First-Year Seminars (FYSM)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Public Affairs
FYSM 1003 [1.0 credit]
Introduction to Economics
An introduction to the major tools and policy problems of economics. Economic analysis is applied to a variety of contemporary problems such as pollution, poverty, the control of monopoly, unemployment, inflation and international economic problems.
Precludes additional credit for
ECON 1000,
ECON 1001, and
ECON 1002.
Prerequisite: normally restricted to students entering the first year of a B.A. program.
This course is an intensive version of
ECON 1000 geared to students in the Honours program in Economics or Applied Economics.
Seminars three hours a week, tutorials one hour a week.