{"id":51011,"date":"2025-07-10T12:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/?page_id=51011"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:19:08","slug":"choosing-the-right-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/choosing-the-right-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the Right Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Choosing the Right Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"capital-advantage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capital Advantage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our location in the nation\u2019s capital gives you unique access to a wide range of resources, including research facilities and libraries, a growing high-tech sector, as well as the departments and agencies of the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"program-summary\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a student in our Honour&#8217;s program, you can focus your studies in a particular area by adding one or a combination of two concentrations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-computational-analysis\/\">Computational Analysis<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-economic-data-science\/\">Economic Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-financial-economics\/\">Financial Economics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-development\/\">Development<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-international-political-economy\/\">International Political Economy<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-natural-resources-environment-and-the-economy\/\">Natural Resources, Environment and Economy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/b-econ-honours-concentration-in-advanced-economic-analysis\/\">Advanced Economic Analysis<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/mathematics-quantitative-economics\/\">Mathematics and Quantitative Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/combined-honours\/\">B.Econ Combined Honours<\/a> is also available for students who wish to study both Economics and another eligible discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"which-concentration-should-you-pick\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which Concentration Should You Pick?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Interest <\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Concentration Suggestion<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The Financial Sector (Banking, Accounting, Insurance, etc.)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Financial Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Coding, Information Technology)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Computational Analysis and\/or Economic Data Science<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mathematics and Statistical Methods<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Advanced Economic Analysis and\/or Mathematics and Quantitative Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Economic Development, the Environment, Foreign Affairs and Government<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Development and\/or <br>Natural Resources, Environment and Economy and\/or<br>International Political Economy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"work-experience\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"flex p-4 rounded-md cu-alert cu-alert--warning not-prose\">\n\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-8 h-8\">\n            <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M12 9v3.75m0-10.036A11.959 11.959 0 0 1 3.598 6 11.99 11.99 0 0 0 3 9.75c0 5.592 3.824 10.29 9 11.622 5.176-1.332 9-6.03 9-11.622 0-1.31-.21-2.57-.598-3.75h-.152c-3.196 0-6.1-1.25-8.25-3.286Zm0 13.036h.008v.008H12v-.008Z\"><\/path>\n        <\/svg>\n    \n    <div class=\"w-full ml-3\">\n        <p class=\"text-base md:text-lg mt-0.5 font-semibold\">\n            Check your email!\n        <\/p>\n                    <p class=\"text-sm md:text-base text-cu-black-900\">\n                Students in the B.ECON program should check their emails regularly for information on important events and\/or research or networking opportunities from our department.\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gain hands-on experience through <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/co-op\/\">CO-OP<\/a>, practicum and internship placement opportunities owing to our large network of alumni and contacts throughout the city. Get involved in research by assisting faculty with their projects or in our economics laboratory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capital Advantage Our location in the nation\u2019s capital gives you unique access to a wide range of resources, including research facilities and libraries, a growing high-tech sector, as well as the departments and agencies of the federal government. 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