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Master of Arts (MA) Course-based in Economics

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Completion requirement

In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies requirements and Faculty of Arts requirements, the Department requires 30 units of courses:

a) course and course.

b) Major research project completed through course, course, course, course. (9 units total) The topic may be a limited empirical research project, a critical review of the literature in a particular area, or a critical analysis of a theoretical or important policy problem. This paper is completed through course and course.

c) An additional 15 units chosen from the following list: course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course.

Students, with the approval of the Graduate Program Director, may replace course/course and course with course/course, course/course, and course/course respectively. In special cases the Department may allow students to substitute a maximum of 9 units from a related discipline for one or more of the elective graduate courses in Economics.

Completion requirement

Advanced Credit

The applicant must make Advanced Credit requests as part of the admission process. Credit will not be given for course work taken as part of another completed degree/diploma or for courses taken to bring the grade point average to a required level for admission.


Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade)

The department of Economics will not permit the Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade) for any course that is applicable to their degree; or apply any course awarded a grade of CG towards their graduation requirements.

Students may not choose the CG grade for a course taken extra to load.

The use of the CG grade will affect students' eligibility for internal awards.

Credit for Undergraduate Courses

Credit is not given for undergraduate courses.

Time Limit

Expected completion time for students studying on a full-time basis is one year for the Master of Arts course-based. Maximum completion time is four years.

Completion requirement

Financial assistance is available to qualified students. Departmental funding is determined at the time of admission. See the Department of Economics Funding Opportunities website: http://econ.ucalgary.ca/graduate/funding-opportunities-0.

For information on awards, please see the Awards and Financial Assistance section of this Calendar. Students applying for scholarships must submit their applications to the Department by January 15.

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