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Economics

Economics is offered by the Faculties of Glendon and Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Glendon College

Location/Bureau : 327 York Hall, Tel.: 416-487-6712
Interim Chair/Directeur par interim : TBA
University Professor and Professor Emeritus/Professeur de l’Université et Professeur émérite : D. McQueen
Associate Professors/Professeurs agrégés :

X. de Vanssay, R. Gomez, O.F. Hamouda, V. Hildebrand, M. Lavoie
Associate Professors Emeriti/Professeurs agrégés émérites : J.R. Savary, N.S. Tryphonopoulos
Assistant Professor/Professeur adjoint : C. Erutku
Assistant Professor Emeritus/Professeur adjoint émérite : J.I. McDonald
Sessional Lecturer/Chargé de cours contractuel : J.E.M. Robert Despatie

Note: GL/ECON 2500 3.00 and GL/ECON 2510 3.00 are prerequisites for all economics courses except the following: GL/ECON 1500 3.00, GL/ECON 2680 6.00, GL/ECON 3670 3.00.

N.B. : Les cours GL/ECON 2500 3.00 et GL/ECON 2510 3.00 sont des prérequis pour tous les cours de Science économique à l’exception des cours suivants : GL/ECON 1500 3.00, GL/ECON 2680 6.00, GL/ECON 3670 3.00, GL/ECON 2710 3.00 et GL/ECON 2720 3.00.

Note/N.B. : The following courses are open to first-year students/Les cours suivants sont ouverts aux étudiants de première année : GL/ECON 1500 3.00, GL/ECON 2500 3.00, GL/ECON 2510 3.00, GL/ECON 2680 6.00.

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

Location:

1144 Vari Hall, Tel.: 416-736-5322, Fax: 416-736-5987
Web Site: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/econ/econ
Chair: J. Beare
Undergraduate Program Director: I. Ferrara
Graduate Program Director: W. Ho
Professors: M. Anam, E. Appelbaum, S. Bucovetsky, S.H. Chiang, A.J. Cohen, G. Fallis, J. Landa, A. Mansoorian, P. Rilstone, B. Spotton Visano, J.B. Smith, J. Smithin
Associate Professors: L. Anderson, J. Beare, G. Fearon, R. Grinspun, W.M. Ho, J. Jasiak, Y. Kong, N. Jazairi, N. Lagerloef, S.L. Lanfranco, R. Latham, F. Lazar, B. Lebrun, K.C. Lo
Assistant Professors: B.D. Abner, A. Adamopoulos, A. Akyol, M. Brzozowski, N. Buckley, B. Esteve-Volart, I. Ferrara, G. Georgopoulos, M. Jametti, A. Kimakova, X. Li, A. Lileeva, S. Maitra, J. Miquel-Florensa, A. Podhorsky, A. Semenov, X. Song, R. Sufana, H. Tam, A. Wilczynski
Lecturer: A. Podhorsky
Professors Emeriti: K. Carpenter, M.D.G. Copeland, C. Plourde
Professors Emeriti: H. Drost, G.E. Eaton, M.S. Marzouk, A.N. McLeod, P.G. Reinhardt
Sessional Assistant Professor: S. Wald

Undergraduate training in economics is intended to familiarize students with the discipline of economic thinking, and so equip them for intelligent appraisal of contemporary economic problems. It is also intended to make students aware of the nature of economic science and of directions in which economic theory is currently moving. The discipline of economic thinking has three related parts: identifying specifically economic problems; developing and applying economic theory to improve our understanding and ability to solve the problems; evaluating the adequacy of our theoretical understanding through the use of data and empirical testing.

Specifically, economic problems arise out of the conflict between apparently limitless human demand for goods and services and a limited supply of resources for satisfying those demands. Courses in economics expose students both to the wide range of individual and social problems that arise from this conflict and to the distinctive economic approach to their solution. Economic theory provides students with the analytical framework necessary for understanding and solving economic problems. Empirical work provides a basis for improving existing theories and for distinguishing between competing theories.

An undergraduate degree in economics prepares students for careers in business and government, for graduate training in economics and for professional training in business, law, public administration and other disciplines.