Economics is fundamental for understanding society’s current challenges and economic problems. Students examine how to utilize the world’s limited resources to serve society best, while employing scientific methods to measure and analyze the behaviour of people and institutions in their economic choices.

As a science, economics works to obtain logical conclusions from basic facts and propositions. As a social science, the welfare of mankind is of utmost concern.

Dalhousie's Department of Economics offers a full slate of undergraduate and graduate programs, including Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, Master of Arts, Master of Development of Economics, and PhD.

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