Courses and Instructors

The Department of Economics offers a wide range of courses taught by outstanding professors. Instructor evaluation results can be found on IPB's website. Please visit Western's Bookstore website for the appropriate textbook(s).

Fall/Winter/Summer 2023/2024

For more information about honors courses, see here.


Fall 2023

All course outlines are available on OWL for registered students. Previous year syllabi can be found on the menu on the left.

Western Academic Calendar

1000 - Level Courses

Course Number

Section(s)

Name

Instructor

1021A 650 Principles of Microeconomics
1022A 650 Principles of Microeconomics
1021A 003 Principles of Microeconomics
1021A 004 Principles of Microeconomics
1021A 005 Principles of Microeconomics Khan, S
1021A 650 Principles of Microeconomics Rivers, E.
1022A 001 Principles of Macroeconomics Cho
1022A 650 Principles of Macroeconomics Rivers, E

2000-Level Courses

Course Number Section(s) Name Instructor
2122A 001/002/003 Econometrics I Vu
2124A 001 Economic Development I MacDonald
2128A 001 Economics of China Rahimian
2129A 001 Managerial Economics Abdool
2141A 001 Principles of Mathematical Economics I Hossain
2150A 001 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Zhu
2150A 002/005 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Streufert
2150A 003 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Khan, A
2150A 650 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Cho
2151A 001 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II Khan, A
2152A 001 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I Khan, S
2152A 003 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I Cociuba
2152A 650 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I Cociuba
2154A 001 Money McKeon
2156A 001 Economics of Trade Unions and Labour Vu
2156A 650 Economics of Trade Unions and Labour Walker
2160A 001 Public Finance - Revenue Rivers, E.
2165F 001 Industrial Organization Martinez Hernandez
2166A 001 Economics of Air Transportation Chung
2167A 001 International Economics Khan, A.
2167A 650 International Economics Aquino
2181A 001 Foundations of Financial Economics McKeon
2182A 001 Economics of Sports  Cho
2191A 001 Risk and Financial Institutions McKeon

Honors Courses

Course Number Section(s) Name Instructor
2200F 001 Introduction to Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Salcedo
2220A 001/002 Intermediate Macroeconomics I Robinson
2222A 001/002 Intermediate Econometrics I Mehta
2260A 001/002 Intermediate Microeconomics I Aguiar
2288F 001 Economic Policy I Chung
3320A 001 Advanced Macroeconomics I Caucutt
3324F 001 Economic Development I Tarquinio
3332A 001 Financial Economics Cruz Lopez
3366A 001 Economics and Law I Chung
3374A 001 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Rahimian
3388A 001 Applied Econometrics I Salcedo
4100E 001 Seminar in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics McGee
4400E 001 Senior Research Seminar in Economics Hatchondo/Kashaev


Winter 2024

All course outlines are available on OWL to registered students. 
(Winter Office Hours)

1000-Level Courses

Course Number Section(s) Name Instructor
1021B 001 Principles of Microeconomics Hossain
1021B 650 Principles of Microeconomics Rivers, E
1022B 001 Principles of Macroeconomics Khan, S.
1022B 002 Principles of Macroeconomics Vu
1022B 003 Principles of Macroeconomics Hossain
1022B 004 Principles of Macroeconomics Vu
1022B 650 Principles of Macroeconomics E.Rivers

2000-Level Courses

Course Number Section(s) Name Instructor
2123B 002 Econometrics II Navarro
2123B 003 Econometrics II Ghaderi
2124B 001 Economic Development I MacDonald
2125B 001 Economic Development II Cornelius
2128B 001 Economics of China Rahimian
2138G 001 Microeconomic Policy Salcedo
2139G 001 Macroeconomic Policy Hao
2150B 001 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Chen
2150B 002 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I Youmbi Fotso
2151B 001 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II Ursenbach
2151B 002 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II Martinez Torres
2152B 001 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I MacDonald
2152B 002 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I Cho
2152B 003 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I Cociuba
2153B 001 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy II Khan, S.
2153B 002 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy II McKeon
2155B 001 Labour Economics Trivieri
2156B 001 Economics of Trade Unions and Labour Sauve
2157G 650 Urban Economics Rivers, E.
2159B 001 Public Finance - Expenditure Cho
2162B 001 Comparative International Business McKeon
2166B 001 Economics of Air Transportation Chung
2167B 001 International Economics Wang
2169G 001 Economics of Health Care Hossain
2172B 001 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Rahimian
2176B 001 Economic Analysis of Law: Property Rights and Contracts Chung
2181B 001 Foundations of Financial Economics McKeon
2184B 001 Cost Benefit Analysis Cho

Honors Courses

Course Number Section(s) Name Instructor
2210B 001 Principles of Mathematical Economics I Sullivan
2221B 001/002 Intermediate Macroeconomics II Khan, S
2223B 001/002 Econometrics II Allen
2261B 001/002 Intermediate Microeconomics II Salcedo
2289G 001 Economic Policy II Kotikalapudi
3325B 001 Economic Development II Cociuba
3328B 001 Public Finance: Expenditure Kutu
3330B 001 Advanced Money Theory Williamson
3332B 001 Financial Economics Cruz Lopez
3344B 001 Labor Economics I Suvorova
3353B 001 International Finance Hatchondo
3364G 001 Industrial Organization I Chung
3399G 001 Special Topics in Economics and Economic Policy McGee/Tarquinio

Summer Courses 2024
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change. Continue to monitor the Office of the Registrar website and Western's Academic Calendar for updates. 

All course outlines are available on Owl to registered students. 

Course Number Section Name Instructor
1021A 650 Principles of Microeconomics TBA
1022A 650 Principles of Macroeconomics TBA
2123A 650 Econometrics II TBA
2128A 650 Economics of China TBA
2150A 650 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I TBA
2152A 650 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I TBA
2154A 001 Money TBA
2156A 650 Trade Unions and Labour TBA
2160A 001 Public Finance - Revenue TBA
2167A 650 International Economics TBA