Courses

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Introduction to consumer behaviour, producer theory, competitive market equilibrium, welfare economics, monopoly, oligopoly, and foundations of strategic interactions. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON101 or ECON 310. Equivalency: ECON 310

Social and economic implications for both rich and poor countries of lowered barriers to the international flows of information, capital, labour and goods. May not be taken for credit by students with fourth-year standing.

Income and employment theory, monetary theory, the open economy, economic fluctuations and growth. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON 302, ECON 305, or ECON 309. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311 and one of MATH 100, MATH 102, MATH 104, MATH 110, MATH 120, MATH 180, MATH 184 and one of MATH 101, MATH 103, MATH 105, MATH 121.

Economic inequality in Canada and other countries; measurement and causes. Inequality in the distribution of wealth; redistribution of income and wealth; notions of distributive justice.

Financial markets and financial institutions in theory and practice; structure and development of the Canadian financial system; development and theory of the regulation of the financial system; process of monetary control; theory and history of central banking and monetary policy. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311.

The determinants of trade patterns, trade policy, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, political economy of protectionism, bilateral and multilateral trade disputes, trade liberalization, trade and development. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311.

Economic analysis applied to various environmental issues, including sustainable development, quality of life, and environmental impacts of specific industrial and consumption activities. The design and implementation of government policies. Global environmental effects of human economic activity.

Industrialization of an agrarian economy; how the West grew rich; history of Japanese development; technical progress and growth; evolution of the patterns of income distribution; role of international trade in development; environment and development.

Economic analysis of taxation. Equity, efficiency, and incidence of government revenue sources such as personal and corporate income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and environmental taxes. Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304, ECON 315, COMM 295 and one of ECON 302, ECON 305, ECON 309.

Application of economic analysis to the management of renewable resources. Special attention is given to criteria for the optimal use of depleting resources such as forests and water. Other topics include public policy with regard to environmental quality, conservation, and outdoor recreation.

Restricted to M.A. ECON, Ph.D. ECON. External students may request permission to take this course from the ECON graduate program office.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

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The goal of this course is for provide an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of textiles and textile art within one’s own lived experience, within our ecological, social and cultural context and within a historic and international context. We will contemplate gender roles in relation to textiles both present, past, within various contexts. Pedagogies in this course are informed by Indigenous Ways of Knowing, of ecological responsibility, of lived-experience, Slow pedagogies, and of experiential practices found in studio ‘making’. Here we will explore a cross-section of artistic, artisanal and practices involving the fibre arts and place this within a context of contemporary textile industries. Amongst practices covered, we will look the basics of working with wool, and learning the attributes various fibres; we will learn the basics of knitting, weaving (of various kinds); felting, embroidery, quilting. Students will have the opportunity to fully explore two major studio projects that reflect their own learning and artistic goals, and one collaborative project.

Costs for field trips and an overnight experience are borne by students. Pass/Fail.

Agricultural awareness, understanding the food system, and integration of food and agricultural literacy across the curriculum.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Through seminars, course readings, and experiential learning, the power of narrative is explored as it intersects with ecological and Indigenous knowings and practices toward a more multi-storied, just, and ecologically sustainable world.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Current ideas about science curriculum, the nature of science, and its implications for scientific literacy. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.