丁香园AV

Department of Economics | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciencess | Beedie School of Business
丁香园AV Calendar 2013 Spring

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BUEC 232-4 Data and Decisions I

An introduction to business statistics with a heavy emphasis on applications and the use of EXCEL. Students will be required to use statistical applications to solve business problems. Prerequisite: MATH 157 and 15 units. MATH 157 may be taken concurrently with BUEC 232. STAT 270, Introduction to Probability and Statistics, will be accepted in lieu of BUEC 232. Students with credit for STAT 270 may not take BUEC 232 for further credit. Quantitative.

BUEC 280-3 Introduction to Labor Economics

Basic analysis of the labor market and the industrial relations system with emphasis on the major issues of public policy in Canada. Prerequisite: ECON 103 or 200 and 105 or 205. Students who have taken ECON 301, 305 or 381 may not take BUEC 280 for further credit. Quantitative.

BUEC 333-4 Statistical Analysis of Economic Data

An introduction to the use and interpretation of statistical analysis in the context of data typical of economic applications. Prerequisite: ECON 103 or 200; ECON 105 or 205; BUEC 232 or STAT 270; MATH 157; 60 units. Students with a minimum grade of A- in BUEC 232 or STAT 270 can take BUEC 333 after 30 units. Students seeking permission to enrol based on their BUEC 232 or STAT 270 grade must contact the Undergraduate Advisor in Economics. Students with credit for ECON/COMM 236 may not take BUEC 333 for further credit. Quantitative.

BUEC 427W-3 Industrial Organization: Law and Economics

An in depth examination of the application of economic reasoning to the law. The course considers how legal relationships influence behavior and how economic models can explain the structure of the law. A selected number of topics will be covered, and may include the economic approach to common law; property rights; contracts; torts; criminal behavior; family law; and corporate bankruptcy law. Prerequisite: ECON 301. Students with credit for BUEC 495 cannot take this course for further credit. Writing.

BUEC 433-5 Forecasting in Business and Economics

Modern techniques of statistical, econometric, population and technological forecasting are presented along with discussions of a wide range of topics including Box-Jenkins methods, leading indicators, survey data, world models and the use of information sets of increasing size. Applied work on the Canadian and BC economies. Prerequisite: BUEC 333; 60 units.

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