Courses

Please note that the core courses ECON 302, ECON 305 and ECON 333 are reserved for students declared in the Economics major. 

Economics electives are open to any student with the required prerequisites. Upper division electives are open to any student with the required prerequisites and 45 units. 

To browse other course offerings please visit: SFU Course Outlines

To see what an economics program will teach you, take a look at the Educational Goals for some of the core economics courses.

SPRING 2026

ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 103 D100 Douglas Allen
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ECON 103 D900 Sessional
Vasyl Golovetskyy
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
Surrey

ECON 104 - Economics and Government

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 104 D100 Krishna Pendakur
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 105 D100 Gustavo Tovar Albuquerque
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ECON 105 D900 Vasyl Golovetskyy
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Surrey

ECON 113 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 113 D100 Martin Santamaria
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 115 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 115 D100 Martin Santamaria
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 201 - Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 201 D100 Christoph Luelfesmann
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 220W - Communication in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 220W D100 Sepideh Fotovatian
Gulriz Barkin
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
ECON 220W D200 Sepideh Fotovatian
Gulriz Barkin
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby

ECON 233 - Introduction to Economic Data and Statistics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 233 D100 Brian Krauth
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby

ECON 290 - Microeconomic Policy

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 290 D100 Gustavo Tovar Albuquerque
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 302 - Microeconomic Theory II: Strategic Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 302 D100 Gulriz Barkin
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 305 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 305 D100 Lucas Herrenbrueck
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Fri, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 310 - Money and Banking

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 310 D100 John Knowles
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 331 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 331 D100 Bertille Antoine
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 332 - Computational Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 332 D100 Chenyu Hou
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 333 - Statistical Analysis of Economic Data

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 333 D100 Xiaoting Sun
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 335 - Cause and Effect in Economic Data

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 335 D100 Simon Woodcock
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 370 - Health Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 370 D100 Gustavo Tovar Albuquerque
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 403 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 403 D100 John Knowles
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 427W - Industrial Organization: Law and Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 427W D100 Douglas Allen
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 434 - Seminar in Applied Market Design

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 434 D100 Xiaoting Sun
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 436 - Seminar in Economics and Social Network Analysis

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 436 D100 Martin Santamaria
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby

ECON 446 - Seminar in International Finance

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 446 D100 Minjie Deng
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 460 - Seminar in Environmental Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 460 D100 Gulriz Barkin
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 499W - Honours Research Project

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 499W D100 Michael Gilraine
Jan 5 – Apr 10, 2026: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

SUMMER 2026*

*Please note thes course offerings are subject to change. 

ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 103 D100 Gordon Myers
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 105 D100 May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 201 - Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 201 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 280 - Introduction to Labor Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 280 D100 Jane Friesen
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 302 - Microeconomic Theory II: Strategic Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 302 D100 Gulriz Barkin
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 305 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 305 D100 May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 342 - International Trade

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 342 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 355W - Economic Development

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 355W D100 Gustavo Tovar Albuquerque
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 455W - Topics in Economic Development

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 455W D100 Kevin Laughren
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 480 - Seminar in the Economics of Labor Market Policy

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 480 D100 Jane Friesen
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 484 - Selected Topics in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 484 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 11 – Aug 10, 2026: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

PROJECTED COURSE OFFERINGS*

*Please note thes course offerings are subject to change up to the start of enrollment for each term 
* Upcoming_Course_Offerings_Oct_2025.pdf
Economics | Projected Course Offerings (updated October 2025)