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Economics Courses

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ECON-210 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Survey of micro- and macroeconomic theories, institutions, and methods, emphasizing the operation of market systems in the allocation of resources and the distribution of income. Fiscal and monetary theories and policies for achieving economic stability and growth in the national economy. Prerequisite: college mathematics proficiency requirement. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits (IS or QR)

ECON-321 ECONOMICS OF SPORTS

Application of economic analysis to professional and amateur sports. Analysis of industry market structures and labor markets, including the role of discrimination. Public policy issues such as Title IX and stadium financing. $40 course fee. Prerequisite: 210. Offered spring. 4 credits (IS or US)

ECON-322 ECONOMICS OF COLLEGE SPORTS

Application of economics analysis to intercollegiate sports. Analysis of the NCAA as a cartell and the labor market for college coaches. Role of the media in the commercialization of college sports. Issues of discrimination and Title IX. Public policy questions such as paying college athletes and reforms to improve balance between academics and athletics. Prerequisite: 210. Offered spring. 4 credits (IS or US)

ECON-331 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Study of international trade theory and policy. Causes and consequences of international trade, commodity composition of trade, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, regional and multilateral trade agreements. Prerequisite: 210. 4 credits

ECON-332 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Analysis of the theory and history of growth processes in lower income economies. Prerequisite: 210. 4 credits (GP)

ECON-333 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS

Study of international monetary theory and policy, balance of payments and exchange rate determination and adjustment, exchange rate systems, macroeconomic policy in the open economy, and selected international banking issues. Prerequisite: ECON 210. Offered spring. 4 credits

ECON-342 NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS

Optimal management of natural resources such as land, water, minerals, fisheries, rangeland and forests over time. Balancing the tension between the value of natural resources as productive inputs in the present against their potential value in the future. Prerequisite: 210 or equivalent. 4 credits (IS or QR)

ECON-351 PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS

This course introduces students to how economic principles can be applied to public goods and services. It also examines how economic principles of efficiency and equity can be applied to both determine the optimal level of public and quasi- public goods and services and the socially appropriate mechanisms for paying for these goods and services. Prerequisite: 210. 4 credits

ECON-361 TOPICS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY

Changes in economic structure and performance over time. Causes of ecomonic change and the impact on society, including marginalized groups. May be repeated for credit under different topics. Prerequisite: 210. 4 credits (VP or US)

ECON-398 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAV

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Economic History of the Industrial Revolution in England (VP, GP) Environmental Economics in Australia (IS,GP), and Financial Systems of Austria and the Czeck Republic. Offered only as student interest and college resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

ECON-411 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS

Marginal utility, market demand, elasticities, production and cost, product pricing and output, market structure, pricing and employment of resources, income distribution, general equilibrium, and welfare economics. Prerequisites: 210; MATH 140, 160. Offered spring. 4 credits

ECON-412 INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

National income accounting, consumption theories, investment theories, balance of foreign payments, business fluctuations, economic growth, fiscal theory and policies, and monetary theories and policies. Prerequisites: 210; MATH 140, 160. Offered fall. 4 credits (QR)

ECON-416 ECONOMETRICS

Application of economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inference in the formulation and testing of economic hypotheses. Development of skills associated with generating, interpreting, and reporting results of empirical research in economics. $10 lab fee. Prerequisites: 411, 412. Offered fall. 4 credits (QR)

ECON-417 SENIOR SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS

Selected topics in economics using small group discussion. Student participation, daily writing assignments, and a semester research project. Open to senior majors or minors in economics. $10 course fee. Prerequisites: 411, 412, 416. Offered spring. 4 credits (MWI)

ECON-439 PEER INSTRUCTION

Advanced study opportunity for outstanding students to assist faculty members in the classroom or laboratory. Focus on course content and pedagogy. Prerequisites: application and consent of instructor. 1-4 credits (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) (EL)

ECON-461 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Evolution of ideas about economic matters and methodology from antiquity to the present. Evolution of "Economic Man." Pre- or corequisite: 411 or 412. 4 credits (UQ or VP)

ECON-480 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Advanced study in a particular topic in economics chosen by the student in consultation with a supervising departmental faculty member. Prerequisites: GPA of at least 2.75, and approval of advisor and department chair. 1-4 credits

ECON-487 INTERNSHIP

Applied economics learning experience in a public or private sector organization. Prerequisites: GPA of at least 3.00; completion of at least 20 credits in ECON courses including 411 and 412, and approval of both advisor and department chair. (EL) 1-4 credits.

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