ECON 4202
Honours Thesis II
Lec 01 selected
This course is required for honours students, and helps students define, research, and write an original research project under the supervision of an economics faculty member. Students develop a topic, critique current literature, run statistical tests, or research and write a policy paper, and present results in a public conference.
Sections
Lecture
Lec 01
Mon 8:35-9:55
From the syllabus
From the Winter 2026 syllabus by Christos Ntantamis. Winter 2027 is taught by Yuksel M., so details may differ. Open the PDF
Grading
10%Presentation and data summary statisticsDue Jan 5; percentage of Honours Thesis weight
10%Preliminary resultsDue Feb 6; percentage of Honours Thesis weight
10%First draftDue Mar 6; percentage of Honours Thesis weight
5%Poster presentationPoster due Apr 6; presentation Apr 10
20%Final thesisDue Apr 8; at least C required to pass
Textbooks
- Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers, Kate L. Turabian
- The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis, Jane E. Miller (optional)
Course rules
- Late work
- Late assignments lose 20 percent per day; exceptions require a legitimate reason under the University Calendar.
- Assignments
- All assignments must be submitted electronically as PDFs through Brightspace.
- Missed work
- All assignments are required because they are steps toward completing the thesis.
- Final thesis
- A grade of at least C on the final thesis is required to pass.
- Academic integrity
- Students should refrain from using generative AI and large language models; professional editing is not permitted.
- Attendance
- Attendance at weekly department seminars is highly encouraged.
- Style
- Thesis work must follow Chicago Manual of Style Author-Date.
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