Transcript ECON/APEC Third Year Meeting

ECON/APEC Third Year Meeting
Dr. Ian Keay, Undergraduate Chair
Jennine Ball, Undergraduate Assistant and Advisor
Moving to Fourth Year
Courses, Seminars
Assessments and Eligibility
Important Dates
Meet Current Fourth Year Students!
Major ECON and APEC 4th Year
ECON-M-BAH
• Minimum 4 (12 units) 400-level econ courses
plus one (3 units) Seminar are required
APEC-M-BAH
• ECON 452 (3 units) plus 2 (6 units) 400-level econ
courses, and one (3 units) Seminar are required.
• Thesis option is reserved for a few very top students
requiring a detailed topic proposal and preliminary
approval/discussions with potential supervisors.
MEDIAL 4th Year
• ECONXXXX or XXXXECON
One of 310, 320, 351 completed prior to taking
your required Seminar.
A minimum of two additional 300-level or
400-level economics courses (6 units) plus
one Seminar (3 units)
ECON 400-level Courses and Seminars 2012-13
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Fall Term
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Timetable available June 19, 2012
*Seminar descriptions available on Economics Undergraduate Website June 19, 2012
411 Topics in Microeconomic Theory
422 Monetary Economics
425 International Trade Theory
430 Issues in Economic History
435/835 Development Economics (grad level)
443 Issues in Microeconomic Policy
452 Applied Econometrics (cross-sectional)
455/855 Mathematical Economics (grad level)
R. Wang
A. Head
B. Lapham
C. Minns
Lloyd-Ellis
D. Garvie
M.G. Abbott
R. Wang
Fall Term Seminars*
480 Philosophical Issues in Economics
484 Canadian Public Policy
492 Comparative Financial Crises
R. DeSouza
A. Stewart
D. Longworth
ECON 400-level Courses and Seminars 2012-13
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Winter Term
421 Topics in Macroeconomic Theory
423 Topics in Financial Economics
426 International Macroeconomics
442 Topics in Public Economics
445 Industrial Organization
452 Applied Econometrics (time series)
T. Koeppl
M-L. Viero
G. Smith
R. Boadway
R. Ware
A.W. Gregory
Winter Term Seminars*
482 Environmental Economics
483 Urban Economics
485 Law/Econ intellectual property rights
491 Current Global Macro/Policy Response
493 Applied Macroeconomics
D. Garvie
J. Hartwick
J. Bergin
M. Kennedy
D. Curtis
* Descriptions updated by mid June will be on the Econ Undergraduate
Website with the selection form attached (click/submit) due by July 1.
All About Seminars!
• Prerequisites/Eligibility Assessments
-Assessment of Eligibility
Majors
ECON-M-BAH and APEC-M-BAH
Completion of ECON 310, 320, 351
30 units of Economics with a minimum GPA of 2.6* and overall GPA 1.9
Note: APEC students who have not taken ECON 320 may only
request a Microeconomic Seminar 480-489.
Medials
Completion of one of ECON 310, 320, 351
18 units of Economics with a minimum GPA of 2.6* and overall GPA 1.9
Eligible in other Concentation/Plan to complete in 2012-13.
*No rounding when calculating eligibility (ie 2.59 is NOT “close enough”)
SEMINAR DETAILS!
-students must take 3 units from the series ECON 480-499 and may only
take a maximum of 3 units (you cannot do more than one seminar)
-complete the seminar request form and submit it to the UG office
by May 1, 2012 if requesting a seminar for either fall 2012 or winter 2013
-if your GPA meets the requirements but you are missing a core course
apply now, take missing core in fall, request a winter term seminar
-attendance at ALL seminar classes and instructor/student meetings
Is REQUIRED (mandatory). Failure to comply with this requirement may
result in being removed from the course or a grade of F.
WHAT TO EXPECT
in Your Seminar Capstone Experience
• Instructors introduce you to the subject area with a series
of lectures, readings
• You are given a short period of time to research and
prepare a report about your topic and research progress.
• You meet one-on-one with the instructor throughout the
term to ensure you are on the right track with your
research and writing in a concise but professional manner.
• Presentations! Each person in the seminar will present their
paper to the group and instructor.
• Final research papers will be due at the end of the term.
This is your chance to put your econ education into a solid
research project!
What Happens After Graduation?
• Start thinking about what you are going to do
over the summer because some
decisions/applications/standardized tests
must be completed by early fall term.
• LSAT, GMAT, GRE
If possible these should be written in the
summer as you will not have time in fall term.
• Punch up your resume – if applying for jobs.
TIMELINE & DATES
• May 1 – applications for seminars due to the
Undergraduate Office DUN 221
• May 14-25 Change of Plan website opens (Arts&Sci)
• June 19 – timetable available from the Registrar’s Office
• June 22nd – email to those who have applied for a seminar
with link to descriptions and selection form
• July 9th deadline to click/submit seminar selections
• July 9-27 – time appointments for course selection (except
economics seminar which will be entered for you)
• July 30 – August 3 – open registration (no need to wait for
September!)