Honours Economics I at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada is a honours degree in Economics programme. The programme runs for 1 year. Tuition for international students is CAD 47,416 per year (CAD 6,043 per year for local students).
Honours Economics I is a direct-entry, first-year pathway that leads automatically into the Honours Economics BA at the end of first year, with a three-year accelerated completion option and a five-year co-op option that includes paid work terms. The curriculum covers microeconomics and macroeconomics foundations, mathematical economics, and economic theory, supplemented by social-science electives for broader context. Students can partner with Mohawk College to add a business certificate alongside the degree, and eligible students have a conditional admission pathway into McMaster's Master of Finance program. The page also references research centres tied to the department and study-abroad options at more than seventy destinations, along with paid undergraduate research awards. In upper years, students can move into the standard or accelerated Honours Economics BA, an Honours Economics & Mathematics BA, combined honours with another subject, specialist options, or the co-op stream, or complete a non-honours BA in Economics. The program suits students interested in markets, policy, and data-driven decision-making, with the page noting past co-op placements in banking, financial services, and government agencies. It is delivered at McMaster University's Hamilton campus.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Economics is a Faculty of Social Sciences direct-entry programme. Ontario applicants apply through OUAC with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma including six Grade 12 U/M courses; the programme page does not itemise its own prerequisites and defers to McMaster's central Admission Requirements Tool, which sets the specific Grade 12 courses, English U among them, required for entry. Admission is competitive on the applicant's top-six average. International applicants present a secondary credential recognised as equivalent to the OSSD, with the same prerequisites, and are assessed on the same competitive basis. Applicants whose first language is not English must submit an accepted test score: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 86 overall with a minimum of 20 per component for tests taken before 21 January 2026, unless exempt through at least four years of full-time study in English.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Application deadline 1 April 2027 for domestic and international applicants, with an earlier 1 February 2027 Equal Consideration review date.
