Courses

To browse course offerings in past semesters, please visit: SFU Course Outlines

To see what an economics program will teach you, take a look at the Educational Goals for some of the core economics courses.

SPRING 2025

ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 103 D100 Douglas Allen
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ECON 103 D900 Yan Yan
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, Fri, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Surrey
ECON 103 E100 Yan Yan
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 3:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 104 - Economics and Government

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 104 D100 Vasyl Golovetskyy
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 105 D100 Brian Krauth
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ECON 105 D200 Vasyl Golovetskyy
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ECON 105 D900 Yan Yan
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey

ECON 113 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 113 D100 Pierre Mouganie
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 115 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 115 D100 Maliha Nazir
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 201 - Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 201 D100 Christoph Luelfesmann
Jan 6 – Feb 28, 2025: Mon, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Mar 1 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 220W - Communication in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 220W D100 Sepideh Fotovatian
Maliha Nazir
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ECON 220W D200 Sepideh Fotovatian
Maliha Nazir
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ECON 220W D300 Chris Bidner
Sepideh Fotovatian
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 222 - Introduction to Game Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 222 D100 Shih En Lu
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 233 - Introduction to Economic Data and Statistics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 233 D100 Brian Krauth
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 290 - Microeconomic Policy

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 290 D100 Maliha Nazir
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 302 - Microeconomic Theory II: Strategic Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 302 D100 Shih En Lu
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 305 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 305 D100 Yan Yan
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 310 - Money and Banking

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 310 D100 John Knowles
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 325 - Industrial Organization

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 325 D100 Marie Rekkas
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby

ECON 331 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 331 D100 David Freeman
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 333 - Statistical Analysis of Economic Data

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 333 D100 Xiaoting Sun
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 335 - Cause and Effect in Economic Data

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 335 D100 Kevin Schnepel
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 355W - Economic Development

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 355W D100 Chris Bidner
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 393 - Public Economics: Taxation

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 393 D100 Christoph Luelfesmann
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 403 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 403 D100 John Knowles
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 425 - Industrial Organization: Imperfect Competition

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 425 D100 Marie Rekkas
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 427W - Industrial Organization: Law and Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 427W D100 Douglas Allen
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 434 - Seminar in Applied Market Design

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 434 D100 Xiaoting Sun
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 482 - Selected Topics in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 482 D100 Chenyu Hou
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 484 - Selected Topics in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 484 D100 Kevin Laughren
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 499W - Honours Research Project

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 499W D100 Fernando Aragon Sanchez
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

SUMMER 2025

ECON 102 - The World Economy

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 102 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 103 D100 Gordon Myers
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 105 D100 Dave Cox
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

ECON 201 - Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 201 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

ECON 260 - Environmental Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 260 D100 Kevin Wainwright
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 280 - Introduction to Labor Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 280 D100 Jane Friesen
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 305 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 305 D100 Luba Petersen
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Location: TBA
Location: TBA

ECON 310 - Money and Banking

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 310 D100 Dave Cox
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 333 - Statistical Analysis of Economic Data

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 333 D100 Vasyl Golovetskyy
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 342 - International Trade

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 342 D100 Victor Aguiar Lozano
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 355W - Economic Development

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 355W D100 Maliha Nazir
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 381 - Labor Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 381 D100 Brian Krauth
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 392 - Public Economics: Role of Government

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 392 D100 Yan Yan
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 410 - Seminar in Monetary Theory

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 410 D100 Dave Cox
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
TBA
Burnaby
Burnaby

ECON 460 - Seminar in Environmental Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 460 D100 Kevin Wainwright
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 480 - Seminar in the Economics of Labor Market Policy

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 480 D100 Jane Friesen
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby

ECON 483 - Selected Topics in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 483 D100 Luba Petersen
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Location: TBA

ECON 484 - Selected Topics in Economics

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
ECON 484 D100 Kevin Laughren
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Location: TBA