanced Macroeconomics!
❖ 1 course common to all Bus. Mgmt. students (BUS 800)!
❖ 3 or 4 Professionally-Related courses!
❖ 1 upper-level Liberal Studies courses

8. Minors
❖ You can use your Professional-Related electives in years 3-4 to earn a minor!!
❖ Popular minors for EMS students are:!
❖ Finance!
❖ Only 4 extra courses on top of FIN 300 and FIN 401 (required for all Bus. Mgmt. students in
2nd year)!
❖ Marketing!
❖ Only 5 extra courses on top of MKT 100 (required for all Bus. Mgmt. students in 1st year)!
❖ Accounting!
❖ 6 courses!
❖ Mathematics!
❖ 6 courses!
❖ Can use ECN 230 as a pre-req for for many MTH courses!

9. Beyond The Classroom
❖ Zone Learning!
❖ EMSCU!
❖ Career Nights!
❖ Alumni Association