This program is intended for students planning careers in finance. It prepares students for jobs in banks, investment services, insurance companies, and finance departments of corporations and government agencies. This program will also prepare students for graduate studies in Economics or Financial Economics. Many courses in the program have a technical or analytical focus. This program has a stronger focus on courses related to Financial Economics than the Economics Specialist program (ERSPE1478).
Limited Enrolment — Enrolment in this program is limited to students with:
- ECO101H5 (70%) and ECO102H5 (70%)
- ECO206Y5 (70%) and ECO208Y5 (70%)
- ECO227Y5 (70%) or [ STA256H5 (70%) and STA260H5 (70%)] or [ STA257H1 (70%) and STA261H1 (70%)]
- One of the following:
- minimum cGPA of 3.30
Students should apply for this program at the end of their second year (8.0 credits), once they have completed the prerequisites listed above. It is recommended that students apply to the Economics Major program (ERMAJ1478) at the end of their first year (4.0 credits).
Students enrolled in the UTMCIP stream of the Economics Major can transfer to the UTMCIP stream of the Financial Economics Specialist without needing to reapply to UTMCIP.
Students enrolled in this program cannot be simultaneously enrolled in the Economics Specialist (ERSPE1478), Economics Specialist (BCom) (ERSPE0137), Economics Major (ERMAJ1478), Economics Minor (ERMIN1478), or Commerce: Finance Specialist (ERSPE2034) program.
13.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 400 level.
First Year:
- ECO101H5 and ECO102H5
- MAT133Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or MAT137Y5 or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)
- MAT223H5 or MAT233H5
Higher Years:
- ECO206Y5
- ECO208Y5
- ECO227Y5 or ( STA256H5 and STA260H5)
- ECO325H5 and ECO326H5 and ECO375H5
- ECO358H5
- ECO359H5 or ECO360H5
- 5.0 credits of ECO at the 300/400-level of which at least 1.5 credits must be chosen from ECO348H5, ECO349H5, ECO356H1, ECO359H5, ECO360H5, ECO440H5, ECO456H5, ECO460H5, ECO461H5, ECO462H1, ECO475H5. Not more than 1.0 credit in Economic History.
Note: Only 1.0 ROP credit can be counted towards completion of an Economics program.