1. ECON and APEC Majors & Medials
QED
Looking forward to the FINAL year of your degree plan:
WHAT’S NEXT?

2. Undergraduate Studies Office: Who We Are
Dr. Ian Keay, Undergraduate Chair Economics Dr. Ian Cromb, Undergraduate Chair July 1 Jennine Ball, UG Assistant/Adviser

3. Important Dates 2018-19 Your Deadlines
May 1: Application for Seminars Due
June 21: Seminar Descriptions Posted
July 3: Seminar Choices Submitted
July 9: Students enrolled in seminars
July 16-25: Registration

4. Requirements Both BAH Majors and Medials: Majors (APEC/ECON):
Minimum cumulative GPA = 1.9
Interested in doing a Thesis (4.0 econ GPA)
Please speak to the undergraduate chair about approval
Majors (APEC/ECON):
Completion of ECON 310, 320*, 351
30 units of ECON with minimum GPA = 2.6
*Recommended but not required for APEC students
Medials:
Completion of ECON 310 or 320 or 351
18 units of ECON with minimum GPA = 2.6
Eligible for final year in second concentration

5. Important Information
LINK to Information for Honours Fourth-Year Class
Dates; Courses Offered; Plan Charts; Application for Seminars
Seminar Descriptions; Selection Form; FAQs; Help Zone
Seminar Selection – mid June
Link ed to you with updated descriptions and click to submit selection form.
Seminar Selection Deadline: July 3
(Selections entered for you prior to summer registration
NOT on SOLUS by you)
Admission Priority to Seminars – ranked by ECON GPA
1st choice goes to students with highest ECON GPA

6. Registration and Degree Requirements
DO NOT use “Plan by my Requirements” feature on SOLUS – information provided is inaccurate and confusing.
ALWAYS use the “Academic Advisement Report” feature on SOLUS – accurately shows you what you have completed and what you still need to complete to graduate!
To search SOLUS for on-line courses, change the “Career Type” from “Undergraduate” to “Distance”.
Jennine is available in the UG Studies office by only throughout the registration period (July 10-28). Do not phone!

7. Level Courses
Fall Term (tentative): 411 Topics in Microeconomics 425 International Trade Theory 437 Cost-Benefit Analysis 440 Public Economics 445 Industrial Organization 452 Applied Econometrics

8. Winter Term (tentative): 422 Monetary Economics 423 Topics in Financial Economics 426 International Macroeconomics (Finance focus) 435/835 Development Economics (grad level) 452 Applied Econometrics

9. Honours Seminars (tentative)
4 different topic areas in each term.
Seminar topic areas will be available June 21 (approx.)
Seminar topics and instructors are not necessarily the same every year.

10. Other Fourth Year Highlights
Juanita Dennie (QED Career Placement) will be organizing career info sessions in early September and ing you throughout the year about job opportunities.
Career Services will have sessions on resume/cover letter and interview skills.
Take advantage of these opportunities!
The Annual 4th Year Dinner will be held in November at the Delta Waterfront.
This is an event to remember!

11. Applying to Graduate Schools Law Schools, other options
LSAT, GMAT, GRE are ideally completed in the summer prior to 4th year.
Many graduate programs are available, not just Economics. MFE at U of T is very popular
JD programs include Law + ECON JD/MA.
Queen’s and U of T Law School Deadline November. You must be eligible and accepted in both the MA ECON and Law

12. Questions?
Jennine Ball, UG Assistant/Adviser Before July 1, 2018 Prof. Ian Keay, UG Chair Economics After July 1, 2018 Prof. Ian Cromb, UG Chair Economics