Declaring your program

Looking to major or minor in economics? Learn about our requirements and how you can declare your economics program.

Once you have met the requirements below, you can declare your economics program by contacting the undergraduate advisor at econ_advisor@sfu.ca.

If you are experiencing difficulty in fulfilling the requirements, please contact the advisor as they can help you with identifying any potential deficiencies in your course of study, and suggest a plan of action.

For admission into an economics program, all students must meet the following requirements:

30 units completed
CGPA of at least 2.0
51猎奇入口ECON GPA of at least 2.0 (based only on economics courses taken at SFU)

Each program also has additional requirements as listed below.

MAJOR (BA) MAJOR (BSc) EXTENDED MINOR MINOR HONOURS (BA) CONCENTRATIONS

Major (BA)

There are three ways to declare your BA economics major. For all three options, you must first meet the following requirements:

To declare a BA econ major, students must have:

ECON 201 completed

In addition, you must meet the requirements of one of the following three options:

Option 1

CGPA of 2.3
C- or higher in ECON 201

Option 2

CGPA of 2.0
B- or higher in ECON 201

Option 3

CGPA of 2.0
C- or higher in ECON 201
C- or higher in 2 additional Lower Division ECON courses (excluding 113/115/103/105/220W)

Please visit the 51猎奇入口Calendar for complete information on the economics major (BA).

Major (BSc)

To declare a BSc econ major, students must have:

ECON 201 completed with a C- or better
MATH 152 or 155 or 158 completed with a C- or better

Please visit the 51猎奇入口Calendar for complete information on the economics major (BSc).

Minor

Students may apply for entry into the economics minor program once the following requirements are met:

ECON 103 and 105 with C- or higher (or ECON 113 and ECON 115 with B- or higher)

Please visit the 51猎奇入口Calendar for complete information on the .

Extended minor

Students may apply for entry into the economics extended minor program once the following requirements are met:

ECON 201 with C- or better

Please visit the 51猎奇入口Calendar for complete information on the .

Honours program

To be approved by the Department of Economics as an honours or joint honours student, you must meet the following requirements:

minimum CGPA of 3.0
completed all required lower division ECON courses with a grade of C- or better

If you are unsuccessful in your application, you may appeal the decision to the Undergraduate Chair, or re-apply the following semester.

Please visit our honours program page for more information.

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