BA/BS in Economics (Arts & Science) is a bachelor's degree in Economics programme taught at University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 24,662 per year (CAD 6,822 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Economics
Local tuition: CAD 6,822 / year
International tuition: CAD 24,662 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program examines how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions under conditions of scarcity, covering topics such as economic systems, employment, inflation, resource management, and environmental issues. It is offered as a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts & Science, with combined degree options pairing economics with education, law, or management. Delivered on the Lethbridge campus with Fall and Winter intake, students can pursue co-operative education placements, international exchange, and applied study opportunities, along with an honours thesis option for eligible fourth-year students and an optional minor. It suits students interested in analyzing markets, policy, and decision-making at multiple levels. The program develops communication, critical thinking, and analytical and information-management skills, and prepares graduates for roles in finance, government, banking, business management, and taxation, as well as further study such as law school or other advanced degrees.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: University of Lethbridge admits this program directly from Canadian high school on the Faculty of Arts & Science's standard scale: five distinct senior-year courses, one of them a language-arts course, with a minimum blended average of 65% across all five. One of the five courses must be a mathematics course: Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2 in Alberta, Pre-Calculus 12 or Foundations of Mathematics 12 in British Columbia, or the provincial equivalent listed on the program page. Applicants without a Canadian high school credential are assessed on the same academic scale against their home-country credential equivalencies through the international admissions office (general admission requirements). Applicants whose first language is not English must meet uLethbridge's English Language Proficiency requirement, most commonly through Alberta English Language Arts 30-1 (or equivalent) with a minimum blended grade of 75%, three consecutive years of full-time secondary study in English, or an approved test: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 per band), TOEFL iBT 86 overall (min. 20 per section), Duolingo English Test 120 overall (min. 110 per subscore), PTE Academic 61 overall (min. 60 per part), CAEL 70 overall (min. 60 per component), or Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 (min. 176 per subscore).
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to the University of Lethbridge for Fall 2027 entry apply by 30 June 2027 (post-secondary applicants) or 15 December 2026 (direct-entry high-school applicants), with admission-decision documents due by 30 June or 15 July 2027 and final documents by 1-15 August 2027; for Winter 2028 entry the domestic deadline is 1 November 2027. International applicants for Fall 2027 apply by 15 June 2027, with decision documents due 30 June 2027 and final documents by 15 July 2027; for Winter 2028 the international deadline is 15 September 2027. Applications for Fall 2027 opened 14 September 2026. Deadlines vary by program and campus and are not rolling in the open-ended sense, though the university notes some programmes may close early once capacity is reached. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
