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Economics

Economics at Huron is about much more than numbers and finances – it’s essential to our understanding of complex contemporary issues. We broaden the discipline to help students understand historical trends, interpret today’s headlines and make predictions for coming decades.

Learn how and why things work the way they do, so you can influence positive change in resource management and the wealth of local and global communities.

ECONOMICS BROCHURE

Alumni Stories

Learn where the study of human material wealth and its interplay with social, political and cultural influencers has taken our Huron grads.

If you want to emulate their success in economics, Huron can help you get there. Our professors look forward to supporting you to join our alumni’s esteemed network and contributing to our globally-focused legacy.

  • My colleagues and leadership team ensured I had the opportunities to make meaningful contributions to our work environment, and the company more broadly.
    Kristen Kodric
    Young Alumna
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  • Huron students are motivated by our Liberal Arts perspectives, and we're going to take them in different directions to create a better world.
    Annika Lui
    Venture for Canada Fellow
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  • Huron was not an easy set of years for me – I had to work really hard. I only saw results when I put in the time, and Huron taught me the importance of putting in that time.
    Adam Deif, BA'04
    Head of Industry, Google
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HONORS SPECIALIZATION
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MINOR IN ECONOMIC THEORY

The Minor in Economic Theory aims to provide students with an introduction to methods of economic analysis and to equip them with the analytical skills needed to examine a variety of social and economic issues.

Learn more about the Minor.

MAJOR IN ECONOMICS

An Economics Major will provide a strong foundation in economic concepts and tools. The required and elective courses will help students develop the capacity to apply these concepts tangibly within local and global economies. Students will learn how economics influences humanity, as well as how to affect economic change through public policy.

These modules may be combined with the study of another discipline as part of an Honors Double Major degree.

Learn more about Huron’s Economics Major.

HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ECONOMICS

The Honors Specialization is designed for students who want to take a deeper dive into the subject matter and focus intensively on better understanding how various economic factors influence human life.

Students who pursue this pointed exploration into our global economies may wish to work as professional economists or may be interested in careers in business, commerce, finance or government.  These programs combine theoretical studies with applied work in the discipline, and will also provide a great foundation for those who wish to pursue post-graduate studies in Economics.

Learn more about the Honors Specialization in Economics.

Learn more about the Honors Specialization Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Huron/HBA Progam

MAJOR IN FINANCE

Our Finance Major has been designed to position students as thought-leaders in this ever-changing and growing area of business. Students who choose to pursue this major will gain in-depth knowledge regarding finance theory, financial institutions, analysis and risk management.

This major is helpful for students looking to enter into banking, financial analysis, investment, as well as a broad range of service firms or government organizations.

Learn more about Huron’s Finance Major.

Economics Professors

Our Economics specialize in a diverse array of topics that will encourage students to develop a thorough understanding of concepts and tools, related to the field of economics, that position them for success throughout their chosen career path. Learn about the people who will form your support network and guide you along the way toward becoming a Leader with Heart who understands how the world works – and the ways in which economics defines our relationships between one another, our culture, society and so much more.

  • Economics is about more than just people. It's an enriching exploration into the social and economic trends that influence and shape one another, resulting in transformative human experiences.
    Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir, PhD
    Associate Professor, Economics
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  • My teaching aims to inspire curiosity, to develop critical minds, to cultivate humility in the face of complexity, and to impart economic thinking and techniques.
    Michael Kottelenberg, PhD
    Associate Professor, Economics
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  • I am passionate about the underlying sources of income growth over time and the reasons behind the vast differences in living standards across economies. I am also interested in studying the impact of different policies on women’s health and socioeconomic status.
    Samira Hasanzadeh, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Economics
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  • Studying economics is about mastering a method rather than learning a set of facts and figures. The economic method empowers students with a set of tools and perspectives they can use to solve problems and better understand the world.
    Ian Herzog, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Economics
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Economics Department

Tenure-stream Professors

Sessional and Part-time Instructors

 

Professors Emeriti

Economics Courses

Students enrolled in MOS will complete a foundational first-year of study that includes Business, Economics, and Mathematics prior to choosing the specific MOS module they wish to pursue.

2024-2025 Courses
Course – See link for Academic Calendar Description Instructor(s) Section – See link for Course Outline
ECO 1021A/B – Principles of Microeconomics Kott/Herzog/Liu/Kang 550 / 551 / 552/ 553 / 554 /555
ECO 1022A – Principles of Macroeconomics Cho 550
ECO 2210A – Mathematical Economics I Liu 550
ECO 2220A – Interm Macro I Sungur 550 / 551
ECO 2221B – Interm Macro II Cho 550 / 551
ECO 2222A – Econometrics I Entezarkheir 550 / 551
ECO 2223B – Econometrics II Kottelenberg 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2260A – Interm Micro I Kottelenberg / Kang 550 / 552
ECO 2261B – Interm Micro II Entezarkheir/Kang 550 / 551
ECO 3313E – Research Methods Sungur/Herzog 550 / 550
ECO 3320A – Advanced Macro I Kotikalapudi 550
ECO 3328A – Public Finance: Expenditure Herzog 550
ECO 3346B – Financial Markets Liu 550
ECO 3352A – International Trade Kang 550
ECO 3357A – Industrial Economics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3371B – Monetary Economics Liu 550
ECO 3381B – Advanced Microeconomics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3394B – Market Microstructure & High-Frequency Trading

ECO 4490F – Household Portfolios

Liu

 

Sungur

550

 

550

ECO 4491G – Urban Economics Herzog 550

 

 

2023-2024 Courses
Course – See link for Academic Calendar Description Instructor(s) Section – See link for Course Outline
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Kottelenberg/Herzog/Kang 550/551/552/553/554
ECO 1021B – Principles of Microeconomics Kang 550
ECO 1022A – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics McKeon/Hasanzadeh/Olboeva 550/551/552/553/554
ECO 2121A – Firm & Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 2154B – Money McKeon 550
ECO 2210A – Mathematical Economics I Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 2220A – Interm Macro I McKeon 550 / 551
ECO 2221B – Interm Macro II McKeon/Cho 550 / 551
ECO 2222A – Econometrics I Entezarkheir 550 / 551
ECO 2223B – Econometrics II Kottelenberg 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2260A – Interm Micro I Kottelenberg/Kang 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2261B – Interm Micro II Entezarkheir/Kang 550 / 551
ECO 3313E – Research Methods Sungur/Herzog 550
ECO 3320A – Advanced Macro I McKeon 550
ECO 3328A – Public Finance: Expenditure Herzog 550
ECO 3346B – Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 3352B – International Trade Kang 550
ECO 3357A – Industrial Economics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3371A – Monetary Economics McKeon 550
ECO 3381B – Advanced Microeconomics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3393B – SEL TOPICS-Economic Growth and Technological Change

ECO 4490F – SEL TOPICS-Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics

Hasanzadeh

 

Sungur

550

 

550

ECO 4491G – SEL TOPICS-Topics in Urban Economics Herzog 550
2022-2023 Courses
Course – Please see link for Academic Calendar Description  

Instructor

Section – Please see links for Course Outlines
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Kottelenberg / Herzog / Kang / Kang / Kottenenberg 550 / 551 / 552 / 553 / 554
ECO 1021B – Principles of Microeconomics Herzog 550
ECO 1022A – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics McKeon / Hasanzadeh / Hasanzadeh / Hasanzadeh / Cho 550 / 551 / 552 / 553 / 554
ECO 2121A – Firm & Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 2154B – Money McKeon 550
ECO 2210A – Mathematical Economics I Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 2220A – Interm Macro I McKeon / McKeon 550 / 551
ECO 2221B – Interm Macro II McKeon / 550 / 551
ECO 2222A – Econometrics I Entezarkheir / Entezarkheir 550 / 551
ECO 2223B – Econometrics II Kottelenberg / Kang / Kottelenberg 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2260A – Interm Micro I Kottelenberg / Kang / Kang 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2261B – Interm Micro II Entezarkheir / 550 / 551
ECO 3313E – Research Methods Sungur 550
ECO 3320A – Advanced Macro I McKeon 550
ECO 3328A – Public Finance: Expenditure Herzog 550
ECO 3346B – Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 3352B – International Trade Elboeva 550
ECO 3357A – Industrial Economics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3371A – Monetary Economics McKeon 550
ECO 3381B – Advanced Microeconomics Entezarkheir 550
ECO 3393B – SEL-Economic Growth & Technology Change Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 4490F – SEL-Advanced Macro Economics Sungur 550
ECO 4491G – SEL-Urban Economics Herzog 550

 

2021 - 2022 Courses
Course Instructor View Course Outline
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Rahimian 550
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Herzog 551
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Stirling 552 / 553
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Rahimian 554
ECO 1021B – Principles of Microeconomics Herzog 550
ECO 1022A – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics McKeon 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 551 / 553
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics Rahimian 552 / 554
ECO 2121A – Firm & Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 2154B – Money McKeon 550
ECO 2210A – Mathematical Economics I Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 2220A – Interm Macro I McKeon 550 / 551
ECO 2220A – Interm Macro I Rahimian 552
ECO 2221B – Interm Macro II McKeon 550
ECO 2221B – Interm Macro II Rahimian 551
ECO 2222A – Econometrics I Stirling 550 / 551
ECO 2223B – Econometrics II Stirling 550 / 551
ECO 2260A – Interm Micro I Kang 550 / 551 / 552
ECO 2261B – Interm Micro II Kang 550 / 551
ECO 3313E – Research Methods Sungur 550
ECO 3320A – Advanced Macro I McKeon 550
ECO 3328A – Public Finance: Expenditure Herzog 550
ECO 3346B – Financial Markets McKeon 550
ECO 3352B – International Trade Kang 550
ECO 3370A – International Finance McKeon 550
ECO 3371B – Monetary Economics Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 3381B – Advanced Microeconomics Stirling 550
ECO 4490F – Sel Topics-Adv Macro Economics Sungur 550
ECO 4491G – Sel Topics-Urban Economics Herzog 550
2020 - 2021 Courses
Course Instructor View Course Outline
ECO 1021A – Principles of  Microeconomics Kottelenberg 550 /551 / 554
ECO 1021A – Principles of Microeconomics Stirling 552 / 553
ECO 1021B – Principles of Microeconomics Kottelenberg 550
ECO 1022A – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics McKeon 550
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics Hasanzadeh 551
ECO 1022B – Principles of Macroeconomics Walker 552 / 553 / 554
ECO 2121A– The Firm and Financial Markets
 McKeon 550
ECO 2154B – Money McKeon 550
ECO 2179B – SEL TOPICS – An introduction to Game Theory Kottelenberg 550
ECO 2210A – Mathematical Economics I Stirling 550
ECO 2220A – Intermediate Macroeconomics I  McKeon  550 / 551
ECO 2220AIntermediate Macroeconomics I Rahimian 552
ECO 2221B – Intermediate Macroeconomics II McKeon 550
ECO 2221B – Intermediate Macroeconomics II Rahimian 551
ECO 2222A – Econometrics I Stirling 550551
ECO 2223B – Econometrics II Stirling 550 / 551
ECO 2260A – Intermediate Microeconomics I Kottelenberg 550 / 551
ECO 2260A – INTERMEDIATE MICRO I Kang 552
ECO 2261B – INTERMEDIATE MICRO II Kang 550 / 551
Course Instructor View Course Outline
ECO 3313E – RESEARCH METHODS Sungur 550 Course Outline
ECO 3320A – ADVANCED MACRO I McKeon 550 Course Outline
ECO 3346B – FINANCIAL MARKETS McKeon 550 Course Outline
ECO 3357B – INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS Entezarkheir 550 Course Outline
ECO 3370A – INTERNATIONAL FINANCE McKeon 550 Course Outline
ECO 3371B – MONETARY ECONOMICS Hasanzadeh 550 Course Outline
ECO 3381B – ADVANCED MICROECONOMICS Stirling 550 Course Outline
ECO 3393B – SPECIAL TOPICS – ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Hasanzadeh 550 Course Outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 4490F – SPECIAL TOPICS – ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS Sungur 550 Course Outline
ECO 4491G – SPECIAL TOPICS – ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Entezarkheir 550 Course Outline
2019 - 2020 Courses
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics 550 Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics 551 Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics 552 Stirling Course Outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics 553 Stirling Course Outline
ECO 1021B Principles of Microeconomics 550 Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 1022A Principles of Macroeconomics 550 Hasanzadeh Course Outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics 550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics  551 Hasanzadeh Course Outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics 552 Walker Course Outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics 553 Walker Course Outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 2121A The Firm and Financial Markets  550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 2154B  Money 550 Hasanzadeh Course Outline
ECO 2163B International Trade 550 Stirling Course Outline
ECO 2210A Principles of Mathematical Economics I 550 Walker Course Outline
ECO 2220A Intermediate Macroeconomics I  550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 2220A Intermediate Macroeconomics I  551 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 2221B Intermediate Macroeconomics II  550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 2222A Intermediate Econometrics I 550 Entezarkheir Course Outline
ECO 2223B Intermediate Econometrics II 550 Stirling Course Outline
ECO 2260A Intermediate Microeconomics I 550 Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 2260A Intermediate Microeconomics I  551 Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 2261B Intermediate Microeconomics II 550 Entezarkheir Course Outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 3313E Research Methods 550 Sungur / Kottelenberg Course Outline
ECO 3320A Advanced Macroeconomics I 550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 3346B  Financial Markets 550 McKeon Course Outline
ECO 3357A Industrial Economics 550 Entezarkheir Course Outline
ECO 3371A  Monetary Economics 550 Hasanzadeh Course Outline
ECO 3381B Advanced Microeconomics I 550 Entezarkheir Course Outline
ECO 3393B Special Topics – Economic Growth and Technological Change 550 Hasanzadeh Course Outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 4490F  Special Topics  550 Sungur Course Outline
ECO 4491G Special Topics  – Intellectual Property 550 Entezarkheir Course Outline
2018 - 2019 Courses

The 1000-level courses offered in our Economics department provides Leaders with Heart the basic methodology for to analyze and assess the material health and well-being of societies and nations. Economic analysis can offer insights into human behaviours and relationships, and aid in social efforts to use scarce resources in more efficient ways.

Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics (Sec. 550) Kottelenberg View course outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics (Sec. 551) Kottelenberg View course outline
ECO 1021A Principles of Microeconomics (Sec. 552) Walker View course outline
ECO 1021B Principles of Microeconomics Kottelenberg View course outline
ECO 1022A Principles of Macroeconomics McKeon View course outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics (Sec. 550) McKeon View course outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics (Sec. 551) Walker View course outline
ECO 1022B Principles of Macroeconomics (Sec. 552) Walker View course outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 2121A The Firm and Financial Markets McKeon View course outline
ECO 2163B International Trade Murphy View course outline
ECO 2178A “Government Tax & Expenditure Policies
& their Effect on Social Welfare”
Walker View course outline
ECO 2179B “Introduction to Game Theory” Kottelenberg View course outline
ECO 2210A Principles of Mathematical Economics I Stirling View course outline
ECO 2220A Intermediate Macroeconomics I McKeon View course outline
ECO 2221B Intermediate Macroeconomics II McKeon View course outline
ECO 2222A Intermediate Econometrics I Entezarkheir View course outline
ECO 2223B Intermediate Econometrics II Murphy View course outline
ECO 2260A Intermediate Microeconomics I Walker View course outline
ECO 2261B Intermediate Microeconomics II Stirling View course outline
Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 3313E Research Methods Entezarkheir View course outline
ECO 3320A Advanced Macroeconomics I McKeon View course outline
ECO 3345B Labor Economics II Kottelenberg View course outline
ECO 3357A Industrial Economics Entezarkheir View course outline
ECO 3370B International Finance McKeon View course outline
ECO 3371B Monetary Economics McKeon View course outline
ECO 3381B Advanced Microeconomics I Stirling View course outline
ECO 3393B Special Topics  Walker View course outline

 

Course Instructor Course Outline
ECO 4491G Special Topics Entezarkheir View course outline
ECO 4492F Special Topics Kottelenberg Independent Studies

Economics Careers

Students who have an interest in careers in business, commerce, finance or government often choose a program of study in Economics. Graduates are well prepared for graduate school and a variety of professions.

Where will a degree in Economics take you?
  • Market analyst
  • Foreign exchange trader
  • Investment counselling
  • Public administration
  • Lawyer
  • Brokerage firms
  • Financial service sector
  • Policy analyst
  • Portfolio management
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