Bachelor of Arts, Major in Economic and Political Studies

You’ll take an in-depth examination of the important issues in Canadian politics. You’ll understand constitutional arrangements, the structure and processes of national governments and globalization. Examine the social context of American politics, voting behaviour, legislature process, executive powers, executive-legislative relations, judicial behaviour, and problems of policy. Learn about the evolution and operation of other countries' political systems and explore a number of major themes and issues that are relevant to the politics of other regions and international relations.

You’ll also study intermediate economic topics that include consumer choice under different scenarios, factor markets, game theory, imperfect competition, general equilibrium analysis and welfare economics, public goods, and externalities. You’ll understand macroeconomic theory and its applications to contemporary policy issues. Examine the overview of macroeconomics; macroeconomic data; the open economy; economic fluctuations; aggregate demand, including investment savings-liquidity preference money supply curves; aggregate supply, economic stabilization and the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policy; and money supply and demand.

Financial risk analyst
Data analyst
Financial planner
Economist
Accountant
Consultant and consulting firms
Economic researcher
Financial consultant
Investment analyst
Natural resources sector
Provincial ministry
Government agencies
Public sector roles

Grade 12 (or equivalent) or mature student status
English Studies 12/English First Peoples 12 with a minimum of 73% (or equivalent)