2015 Economics Articulation
Business Meeting Agenda - Draft
May 4, 2015 – 1:30 – 4:30pm (tentative)
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Attendees:
A. Receiving institutions Economics Major (BA/BSc):
SFU: Anke Kessler – akessler@sfu.ca;
TRU: Hasnat Dewan – hdewan@tru.ca;
UBC: Jerry McIntyre – gerald.mcintyre@ubc.ca; Clive Chapple – clive.chapple@ubc.ca
UBCO: Julien Picault – Julien.picauslt@ubc.ca;
UNBC: Karima Fredj – fredj@unbc.ca
UVic: Nilanjana Roy – ecadvice@uvic.ca
VIU: Raimo Marttala - raimo.marttala@viu.ca
UFV: Ding Lu – ding.lu@ufv.ca
B. Receiving institutions Economics Minor (BA/BBA):
KPU: Rob Scharf - rob.scharff@kwantlen.ca
TWU: Tracy Stobbe - tracy.stobbe@twu.ca
C. Sending institutions Associate Degree (Economics):
Camosun: Yolina Denchev - denchev@camosun.ca
Douglas: Kevin Richter - richterk@douglas.bc.ca
D. Sending institutions Associate Degree (General):
Alexander: Azadeh Khoshaein - azadeh.khoshaien@gmail.com
CapilanoU: Mahak Yaseri - myaseri@capilanou.ca
COTR: James Wishart - wishart@cotr.bc.ca
Columbia: Paul Geddes - pgeddes@columbiacollege.bc.ca
Corpus Christi: Kamran Izadpanah - kizadpanah@corpuschristi.ca
Langara: Josephine Pascuzzi – pascuzzi@langara.bc.ca
New Caledonia: Brian Barber - barberb@cnc.bc.ca
NVIT: absent
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North Island: Ali Mayboudi - ali.mayboudi@nic.bc.ca
Northern Lights: absent
North West: absent
Okanagan: Tazul Islam – tislam@okanagan.bc.ca
Selkirk: Jonathan Buttle - jbuttle@selkirk.ca
TRU-Open: Gordon Tarzwell - gtarzwell@tru.ca
E. Other sending or receiving institutions offering UT courses in Economics:
Sending:
Coquitlam: Sonya Plater - splater@coquitlamcollege.com
VCC: absent
Yukon: absent
Athabasca: absent
Receiving:
Acsenda School of Management: amelia_petersen@yahoo.com
BCIT: absent
FDU: absent
UCW: Abera Demeke – abera.demeke@myucanwest.ca
Quest U: absent
Royal Roads U: absent
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Host: Jerry McIntyre
Chair: Yolina Denchev
Liaison: Gordon Tarzwell
1. Opening Remarks by Host and Chair
Thanks to Jerry McIntyre from UBC – Vancouver School of Economics for hosting the meeting and organizing the speaker presentations
for the meeting.
2. Additions/changes and approval of agenda. Discussion/motion
No changes. Approved.
3. Reading, discussion and adoption of 2014 Summary of Proceedings (see http://www.bccat.bc.ca/articulation/committees/committee).
Discussion/motion
No changes. Approved.
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4. Business arising from 2014 Summary of Proceedings. Review of action items.
Action item for chair and FPM sub-committee:
 Check with degree-granting institutions the accuracy of advisory notes and make necessary updates – completed.
The sub-committee members communicated by e-mail and decided on a process for updating the FPM as part of the annual
institutional reports submitted by each institution to the articulation committee.
Action items for chair:
 Follow-up with BCCAT about updates to the website for the FPM and report to the committee – completed.
The webpage for the Economics FPM contains a link to the FPM final report including the advisory notes.
 Follow-up with BCCAT about setting up a discussion board for committee members – completed.
After the re-design of the BCCAT website, committee discussion boards are no longer incorporated in the website. The e-mail list
remains the best way to communicate information between meetings.
 Follow up with institutions potentially interested in hosting next year’s meeting and update committee members – completed.
UBC Vancouver School of Economics offered to host the 2015 meeting. Two other institutions are also potentially interested in
becoming a meeting host in the future. The 2016 meeting will be potentially hosted by SFU.
5. Report from BCCAT Joint Annual Meeting, Yolina Denchev. Discussion
Yolina Denchev attended the meeting on Nov. 14, 2014. The meeting included presentations on the BC education plan k-12, dual credit
(high school and post-secondary), associate degree review, history and future developments in the transfer system. The chairs’ meeting
focused on trends, issues and concerns in the institutional reports. The materials from JAM and available on the BCCAT website:
http://www.bccat.ca/articulation/jam
6. Report from System Liaison, Gordon Tarzwell. Discussion
No changes to report.
7. Report from BCCAT. Discussion
A BCCAT representative was unable to attend the meeting this year. A written report from BCCAT was distributed. The report was also
made available to committee members electronically. No discussion.
8. Reports (if any, brief) by institutional and program members of relevant institutional, economics departmental and economics program
changes. Reports on program or course changes (if any) affecting the FPM agreement. Order of presentations/discussion:
A. Receiving institutions Economics Major (BA/BSc):
SFU
TRU
UBC
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UBCO
UNBC
UVic
VIU
UFV
B. Receiving institutions Economics Minor (BA/BBA):
KPU
TWU
C. Sending institutions Associate Degree (Economics):
Camosun
Douglas
D. Sending institutions Associate Degree (General):
Alexander
CapilanoU
COTR
Columbia
Corpus Christi (Diploma in Liberal Arts)
Langara
New Caledonia
NVIT
North Island
Northern Lights
North West
Okanagan
Selkirk
TRU-Open
E. Other sending or receiving institutions offering UT courses in Economics:
Sending:
Coquitlam
VCC
Yukon
Athabasca
Fraser International College?
Receiving:
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Acsenda School of Management
BCIT
FDU
UCW
Quest U
Royal Roads U
Most institutions provided written reports prior to the meeting. The written reports were distributed to all committee members prior to the
meeting. Oral reports by VIU, Capilano U, Langara, New Caledonia, TRU-Open, UCW at the meeting. No discussion.
9. Introductions and reports of guest institutions (if any). Discussion
There were no guest institutions attending.
10. Flexible Pre-Major implementation, next steps. Discussion/motion
The flexible pre-major sub-committee communicated by email prior to the meeting and suggested a process for reporting changes and
updates. This will be done by each institution annually as part of their institutional report prepared for the articulation meeting. Degree
granting institutions will advise of any program changes and changes to the advisory notes of the FPM agreement. All institutions will
report changes in the course grids.
The committee supports this proposed reporting process for the upcoming year. The FPM report will be incorporated in the institutional
reports.
A question was raised regarding the calendar links in the FPM agreement. The academic calendar links to the program pages of all degree
granting institutions were prepared as part of the original FPM agreement and are therefore outdated. The committee did not support a
proposal to update the academic calendar web links annually. The corresponding program pages can be found by browsing the academic
calendar of each institution.
Action item for chair – Prepare an annual FPM report based on the institutional reports of individual members.
11. Pending articulations of economics courses. Discussion
BCCAT provided a list of pending courses for articulation in Economics. Representatives from the receiving institutions with outstanding
articulation requests will inform their departments in an attempt to speed up the response.
12. BCCAT Transfer Awards nominations. Discussion/motion
Yolina Denchev nominated Peter Wylie for a BCCAT award – Transfer and Articulation Community Award – for his work as committee
chair and for his work on the Flexible Pre-Major Agreement. All committee members support the nomination.
Action item for chair – prepare and submit a nomination form with BCCAT.
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13. Transfer Innovation Fund – call for project proposals. Discussion/motion
Peter Wylie submitted a proposal via email for a transfer innovation fund application. The proposal seeks to establish a multilateral
transfer for the principles of micro- and macroeconomics in BC. Questions: How will new institutions join in a multilateral agreement?
What will be the process for de-articulating a course? What is the main benefit to students from a multilateral agreement?
Action item for chair – Communicate with Peter Wylie and present a more detailed proposal at the 2016 meeting.
14. Housekeeping items
 Communication in-between articulation meetings; e-mail list
Communication between meetings will continue by e-mail. Institutional representatives will inform the chair about any changes to
the email list.
Action item for chair – work with individual institutions to update their list of current representatives.
 Support for new members
New members need support with preparation of institutional reports and an introduction to the purpose and responsibilities of the
committee. A “buddy system” is recommended with other articulation committee representatives in the same institution or with
other members of this committee.
Action item for chair – set up a buddy system for new committee members
15. Election of new Chair. Discussion/motion
Yolina Denchev was nominated and re-elected as chair.
16. Any other business
Gordon Tarzwell, system liaison person for the committee, will be retiring from TRU in the end of the fall semester. The committee
members were invited to nominate a new system liaison person. No nominations were made at the meeting.
Action item for Gordon Tarzwell and chair – Follow up with future nominations and report to the committee.
17. Format of future articulation meetings and hospitality fee. Discussion/motion
The hospitality fee only partially covered the catering costs for the meeting. The host institution covered the balance. The hospitality fee
will remain at $85.
The format of the meeting will remain the same. The business meeting will continue to take place in the afternoon of the first day. The
round table discussion will take place before lunch on the first day of the meeting. Next year the roundtable discussion will cover
Intermediate Microeconomics and Managerial Economics. Suggestion to include other courses in the roundtable, for example Money and
Banking. Suggestion for electronic submission of roundtable questions prior to the meeting. Suggestion to consider other topics for a
roundtable discussion – examples include language issues, economics and non-economics majors, plagiarism.
Action item for chair – organize round table discussion for 2016 meeting
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18. 2016 meeting
The 2016 meeting will be hosted by SFU in Vancouver. The dates will be determined later in consultation with the host. The committee
members prefer the meeting to take place after the final exam period for the winter semester.
Action item for chair – follow up with SFU to determine the dates for the 2016 meeting and communicate with the committee
19. Adjournment- Meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:30.
Economics Articulation Meeting 2015
UBC Vancouver School of Economics, May 4-5, 2015
Flexible Pre-Major Reports
Institution
Updates
SFU
No changes
TRU
BUEC 2320 is now ECON 2320.
UBC-O
This year, we introduced 6 courses in the calendar:
UBC - VSE
- ECON 297 Economics of sports
- ECON 309 Intermediate Macroeconomics II
- ECON 320 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- ECON 409 Economic Growth Theory
- ECON 427 Econometrics
- ECON 452 Urban Economics
Students who take Econ 295 (Managerial Economics) at UBC Okanagan will
now be exempted from taking Econ 301 (Intermediate Microeconomic
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Analysis I) at UBC Vancouver but will receive no UBC econ credit for UBC-O
Econ 295
UFV
No changes
UNBC
No changes
UVIC
We do not have any change in our program’s lower level requirements,
however, two weblink for UVic in the advisory notes in the FPM report
(page 30) need to be updated. Please replace ,
http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2013/FACS/FoSoS/DoEc/PrRe.html (in the first
place) with http://web.uvic.ca/calendar201505/FACS/FoSoS/DoEc/PrRe.html and
http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2013/FACS/FoSoS/FPRe/index.html (in the
second place) with http://web.uvic.ca/calendar201505/FACS/FoSoS/FPRe/index.html to access the latest calendar.
VIU
On page 44, replace “ECON 103C Introduction to Principles of
Microeconomics and Financial Project Evaluation” with “ECON 180
Introduction to Principles of Microeconomics and Financial Project
Evaluation”, and add “ECON 383 Climate Economics” to the list.
No changes
Alexander
No changes
Camosun
No changes
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Capilano
No changes
COTR
No changes
Columbia
No changes
Coquitlam
No changes
Corpus Christi
No changes
Douglas
No changes
Kwantlen
No changes
Langara
No changes
NIC
No changes
Okanagan
Include: ECON 271- Environmental & Natural Resource Economics and
ECON 261- Economics of Developing Countries
Quest
No changes
Selkirk
No changes
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Institutional Reports
RECEIVING INSTITUTIONS: ECONOMICS MAJOR (BA/BSc)
Simon Fraser University
There have been no changes at Simon Fraser University (SFU) that touch on Articulation.
However, we recently became aware of some confusion regarding the prerequisites of ECON 201-4, Microeconomic Theory I:
Competitive Behavior. Passing Econ 201 with a C- or better is one of the requirements for students wishing to declare an Econ major
at SFU.
One of the prerequisites of Econ 201 is MATH 157: Calculus I for the Social Sciences. The SFU calendar language for Math 157 reads
as follows (emphasis added)
“Designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics include: limits, growth rate and the derivative;
logarithmic exponential and trigonometric functions and their application to business, economics, optimization and approximation
methods; functions of several variables.”
A current syllabus of Math 157 is attached. Note that the syllabus contains multivariate calculus, which includes introducing the
concept of partial derivatives. The instructors teaching Econ 201 will therefore assume that students with Math 157 credit, including
college transfer students, have some basic knowledge of multivariate calculus.
~submitted by Anke Kessler
(Note: The Math 157 course outline is provided as a separate attachment)
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Thompson River University
1. Graduate Program:
Our proposed graduate program, MSc in Economic Sustainable Management, has got approval from the TRU Board of Governors,
and the proposal will soon go to DQAB. We expect to offer the program from the fall of 2016.
2. Undergraduate Programs in Economics:
At TRU, we offer BA and BBA in Economics. We also offer BA and BSc in Mathematics and Economics, and BA in Economics and
Political Studies. One of our popular minors is the Minor in Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development.
We have successfully completed the first phase of our Standard Course Outline Project. There were no program changes last year.
The only change was the removal of calculus pre-requisite from ECON 2900: Intermediate Microeconomics.
3. Offshore and Other Programs:
We offer economics courses in our joint BBA programs at two Chinese universities. Economics Department also has academic
oversight of First Nations Certificates and OL BA in Public Administration degree at TRU.
4. Changes to the Flexible Pre-Major:
BUEC 2320 is now ECON 2320. The acronym has changed.
~submitted by Hasnat Dewan
University of British Columbia – Vancouver School of Economics
Over the last year there has only been one change at the Vancouver School of Economics (VSE) that is relevant to articulation:
Students who take Econ 295 (Managerial Economics) at UBC Okanagan will now be exempted from taking Econ 301 (Intermediate
Microeconomic Analysis I) at UBC Vancouver but will receive no UBC econ credit for UBC-O Econ 295.
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~submitted by Clive Chapple
UBC Okanagan
Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers BA and BSc Majors in Economics and participates in the BA Major in PPE
(Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and the BA Major in International Relations (IR). Economics has 9 full-time permanent tenured
and tenure-track faculty members, 7 research-track and 2 teaching-track. Economics at UBC Okanagan campus continues to be without
a formal department, its programs being administered through the combined Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science Unit 8 of
the I.K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences.
This year, we introduced 6 courses in the calendar:
- ECON 297 Economics of sports
- ECON 309 Intermediate Macroeconomics II
- ECON 320 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- ECON 409 Economic Growth Theory
- ECON 427 Econometrics
- ECON 452 Urban Economics
Also, ECON 204 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis and ECON 205 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis became post-calculus
courses.
Finally, a committee is currently developing an Honours B.Sc. Major in Economics and an Honours B.A. Major in Economics.
~submitted by Julien Picault
University of Northern BC
Regarding FPM there has been no changes at UNBC so it is still up to date in your current tables.
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We don’t have any changes to report. However we will be undertaking a major curriculum review this summer with the intent of
making the degree more policy/applied in focus and introducing a capstone experiential learning course. We are also considering a
course based MA along with our regular MA degree.
We will report on this next year when the changes have been finalized.
~submitted by Karima Fredj
University of Victoria
Change in prerequisite for ECON 225:
ECON 225 is required for all programs in Economics. Prerequisites include 103 and 104, satisfaction of the Academic Writing
Requirement and official declaration of an Honours, Major, General or Minor program in Economics. ECON 225 should normally be
completed by the end of the second year and is a pre-or corequisite for many 300-level courses (including required courses ECON
313, 345 and 365).
The highlighted part is the addition to Econ225 prerequisites. Since transfer students would not have the official declaration of a
program in Economics right after transferring, they should contact the Economics department to request a prerequisite override if
they plan to register in Econ225 in their first term at UVic. Transfer students should take Econ225 as soon as possible given that it is
a pre-or corequisite for many 300-level courses.
Changes to Flexible Pre-Major:
1) We do not have any change in our program’s lower level requirements, however, two weblink for UVic in the advisory notes
in the FPM report (page 30) need to be updated. Please replace ,
http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2013/FACS/FoSoS/DoEc/PrRe.html (in the first place) with http://web.uvic.ca/calendar201505/FACS/FoSoS/DoEc/PrRe.html
and
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http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2013/FACS/FoSoS/FPRe/index.html (in the second place) with http://web.uvic.ca/calendar201505/FACS/FoSoS/FPRe/index.html to access the latest calendar.
2) On page 44,
replace “ECON 103C Introduction to Principles of Microeconomics and Financial Project Evaluation” with “ECON 180
Introduction to Principles of Microeconomics and Financial Project Evaluation”,
and add “ECON 383 Climate Economics” to the list.
~submitted by Nilanjana Roy
Vancouver Island University
Oral report at the meeting by Raimo Marttala
University of the Fraser Valley
There are no changes in programming that impact the Flexible pre major.
The Economics department at UFV is in the Faculty of Social Science and offers a BA Major in Economics and a Minor in Economics.
Economics currently has 4 full-time permanent tenured and tenure-track faculty members (1 full professor, 2 associate professors
and 1 assistant professor). Vladimir Dvoracek, the Associate Vice President of Institutional Research, maintains rights to return to
faculty. Ian McAskill, who had been seconded to administration, is currently on sabbatical leave and will return to faculty in the
Econ department in January 2016.
We have had strong enrolments. We have waitlists for all economics courses except for our upper-level electives. With the recently
approved Major in Economics we hope enrolments in our upper-level courses will increase.
Convocation this June will have 39 students awarded an Economics minor (38 BBA students and 1 BSc student) we have no Econ
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majors graduate yet.
For more details about the Economics Major at UFV, visit https://www.ufv.ca/economics/programs/economics-major/
~submitted by Sean Parkinson
RECEIVING INSTITUTIONS: Economics Minor (BA/BBA)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
The Economics Department at KPU continues to offer courses at the first, second, third, and fourth year levels. We are continuing to
offer our Minor in Economics.
There is nothing further to report, and there are no changes to the courses listed in the Flexible Pre-Major report.
~submitted by Rob Scharff
Trinity Western University
Oral report at the meeting by Tracy Stobbe
SENDING INSTITUTIONS: Associate Degree (Economics)
Camosun College
There are no changes to the economics courses at Camosun – we continue to offer approximately 50 sections per year of Principles
of Micro and Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Intermediate Micro and Macroeconomics, Money and Banking and
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International Trade and Finance. In the winter 2016 semester we will start to offer Principles of Microeconomics to high school
students as part of the dual credit program with the school district.
Our department offers economics, finance and statistics courses for the Associate of Arts degree in Economics, for the university
transfer pathways in economics and business, as well as for our BBA degrees and business diplomas. We have three new full-time
continuing faculty: Bijan Ahmadi, Joel Tamosiunas and Francis Michaud.
Our international enrollment in economics continue to grow. The most common transfer pathway for our students is the University
of Victoria, a smaller group transfers to UBC and other institutions in the province.
There are no changes to our courses participating in the Flexible Pre-Major.
~submitted by Yolina Denchev
Douglas College
Douglas College continues to experience strong growth. To meet the demand, the Economics department is developing new courses
and programs. This year we are expanding our program offerings to include a Post-Degree Diploma in “Global Banking and
Economics”. This is the first of several PDD’s under development.
The Economics department offers courses through the BBA degree and through our two two-year diploma programs which are
focused on university transfer:

The Commerce and Business Administration University Transfer Diploma is designed to enable students to transfer to
Bachelor degree programs in Commerce and Business Administration at BC universities, and,

The Associate of Arts Degree (Economics Specialty) is designed to meet the Flex-Major requirements for transfer to Bachelor
of Arts (Economics) degree programs in BC.
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Enrolment numbers are up again from the previous year and our waitlists continue to grow. We have success with our domestic
BBA degrees and are expanding our international campuses. We need to align our UT diploma programs with our degree options,
and we have been considering the opportunities for further program development. If anyone is interested in exploring
opportunities to partner with Douglas College in block transfer agreements, please contact Kevin Richter, Chair of the Economics
department and Coordinator of CBA UT diploma programs (richterk@douglascollege.ca).
~submitted by Kevin Richter
SENDING INSTITUTIONS: Associate Degree (General)
Alexander College
1. Institution growth over the last year:
Spring 2013: 923
Winter 2013: 967
Fall 2013: 1064
Winter 2014: 1060
Spring 2014: 967
Fall 2014: 1187
Winter 2015: 1213
Spring 2015: TBA (at time of writing, we’re at 1010 (highest Spring ever), though this should rise a bit by Friday)
2. Number of ECON courses offered per term has been relatively stable.
3. We increased English requirement for Econ 103 (principles of microeconomics) and Econ 105 (principles of macroeconomics).
Before students could take 098 concurrently; now they must have passed the course (with a C, 60%) before being eligible to take
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103 or 105. It was done after a large internal research project suggested a correlation between stricter language requirements and
higher chance of success.
4. Paula Weaver took the Director of Academic Affairs position in January 2015.
5. ECON/COMM appointments in our Writing and Learning Centre (WLC) make up around 28% of total appointments; the WLC
continues to be an effective resource for our students here at AC.
~submitted by Azadeh Khoshaien
Capilano University
Oral report at the meeting by Mahak Yaseri
College of New Caledonia
Oral report at the meeting by Brian Barber
College of the Rockies
College of the Rockies (COTR) continues to have ECON 101 (Microeconomics), ECON 102 (Macroeconomics), ECON 207 (Managerial
Economics), ECON 250 (Environmental Economics), and ECON 280 (Labour Economics) as possible economics course offerings.
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For the 2014/2015 academic year, three sections of both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics were offered as well as one section
of Environmental Economics. Enrolment in economics courses was up slightly this year as there were several students from Brazil
taking courses at COTR. Many of these students were in various engineering programs such as chemical engineering.
There have been no changes to courses that are part of the Economic Flexible Pre-Major.
Finally, COTR is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year! COTR (originally East Kootenay Community College) was established on
May 8, 1975 and its first classes began on October 6, 1975.
~submitted by James Wishart
Columbia
Columbia College as a whole keeps on growing. In January 2015, Columbia College reached its highest–ever enrolment with more
than 1000 FTEs. To accommodate the large number of students, sections were added, the timetable was extended later in the day,
and spare rooms have been turned into classrooms.
The student body is now dominated by Indian students. Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that among these students, a notinsignificant proportion is only aiming for a diploma (as opposed to a Bachelor). Also, as a group, Indian students seem less keen on
obtaining a Business degree (at least of the Bachelor of Commerce kind). The influx of Indian students has not translated into an
increase demand for Economics courses. Other departments, such as Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, and Political
Science has benefited from the influx.
The Economics department is considering articulating a series of 2 nd year courses which would have a heavier written component
and a less formal (mathematical) one.
There has been no changes in staffing in the Department.
No changes to report regarding FPM.
~submitted by Stephane Deseau and Paul Geddes
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Corpus Christi
There have been no changes to Economics course offerings.
~submitted by Kelleen Wiseman
Langara College
Oral report at the meeting by Josephine Pascuzzi
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
Report pending
North Island College
List of courses accepted as fulfilling the requirements in the Economics flexible pre-major:
ECO 110: Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 111: Principles of Macroeconomics
MAT 102: Calculus for Life Sciences
MAT 181: Calculus I
MAT 115: Introduction to Statistics
MAT 182: Calculus II
List of courses accepted as fulfilling the post-principles Economics course requirement in the Economics flexible pre-major:
ECO 245: Money and Banking
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ECO 270: Environmental Economics
Note:
ECO 245 and ECO 270 have not been offered since 2005. They are not required courses in any programs, so they were discontinued
in order to release resources that were needed to offer the college’s 4-year BBA degree program. There is hope that these two
courses will be offered in near future.
Major Change:
MAT 115 was initially listed as a first year course. Since this course was evaluated as not necessary for one-year program of Business
Administration Certificate, it has been moved to second year course and Business Administration Diploma, Post Degree Diploma,
and BBA students would be able to take this course in their second year.
School of Business Highlight:
It has the highest growth of international students within North Island College departments and programs. Over 40% of students in
the School of Business are international students.
~submitted by Ali Mayboudi
North West Community College
Report pending
Northern Lights College
Report pending
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Okanagan College
The Department of Economics at Okanagan College currently employs two full-time continuing faculty members and two part-time
continuing faculty members.
In the upcoming academic year, Economics will offer
 13 sections of Principles of Microeconomics
 11 sections of Principles of Macroeconomics
 1 section of a 200- level Economics of Developing Countries course
 1 section of a 200- level Environmental & Natural Resource Economics course
Concurrently, the department schedules Distance Education courses in Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of
Macroeconomics as well as Environmental/Natural Resource Economics. As for Summer Session, the department will offer courses
in Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics.
Economics offers required and optional courses mainly for Okanagan College’s School of Business, but also for the Diploma of
International Development and the Diploma of Environmental Studies.
Pre-requisite changes for ECON 271 (Environmental & Natural Resource Economics):
The Department of Economics is in the process of pre-requisite changes for ECON 271 from ‘second year standing’ to ‘ECON 115Principles of Microeconomics’. Students would be required to take ECON 115 prior to taking ECON 271.
Inclusion of courses in the FPM report:
The Department of Economics is currently offering the following two 200-level courses:
1. ECON 271- Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
2. ECON 261- Economics of Developing Countries
These two courses should be included in the FPM report.
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~submitted by Tazul Islam
Selkirk College
No changes to report.
~submitted by Jonathan Buttle
Thompson River Open University
Oral report at the meeting by Hasnat Dewan
OTHER SENDING OF RECEIVING INSTITUTIONS OFFERING UT COURSES IN ECONOMICS
SENDING:
Coquitlam College
There are 8 full-/ part-time instructors. Each semester the college offers 7 different economics courses (there are some courses only
offered alternate semesters), and in total, there are between 18 - 20 sections offered each semester (for example, 4 - 5 sections of
Introduction to Economics). There are no plans to change existing economics course offerings.
~submitted by Sonya Plater
Fraser International College
Report pending
University of Athabasca
Report pending
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Vancouver Community College
Report pending
Yukon College
Report pending
RECEIVING:
Acsenda School of Management
Acsenda School of Management is a private degree granting institution that has been offering a Bachelor of Business Administration
(BBA) degree for ten years. Renewal of consent for the BBA was granted for another five years in 2014. The BBA has five
concentrations: Accounting, Human Resources Management, International Business Management, Marketing Management and
General Business Management. Acsenda also has approval to offer a Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree due to open in
April 2016.
In June 2014, Dr. Lindsay Redpath joined Acsenda as the new President and Vice Chancellor. The former Vice President Academic,
Dr. Bill Garrett, has retired and Dr. Tess Ireneo-Manalo continues to provide leadership as Dean of Business and Campus Principal.
The governing body is the Academic Council that includes six external members, faculty members, and student and alumni
representatives.
A new Director of Library, Information, Technology and Instructional Services was hired in August 2014. Adam Farrell, who has a
Master’s degrees in Library and Information Studies and in Archival studies is an experienced librarian who has greatly enhanced the
library resources, services and usage. Acsenda recently became a member of the BCELN (BC Electronic Library Network).
During an intensive review of the curriculum in 2013-14 the faculty identified a set of five program level learning outcomes which
are being incorporated into course learning outcomes and assessment. An English bridging program introduced two years ago has
been improved and the two lower level English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses have been eliminated.
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Enrolments at Acsenda have grown significantly in the last year. There are currently 180 students at Acsenda most of whom are
international students from over 20 different countries. The largest group of students is from China, followed by Korea, India and
Latin America. Acsenda also has a significant number of students from Eastern Europe. Cultural diversity, along with managing
classes where students have a range of post-secondary experiences, is a challenge for the 15 part time and 5 full time faculty
members who teach at Acsenda.
Acsenda has recently completed consultations with faculty, students, alumni and staff regarding the development of a new three
year strategic plan. One of the objectives is to expand the number of transfer credits accepted for transfer credit by other
institutions. We trust that our continuing participation in the annual BCCAT articulation meetings will result in a better
understanding of the quality and comparability of our courses in the different subject areas.
~submitted by Amelia Petersen
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Report pending
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Report pending
Quest University
No changes to report.
~Submitted by Tamara Lynn Trafton
Royal Roads University
Report pending
University Canada West
Oral report at the meeting by Abera Demeke
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Roundtable Discussion of Principles of Macroeconomics
Economics Articulation Meeting, May 5-6, 2015
UBC, Vancouver School of Economics
Institution
Text
Common
exams
Coordination of
multiple sections
Micro review?
Algebra?
Other:
Trade, IC
SFU
TRU
Varies – Mankiw,
Ragan, Parkin,
Sayre, no text
No
Standard course
outline, some variation
in coverage
Micro not a prereq
for macro
Yes – GDP,
equilibrium,
multiplier
No IC
UBC – VSE
Mankiw,
Kneebone and
McKenzie
No
List of topics
The 1 yr course, starts
with micro
Yes – AD/AS, GDP,
CPI
Trade covered
in micro; no IC
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Discussion, no formal
coordination
Cover basic micro
Yes – growth, GDP;
no derivatives, or
linear equations
Trade covered,
no IC
UBCO
Mankiw
No
UNBC
Varies – Mankiw,
Parkin, Ragan
No
No
Review of D&S
Yes – minimal
Trade mostly in
micro; no IC
UVIC
Mankiw
No
Yes, but text may vary
Review of D&S
Yes, minimal
Trade covered
by some
VIU
Parkin and Bade
Yes
Yes
Yes – GDP, multiplier
Trade policy
and exchange
rates covered
UFV
Varies – Hubbard,
Serletis, Mankiw
No
Yes
Yes, but no calculus
Trade covered;
no IC
Yes – multipliers,
equilibrium
Trade is
covered;
KPU
Varies – most use
Ragan
No
List of topics
Review of micro
Some review D&S
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TWU
Mankiw
Yes
Yes
Brief review of D&S
Minimal
Camosun
Ragan
No
List of topics; methods
of evaluation;
weighting
Recommend micro
before macro
Yes- AE model, GDP,
CPI
Douglas
Ragan (most);
No
Common curriculum;
individual evaluation
and weighting
Recommend micro
before macro; brief
review of S&D
Varies – equilibrium,
multipliers
Same topics covered;
common exam in future
Parkin or Mankiw
(some)
Alexander
Varies – Mankiw
and Ragan
No
Capilano U
Sayre and Morris
Common
MC part
Micro is a prereq
Some review D&S
Trade policy
covered; no IC
Yes – equilibrium,
multiplier, graphs
Trade in micro;
no IC
Yes - AE model
Trade covered
in micro; no IC
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COTR
Some algebra.
Trade covered;
no IC
Yes
Yes. Common final
No review of micro
Mankiw, Parkin,
Bernanke
No
Common outline in
catalogue, common
material covered
Encourage student to
take micro first
New
Caledonia
Parkin and Bade
No
Yes, by choice
Brief review of D&S
Yes – CPI, growth,
multipliers
Trade covered;
no IC
North
Island
Ragan
No
Yes, common course
outline
Micro review
Yes – equilibrium,
D&S
Trade is
covered; no IC
Columbia
Sayre and Morris
Yes – simple
derivative
Corpus
Christi
Langara
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Intro D&S
Yes
Trade covered;
no IC
No, but
Yes
coordinated
Yes – D&S
Yes – fairly light
Trade covered;
no IC
Parkin and Bade
No
Yes
Some review D&S
Most sections
Some cover
trade; No IC
McConnell
No
Course outline
approved
Review of D&S; micro
is not a prereq for
macro
Yes – equilibrium,
multiplier, GDP
Trade covered
mostly in micro;
no IC
Okanagan
Sayre and Morris
No
Selkirk
Sayre and Morris
Coquitlam
Acsenda
List of topics; text
varies; final exam in
most sections
TRU – open
No multiple sections
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UCW
Krugman
No
Same content and book
Brief review of micro
Limited; mostly
graphs used
Trade covered;
no IC
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Roundtable Discussion of Principles of Microeconomics
Thompson Rivers University, April 27-28, 2014
Institution Text
Major Topics
Other notes
SFU
D&S equations, elasticity, strategic behavior, ability to
use models
Problem sets incorporated in tutorial
sessions
Mankiw/Ragan/ Allen
TRU
Normative issues, public goods, producer theory
UBC
Mankiw/Aplia
International trade, markets, comparative advantage;
consumer theory, DWL, tariffs, quotas,
No common exams; some sections
cover indifference curves
UBCO
Mankiw/Aplia
No indifference curves
Coordination of sections
Min algebra for D&S
UNBC
Mankiw/Parker
All students take the course; algebra, indifference curves
covered
Autonomous sections; no common
exams
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UVic
Krugman
Indifference curves, externalities, climate change, global
public goods, consumer choice, monopoly, competition
No algebra
UFV
Mankiw/ Hubbard
D&S, gov’t intervention, externalities & public goods;
Basic math, calculate elasticities
KPU
Parkin & Bade
Attrition rate 45-50%
Ragan
TWU
Mankiw/Aplia
Similar to above; policy lens; externalities
Camosun
Ragan/ Myeconlab
Some algebra, no indifference curves
Common outline and learning
outcomes
Douglas
Ragan, Parkin,
Hubbard
Similar to SFU
Must satisfy accreditation
requirements
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Alexander
Mankiw
Similar to above
International students; English level
COTR
Sayre
Columbia
Parkin & Bade
Indifference curves, algebra
Similar to VSE; no common exams
Corpus
Christi
Frank
Using algebra
Similar to UBC
Langara
Ragan, Mankiw
Algebra in applications (consumer surplus)
Future transfer to managerial,
environmental policy, no common
exams
North
Island
Ragan
Algebra for equilibrium, no indifference curves
Common final
Okanagan
Parkin, Sayre,
Trade, market failure, indifference curves
No final exams; algebra for elasticities
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Mankiw (for distance)
Selkirk
Sayre
Similar content; externalities, markert failure, intro to
indifference curves
Common exam; some algebra
Coquitlam
McConnell
Some cover indifference curves
No common exams; review every few
years, growing dept.
UCW
Mankiw
Algebra, graphs, no indifference curves
Common content, no common exams
Quest
Harford
Foundation course; concept based, rationality,
comparative advantage; algebra
Mankiw as backup
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