The Faculty of Business and Economics
Economics - 4-year BA Economics and Finance
The field of finance has its roots in the discipline of economics. 4-year BA in Economics and Finance at The University of Winnipeg will provide students with the conceptual tools to understand and number of issues from modern finance theory and applications. The program will provide students with a solid understanding of the operation of capital markets and capital market instruments, including equities, fixed income securities, as well futures markets, options and other derivatives.The program will provide students with an in-depth understanding of topics in modern finance and financial economics as it relates to the capital structure of firms and how these financial instruments affect the overall operation of modern financial systems.
NOTE ON DEPARTMENT COURSE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Economics and Finance (EFIN) students are expected to meet course requirements specified by the department offering the courses. Please note that program courses may have somewhat different requirements for registration in certain courses. For example Economics requires academic advising and approval from the Honours Advisor to register for 4000-level courses
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
- Consultation with the Program Coordinator or Program advisor in planning their course of study.
- Minimum 30 credit hours completed previously
- 120 credit hours
- Degree: Minimum 60 credit hours
- Major: Minimum 30 credit hours
- Humanities: 12 credit hours
- Sciences: 6 credit hours
- Social Sciences: 12 credit hours
- Writing: Minimum 3 credit hours of Academic Writing
- Maximum Introductory Courses: Students may use a maximum of 42 credit hours at the 1000 level
- Of these, a maximum of 6 credit hours may be below the 1000 level
- Distribution: Minimum three (3) credit hours from each of five (5) different subjects.