Program Overview
Economics Program Details
The Economics program at the University of Victoria offers students the opportunity to assess the costs and benefits associated with the choices we make, addressing a wide range of issues in markets, health, the environment, finance, and public policy. Students learn how to analyze their options and make optimal decisions.
Areas of Focus
- Banking and finance
- Development economics
- Environmental and resource economics
- International economics
- Labour economics
- Public policy
Careers
- Accountant
- Banking and insurance professional
- Business consultant
- Competition policy analyst
- Economist
- Environmental policy analyst
- Financial analyst
- Financial reporter
- Health policy analyst
- International relations professional
- Investment advisor
- Labour relations specialist
- Lawyer
- Market researcher
Admission
Students can apply directly to this program as a high school student or a transfer student from another post-secondary institution. Alternatively, they can apply to another major and then add this program as a minor after one year of full-time study.
Program Details
The program provides students with accurate application deadlines, tuition fee estimates, admission requirements, scholarships, and transfer credit information, depending on their situation.
Application Deadline
Admission Requirements
Recommended Admission Average
Expanded Qualifications
English Language Proficiency
Transfer Credit
Tuition and Fees
Tuition rates are effective May 1, 2025, with some ancillary fees subject to change for Fall 2025.
International Tuition Fee Setting Process
The process for approving international undergraduate tuition fees provides cost certainty to students throughout their degree program. International tuition fees are set at the June meeting of the Board for the subsequent recruitment period and are established for year 1 of each program of study, with an inflationary increase in each subsequent year of the degree program, capped at 4% annually.
Scholarships
Program Planning
- Economics (BA) (PDF 453KB)
- Economics (BA) - Business minor (PDF 455KB)
- Economics (BA) - Business minor and Finance option (PDF 456KB)
- Economics (BA) - Finance option (PDF 454KB)
- Economics (BSc) (PDF 454KB)
- Economics (BSc) - Business minor (PDF 456KB)
- Economics (BSc) - Business minor and Finance option (PDF 457KB)
- Economics (BSc) - Finance option (PDF 456KB)
