Economics
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Welcome to the Department of Economics
What is Economics?
The "Dismal Science" is a fascinating area whose ideas appear in different disguises in many subjects and many professions. Microeconomics focuses on the consumption and production of goods and services as well as considering the merits of various means of allocating these goods between competing users. Macroeconomics focuses on issues related to inflation, unemployment, interest rates, exchange rates, economic growth and distribution on a national or international scale. Econometrics focusses on the means of manipulating data to infer reliable conclusions from data. These basic ideas are necessary to study specific issues and are extended in more advanced classes.
Joint Programs
Many students want to understand Economics even if they do not intend to specialize in it. For this reason, a number of programs offer interesting and useful combinations. The most popular choices are
- Business / Economics
- International Relations and Development Studies
- Economics, Mathematics and/or Statistics (including an Operational Research program)
- For information about our programs, please click here
- For information about other programs, please contact a counsellor
Financial Aid
Many sources of financial aid are available to students who study at the University of Windsor.