Nicholls State University

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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR ECONOMICS

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Courses numbered below 100 are developmental, courses in the 100 series are designed for freshmen, 200 courses are for sophomores, and 300 and 400 courses are for juniors and seniors.


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Admission to courses numbered 300 or above requires sophomore standing and completion of six semester hours of non‑developmental English and three semester hours of non‑developmental mathematics.


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Numbers preceded by an asterisk (*)indicate courses carrying undergraduate credit or graduate credit. Such courses are structured to ensure appropriate attention to both groups.


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Courses numbered 500 to 599 are designed for graduate students. Seniors, however, may be admitted under certain conditions (see Admissions of Seniors to Part‑Time Graduate Study).


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A freshman or sophomore cannot register for a course listed and offered for graduate or undergraduate credit, if a graduate student is enrolled in the course.


Courses numbered below 100 are developmental and are not acceptable for credit toward graduation. Some other courses numbered above 100 may not carry credit toward graduation; see course description.

The numerical listing after the course titles gives the following information:

first number :  

semester credit hours


second number :  

lecture hours per week


third number :  

laboratory or other contact hours per week.


ACCT 205 :  

Introduction to Financial Accounting. 03‑3‑0. (3 semester credit hours. 3 hours lecture per week. No laboratory.) (52.0301)


BIOL 204 :  

General Microbiology Laboratory. 1-0-3. (1 semester credit hour. No lecture. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (26.0503)


CHEM 451 :  

Research Problems. 2‑1‑3.(2 semester credit hours. 1 hour lecture per week. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (40.0599)


Courses offered only in specific semesters are identified by the following designations:

Su only  

Fa-odd years only

Sp only  

Fa-even years only

Fa only  

Sp-odd years only

  

Sp- even years only


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If courses have no designation(s), they are generally offered each semester, but student‘s should contact individual departments for variations.

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Summer Session course offerings vary greatly. Students must consult with their Dean's office for summer course offerings.


The University reserves the right to withdraw, modify, or add to the courses offered.

The four capital letters in parentheses represent the computerized abbreviation for that subject field; the abbreviation is often used on documents and course schedules. The numbers in parentheses represent the Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS).


Economics (ECON - 45.06)


ECON 211. Principles of Microeconomics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and eligibility for MATH 101. Degree credit will only be given for one of the following: ECON 211, 252 or 255. The theory of market exchanges and competition. Fundamental economic problems, methods of economic organization, and the price system. Topics include theory of demand and supply; international trade; markets in various competitive environments; income distribution and resource allocation; market failure, democratic processes and government failure. (Formerly ECON 252). (45.0601)

ECON 212. Principles of Macroeconomics. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: ECON 211 or 255. Degree credit will only be given for one of the following: ECON 212 or 251. The theory of the economy as a system. Problems of inflation and unemployment and policies to deal with these problems. Topics include determination of national income, employment, and price levels; money and banking; economic stabilization policies; international trade and finance. (Formerly ECON 251). (45.0601)

ECON 255. Survey of Economic Principles. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and eligibility to take MATH 101. Degree credit will only be given for one of the following: ECON 211, 252, or 255. A course for students whose curriculum requires only a survey course in economics. Basic microeconomic and macroeconomic principles and their applications to such subjects as competition versus monopoly, the role of government, economic stabilization policies, and international trade and finance. (45.0601)

ECON 311. Markets, Prices, and Firms. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255, QBA 282, MATH 102, 105, or 106 and junior standing. Economic analysis of prices and market institutions and how they coordinate the actions of diverse individuals in society in the use of resources in production and the exchange of goods and services for consumption. Emphasis on consumer choice and firm choice, cost analysis, pricing and output decisions under various competitive scenarios, as well as non-price competition. Attention is paid to economic theory, theory application, and empirical analysis. Fa only. (52.0601)

ECON 312. Applied Macroeconomics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255 and 212, MATH 102 or 105 or 106, and junior standing. Advanced treatment of selected topics from the following areas: business cycle, growth, fiscal and monetary polices, coordination issues, and open economy macroeconomics. Sp only. (45.0601)

ECON 317. Economics of Money and Banking. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ECON 255 or 212, MATH 102, 105, or 106 and junior standing. Institutional structure of the U.S. financial system and Federal Reserve regulation. Mechanics, theory, and history of monetary policy. Theory of macroeconomic stabilization and international finance. (45.0601)

ECON 322. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255 and junior standing. Environmental degradation and resource depletion as social problems. Examines both market and political institutions for improving human well being by making better use of natural resources. Fa-even years only. (45.0602)

ECON 325. Labor Economics. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255 and 212, MATH 102, 105, or 106 and junior standing. Role of wages in allocating resources in competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. The economics of labor demand and supply, human capital investment, union wage differentials and labor market discrimination. Sp only. (45.0602)

*ECON 415. Health Care Economics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255, QBA 282, MATH 102, 105, or 106 and junior standing. The supply and demand for health services. Markets for health professionals and health care provider firms. Discusses the roles of insurance, managed care and HMO's, professional licensure, for-profit and not-for-profit provider firms, and information problems in health care markets. Regulation, government financing of health care and health care reform issues discussed. Fa- odd years only. (45.0602)

*ECON 435. Principles of International Trade. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255 and 212, MATH 102, 105, or 106 and junior standing. An introductory course in international economics. Areas covered are trade theories, foreign exchange, tariffs and international economic organizations. The position of the United States in international trade is emphasized. Fa only. (45.0605)

ECON 446. Local and Regional Economic Development. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: MATH 101 and ECON 211 or 255 and 212. Factors affecting local and regional economic development. The roles of entrepreneurship, financial institutions, marketing, technology, location, land utilization, and taxation in local and regional economies. Sp- even years only. (45.0604)

ECON 460. Economics Internship. 3‑0‑10. Prerequisites: Meeting the minimum requirements for an internship (as defined by the College of Business Administration). Supervised practical experience in an approved private or public organization in work that applies economic analysis. (52.0601)

ECON 465. Public Economics. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: Junior Standing, ECON 211 and 212 or ECON 255, and MATH 102, 105, or 106. Causes and effects of public decision-making processes such as voting, public supply and financing of goods, problems of externalities and property rights issues. Sp-odd years only. (52.0601)

ECON 500. Managerial Economics. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: ECON 211 or 255 and QBA 282. Economic theories of competition and their application to strategic management of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Sp and Su only. (52.0601)


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