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400-Level Electives
These educational goals apply to the following courses:
- ECON 410: Seminar in Monetary Theory
- ECON 425: Industrial Organization: Imperfect Competition
- ECON 426W: Industrial Organization: Governance and Institutions
- ECON 427W: Industrial Organization: Law and Economics
- ECON 428: Seminar in Experimental and Behavioural Economics
- ECON 433: Financial and Time Series Econometrics
- ECON 434: Seminar in Applied Market Design
- ECON 436: Seminar in Economics and Social Network Analysis
- ECON 437: Seminar in Urban Economics
- ECON 443: Seminar in International Trade
- ECON 446: Seminar in International Finance
- ECON 448W: Seminar in the Economics of Crime
- ECON 450W: Seminar in Quantitative Economic History
- ECON 453: Seminar in the Economics of Education
- ECON 454W: Seminar in the Economics of the Family
- ECON 455: Topics in Economic Development
- ECON 460: Seminar in Environmental Economics
- ECON 480: Seminar in the Economics of Labor Market Policy
*Note: all skills at this level are Developing, not Introductory
Analyze and Interpret economic models
- Solve and interpret economic models commonly used in the course's subject area (D)
- Apply economic concepts and models learnt in core courses to the course's subject area (D)
- Identify main economic concepts related to the course's subject area (D)
Analyze and Interpret economic data
- Interpret key economic data (D)
- Interpret statistical evidence and methodology (D)
- Interpret empirical evidence related to topics studied in the course's subject area (D)
Critically assess economic arguments, assumptions, and evidence
- Discuss the role of theory, evidence, and measurement in economic analysis (D)
- Critically evaluate assumptions in economic/econometric models (D)
- Critically evaluate the economic arguments on issues related to the course's subject area (D)
- Critically evaluate the empirical evidence on issues related to the course's subject area (D)
Use oral, written, and graphical methods to communicate economic insights
- Formulate written economic arguments evaluating or supporting a position (D)
- Present economic arguments by means of graphs, charts and tables (D)
- Present economic arguments verbally (D)
- Use multiple methods in combination to communicate economic insights (D)
Use economic concepts to understand real-world human activity and public policy
- Apply economics to everyday situations (D)
- Use economics to evaluate specific policies (D)
- Evaluate current events using tools of economics (D)
- Use economic tools to analyse current issues related to the course's subject area (D)
Describe and analyze important economic institutions, events, and results
- Describe important institutions in the economy and their roles (D)
- Describe main empirical findings in the course's subject area (D)
- Describe main theoretical findings in the course's subject area (D)
- Describe main policies related to course's subject area (D)
- Describe main trends and events related to course's subject area (D)
