ECON 2900
Professional Practice of Economics
Development of skills used by professional economists, including writing professional documents such as policy briefs and memos, data visualization, communication of economic ideas in non-technical terms, presentation skills, and team-based problem solving.
Topics
- writing professional documents such as policy briefs and memos
- data visualization
- communication of economic ideas in non-technical terms
- presentation skills
- team-based problem solving
Course catalogue
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for ECON 3920 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 or FYSM 1003 with a grade of C- or higher, and ECON 1401 and ECON 1402 with a grade of C- or higher in each, (or equivalent department approved MATH course pair with a grade of C- or higher in each), and ECON 2210 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher. Seminars three hours a week.