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Comparing the number of courses within a degree does not prove anything other than one programme requires more courses than another. What one university can cover in 3 courses another institute could cover in less than 2 courses, so the number of courses you do in a degree is no measure of the depth and content of the programme of study.
I've compared it. I've looked at a local NZ uni course calendar and made comparisons. The extra 4th year meant I had professors that were experts in that area of their teaching. As mentioned before, a full book on ie. labour economics would only be covered as a chapter in a generalised course my cousin took (and how long does it take for a professor to cover a chapter in a text book? (1 or 2 weeks of class?).