Economics: Economics MA, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please refer to the department's website for a current course list.

Preliminary Courses

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1010H
Mathematics and Statistics for MA and MFE Students (Credit/No Credit)
ECO2010H
Mathematics and Statistics for PhD Students (Credit/No Credit)

Core Courses in Economic Theory

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1100HEconomic Theory — Macro (for MA students only)
ECO1200HEconomic Theory — Micro (for MA students only)
ECO2100H
Macroeconomic Theory I
ECO2101HMacroeconomic Theory II (prerequisite: ECO2100H)
ECO2105HApplied Macroeconomics (corequisites: ECO2100H and ECO2101H)
ECO2200HMicroeconomic Theory I
ECO2201H
Microeconomic Theory II (prerequisite: ECO2200H)
ECO2205H
Applied Microeconomics (corequisites: ECO2200H and ECO2201H)

Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO3200H
Advanced Microeconomic Theory I (prerequisites: ECO2200H and ECO2201H)
ECO3201H
Advanced Microeconomic Theory II
ECO3202H
Topics in Microeconomic Theory
ECO3210HEconomics of Organizations and Contracts

Behavioural and Experimental Economics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1250HTopics in Behavioural Economics
ECO3250HBehavioural Economics

Econometrics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1400HEconometrics (for MA students only)
ECO1450HMethods for Empirical Microeconomics (exclusions: ECO439H, ECO2803H)
ECO2400H
Econometrics I
ECO2401H
Econometrics II (prerequisite: ECO1400H or ECO2400H)
ECO2404HEmpirical Applications of Economic Theory (exclusion: ECO418H)
ECO2405HApplied Econometrics (corequisites: ECO2400H and ECO2401H)
ECO2411H
Financial Econometrics (exclusion: ECO462H)
ECO2460HEconomic Applications of Machine Learning
ECO3400H
Topics in Econometrics
ECO3401H
Advanced Econometrics
ECO3450HAdvanced Methods for Empirical Microeconomics

Economic Development

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1700H
Economic Development
ECO1730HEconomic Development of China (exclusion: ECO435H)
ECO2701H
Development Economics I

Economic History

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO2750H
Topics in North American Economic History

Financial Economics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1500HFinancial Economics: Asset Pricing (exclusion: ECO419H)
ECO1501HFinancial Economics: Corporate Finance
ECO1502HEmpirical Methods for Financial Economics (exclusion: ECO464H)
ECO1550HEconomics of Financial Risk Management (exclusions: ECO461H, RSM435H)
ECO1551HTopics in Risk Management

Industrial Organization

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1900HIndustrial Organization and Competition Policy
ECO3900H
Industrial Organization I
ECO3901H
Industrial Organization II

International Economics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1300HInternational Macroeconomics
ECO1301HInternational Financial Markets
ECO2302HNetworks in Trade and Macroeconomics
ECO3300H
International Trade Theory
ECO3301HInternational Trade II (prerequisite: ECO3300H)
ECO3302HTopics in International Trade
ECO3304H
International Monetary Theory

Labour Economics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO2802HEconomics Inside Organizations
ECO2804HSocial Economics
ECO3800H
Labour Economics I
ECO3801H
Labour Economics II

Macroeconomics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1102HMacroeconometric Models for Policy Analysis and Forecasting (exclusion: ECO416H)
ECO2104H
Quantitative Macroeconomics
ECO2107H
Monetary Theory
ECO2120HTopics in Growth and Development
ECO3100HFrontiers in Macroeconomics (prerequisites: ECO2100H and ECO2201H)
ECO3101HTopics in Macroeconomic Theory
ECO3102HTopics in Business Cycles (exclusion: ECO438H)

Public Economics

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO2600H
Public Economics I
ECO2601H
Public Economics II
ECO2607HEconomics of Education Policy
ECO2610H
Health Economics
ECO2620H
Topics in Health Economics

Other Courses

Course CodeCourse Title
ECO1320HInternational Trade Regulation (exclusions: ECO459H and LAW285H/LAW2038H)
ECO1950HEconomic Analysis of Law
ECO1960HEnergy and Regulation (exclusion: ECO414H)
ECO2650HPolitical Economy (exclusion: ECO434H)
ECO2850HUrban and Regional Economics
ECO4050H
Special Field Reading Course#
ECO4051HSpecial Field Reading Course#
ECO4060Y0
Graduate Research Seminar (Credit/No Credit)

# The department is normally prepared to supervise reading courses in a variety of fields. Reading courses are available only to students who have the requisite preparation and only at the discretion of faculty members.

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.