100/200 Level Electives

These educational goals apply to the following courses:

  • ECON 102: The World Economy
  • ECON 104: Economics and Government
  • ECON 260: Environmental Economics
  • ECON 280: Introduction to Labor Economics
  • ECON 290: Microeconomic Policy
  • ECON 291: Macroeconomic Policy

Please note, for 100 and 200 level elective courses, all skills below are to be introduced.

Analyze and Interpret Economic Models

  • Solve and interpret standard models of market interaction 
  • Identify and analyze market failures, externalities and public goods 
  • Apply economic concepts and models learnt in core courses to the course's subject area 
  • Identify main economic concepts related to the course's subject area 

Analyze and Interpret Economic Data

  • Interpret key economic data
  • Interpret statistical evidence and methodology
  • Interpret empirical evidence related to topics studied in the course's subject area 

Critically assess economic arguments, assumptions, and evidence

  • Discuss the role of theory, evidence, and measurement in economic analysis
  • Critically evaluate assumptions in economic/econometric models
  • Compare and critically evaluate economic arguments
  • Critically evaluate the economic arguments on issues related to the course's subject area 
  • Critically evaluate the empirical evidence on issues related to the course's subject area 

Use oral, written, and graphical methods to communicate economic insights

  • Formulate written economic arguments evaluating or supporting a position
  • Present economic arguments by means of graphs, charts and tables

Use economic concepts to understand real-world human activity and public policy

  • Use economics to evaluate specific policies
  • Evaluate current events using tools of economics
  • Use economic tools to analyse current issues related to the course's subject area 

Describe and analyze important economic institutions, events, and results

  • Describe important institutions in the economy and their roles
  • Describe important events in economic history and their current relevance
  • Describe main empirical findings in the course's subject area 
  • Describe main policies related to course's subject area 
  • Describe main trends and events related to course's subject area 
* ECON 100 and 200 Electives Educational Goals.pdf
100/200 Level Electives Educational Goals