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contact individual departments for variations.
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offerings vary greatly. Students must consult with their Dean's office for
summer course offerings.
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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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