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Undergraduate Courses

Course Information

Below, you will find lists of current Economics courses offered, along with course outlines and links to the UVic Calendar course descriptions.

Note: The university reserves the right to cancel courses. Lists of instructors and schedules are subject to change.

Course outlines are posted at the beginning of the term. Course instructors normally notify registered students if they make any changes to their outline throughout the term. For further information about the course outline, students should contact the course instructor.

Course policies

Read the Department of Economics Course Policies for undergraduate students.

Prerequisite information

What is a prerequisite?

What if you think you have the prerequisite for an Economics course but you can't register? You can apply for a prerequisite waiver for an Economics course — read the following information and complete the Prerequisite Waiver Form.

Note: This form is for economics courses only. For all other courses, such as MATH and COM, you will need to contact the math or commerce departments directly.

Undergraduate course descriptions

Please refer to the Academic Calendar for a complete listing of Economics courses

Undergraduate Courses

Summer session 2025: Course list

Term dates:

Term 1: May 7 - August 1, 2025

Term 2: May 12 - June 27, 2025

Term 3: July 3 - August 20, 2025

Final exam dates:

Term 1 only: August 5 - August 16, 2025

Term 2 & 3: Exams will be in class

100-level courses

Course Name Delivery Mode Instructor

ECON 180 A01

Term 1

Introduction to Economics and Financial Project Evaluation

Course Outline

Online with some face to face Chris Willmore

200-level courses

Course Name Delivery Mode Instructor

ECON 203 A01

Term 2 

Intermediate Microeconomics I 

 Face to face

Betty Johnson

ECON 204 A01

Term 2 

Intermediate Macroeconomics 

Course Outline

 Face to face

Omar Saleh

ECON 225 A01

Term 2 

Writing for Economists 

Course Outline

 Face to face

Gregory Harder

ECON 245 A01

Term 2 

Descriptive Statistics and Probability 

 Face to face

Betty Johnson

ECON 246 A01

Term 3 

Statistical Inference 

 Face to face

Betty Johnson

300-level courses

Course Name Delivery Mode Instructor

ECON 305 A01

Term 2

Money and Banking

Course Outline

 Face to face

Fatemeh Mokhtarzadeh

ECON 313 A01

Term 3

Intermediate Microeconomics II

 Face to face

Janet Burlacu

ECON 327 A01

Term 2

Economic History of North America

Course Outline

 Face to face

Cayley Boyd

ECON 345 A01

Term 3

Applied Econometrics

 Face to face

Yin Shi

400-level courses

Course Name Delivery Mode Instructor

ECON 420 A01

Term 3 

Theory of Economic Development

 Face to face Alok Kumar

ECON 454 A01

Term 2

Theory of Corporate Finance

Course Outline

 Face to face Ke Xu

Winter session: Fall 2025 course list

100-level courses

Course Name Instructor

ECON 103 A01-A02

Principles of Microeconomics

Jason Hicks

ECON 104 A01

Principles of Macroeconomics

Ke Xu

ECON 180 A01

Intro to Principles of Microeconomics & Financial Project Evaluation Chris Willmore

200-level courses

Course Name Instructor

ECON 203 A01-A02

Intermediate Microeconomics I 

Emma Hutchinson

ECON 204 A01-A02

Intermediate Macroeconomics 

Marco Cozzi

ECON 205 A01

Managerial Economics

Betty Johnson

ECON 225 A01-A02

Writing for Economists 

Muthoni Nganga

ECON 245 A01-A02

Descriptive Statistics & Probability 

Betty Johnson

ECON 246 A01

Statistical Inference 

Vasco Gabriel

ECON 270 A01

Culture, Economics and Politics of Europe

Paul Schure

300-level courses

Course Name Instructor

ECON 305 A01

Money & Banking

Paul Schure

ECON 306 A01

International Economics

Lijun Zhang

ECON 312 A01

Urban Land Economics

Martin Farnham

ECON 312 A02

Urban Land Economics

Fatemeh Mokhtarzadeh

ECON 313 A01

Intermediate Microeconomics II

Lijun Zhang

ECON 318 A01

Health Economics

Chris Auld

ECON 325 A01

Public Economics

Martin Farnham

ECON 327 A01

Economic History of North America

TBD

ECON 329 A01

Development and Economics

Alok Kumar

ECON 333 A01 Intro to Economic Growth Alok Kumar

ECON 345 A01

Applied Econometrics

Muthoni Nganga

ECON 346 A01

Applied Econometrics II

Herb Schuetze

ECON 350 A01

Mathematical Economics I: An Introduction to Static Methods

Colette Salemi

ECON 365 A01

Econometrics: Part I

Vasco Gabriel

ECON 381 / ES 312 A01

Environmental Economics I

Colette Salemi

ECON 383 A01

Climate Economics

Felix Pretis

400-level courses

Course Name Instructor

ECON 400 A01

Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Daniel Rondeau

ECON 405B A01

International Monetary Theory & Policy

Graham Voss

ECON 410B A01

Problems of Canadian Macroeconomic Policy

Graham Voss

ECON 413 A01

Economics of Firm Strategy

Pascal Courty

ECON 435 A01

Financial Economics

Paul Schure

ECON 450 A01

Game Theory in Economics

Daniel Rondeau

ECON 454 A01

Theory: Corporate Finance

Pascal Courty

ECON 468 A01

Financial Econometrics

Ken Stewart

ECON 499 A01

Honours Thesis and Seminar

Marco Cozzi and Colette Salemi

Winter session: Spring 2026 course list

100-level courses

Course Name  

ECON 100 A01

The Canadian Economy: Problems & Policies

Graham Voss

ECON 103 A01

Principles of Microeconomics

Muthoni Nganga

ECON 104 A01-A02

Principles of Macroeconomics

Lijun Zhang

200-level courses

Course Name  

ECON 203 A01

Intermediate Microeconomics I 

Betty Johnson

ECON 204 A01

Intermediate Macroeconomics 

Paola Beneras

ECON 225 A01

Writing for Economists 

Muthoni Nganga

ECON 245 A01

Descriptive Statistics & Probability 

Paola Beneras

ECON 246 A01-A02

Statistical Inference 

Betty Johnson

300-level courses

Course Name  

ECON 305 A01

Money and Banking

Fatemeh Mokhtarzadeh

ECON 313 A01-A02

Intermediate Microeconomics II

Emma Hutchinson

ECON 318 A01

Health Economics

Chris Auld

ECON 320 A01

Economic Development

TBD

ECON 327 A01

Economic History of North America

David Scoones

ECON 327 A02

Economic History of North America

TBD

ECON 336 A01 Topics in History of Economic Thought David Scoones

ECON 339 A01

Economics and the Family

Paola Beneras

ECON 345 A01

Applied Econometrics

Muthoni Nganga

ECON 346 A01

Applied Econometrics II

Herb Schuetze

ECON 351 A01

Mathematical Economics II: An Introduction to Dynamic Methods

Daniel Rondeau

ECON 366 A01

Econometrics: Part II

Tao Wang

ECON 370 A01

Labour Economics I

Herb Schuetze

ECON 381 / ES 312 A01

Environmental Economics I

Colette Salemi

400-level courses

Course Name  

ECON 401 A01

Advanced Topics in Macroeconomic Theory

Marco Cozzi

ECON 405A A01

International Trade Theory Lijun Zhang
ECON 405B A01

International Monetary Theory & Policy

Graham Voss

ECON 435 A01

Financial Economics

Paul Schure

ECON 452 A01

Information and Incentives

Daniel Rondeau

ECON 457 A01

Computational Economics

Marco Cozzi

ECON 499 A01

Honours Thesis and Seminar

Colette Salemi and Marco Cozzi