ECON 625Numerical Methods for Economists
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Economics
ECON 625 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
The course covers important topics related to scientific computing through applications in either microeconomics, macroeconomics or economics. The topics include: floating point arithmetic, nonlinear equations, optimization, numerical derivatives and numerical integration, differential equations, and simulation of dynamic models.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
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