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Undergraduate Programs

Special Topics Courses offered Winter 2021–2022

"Special Topics Courses" are those courses offered periodically that do not (possibly yet) have a permanent home in the Arts and Sciences Calendar. Please click on the highlighted Section Number for a more detailed course description. It is important to note that the course numbers are not unique: Be sure to confirm the course number AND title when registering for a special topics course. Timetable view for Fall, Winter. To locate classrooms, see campus map.
Course delivery table: Unless otherwise indicated the courses are delivered In Person. For other course delivery methods, please refer to the section colors
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Number	Section		Title, instructor	Day, time	Location

ECO351H1F			Special Topics in Economics: Principles of Fair Decisions • Calendar entry
		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1(63%)/ECO204Y1(63%)/ECO206Y1
	L0101		Gabriel Carroll • website • outline • Learning outcomes	W10-12, F10	OI 5170
		Recognize various kinds of situations that require judgments about distributive justice. Be acquainted with classic dilemmas in which different principles of distributive justice conflict. Develop the habit of approaching fairness questions by seeking to formulate principles to apply across a class of situations. Be familiar with the mathematical expression of fairness principles via the axiomatic approach. Be familiar with some of the classic solutions that economic theory has proposed for problems of distributive justice, and the arguments that justify them.
ECO351H1S			Special Topics in Economics: Principles of Fair Decisions • Calendar entry
		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1(63%)/ECO204Y1(63%)/ECO206Y1
	L0101		Gabriel Carroll • Learning outcomes	W10-12, F11	VC115

ECO421H1F			Macroeconomic Finance (with machine learning applications) • Calendar entry
		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1/ECO204Y1/ECO206Y1, ECO202Y1/ECO208Y1/ECO209Y1, ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ (STA237H1, STA238H1)/ (STA247H1, STA248H1)/ (STA257H1, STA261H1), at least 1.0 credit in ECO at the 300+ level.
	L0101		Marlene Koffi • outline • Learning outcomes	W10-1	BL114

		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1/ECO204Y1/ECO206Y1, ECO202Y1/ECO208Y1/ECO209Y1, ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ (STA237H1, STA238H1)/ (STA247H1, STA248H1)/ (STA257H1, STA261H1), at least 1.0 credit in ECO at the 300+ level.
	L0201		Marlene Koffi • outline • Learning outcomes	W2-5	UC163

ECO422H1S			Special Topics in Economics: Competition Policy • Calendar entry
		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1/ECO204Y1/ECO206Y1, ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ (STA237H1, STA238H1)/ (STA247H1, STA248H1)/ (STA257H1, STA261H1), at least 1.0 credit in ECO at the 300+ level.
	L0101		Instructor TBA • Learning outcomes	W9-12	UC163

ECO422H1S			Special Topics in Economics: Health and Economic Inequality • Calendar entry
		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1/ECO204Y1/ECO206Y1, ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ (STA237H1, STA238H1)/ (STA247H1, STA248H1)/ (STA257H1, STA261H1), at least 1.0 credit in ECO at the 300+ level.
	L0201		Michael Stepner • Learning outcomes	R10-1	WI 524

		*Prerequisites:* ECO200Y1/ECO204Y1/ECO206Y1, ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ (STA237H1, STA238H1)/ (STA247H1, STA248H1)/ (STA257H1, STA261H1), at least 1.0 credit in ECO at the 300+ level.
	L0301		Michael Stepner • Learning outcomes	R2-5	VC215