Undergraduate Economics
Undergraduate Economics
2021 Fall Term
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PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
ECON 201
Consumer and firm behavior. Market supply and demand and the price system. Monopoly and imperfectly competitive market structures. The pricing of factors of production and the distribution of income. Additional topics may include: poverty, growth and development; international trade. Conventional grade basis only if course is required in the College of Business for major.
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
ECON 202
The economic problem: allocating scarce resources among alternative uses. The role of the market: supply and demand. The aggregate economy: output, income, employment and inflation. The nature and role of money. The effect of government expenditure and taxation on the economy. Conventional grade basis only if course is required in the College of Business for major.
BUSINESS STATISTICS
ECON 245
An introduction to descriptive statistics, probability theory and statistical inference. Graphical and numerical methods of summarizing data. Probability concepts and theoretical probability distributions. Sampling and sampling distributions. Estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Correlation and regression analysis. The course emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistical techniques.
INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECON 301
Consumer and firm behavior. Theories of consumption and production. Pricing of products and factors of production under different market structures. General equilibrium. Market failure, externalities and public goods.
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECON 302
Measuring the aggregate economy: national income and product accounting, inflation and unemployment. The nature and role of money and interest rates in the macroeconomy. The effects of monetary and fiscal policies on output, employment and inflation in the short and long run. Economic fluctuations and growth.
ECONOMETRICS
ECON 345
The second course in statistics is a course in applied regression analysis with particular emphasis on economic analysis. It begins with a review and extension of descriptive statistics, probability and statistical inference as presented in Business Statistics before going on to a detailed treatment of simple and multiple regression.
MONEY AND BANKING
ECON 354
The demand for and supply of money in historical perspective including the role of the banking system in the credit creation process. Financial markets, interest rates and economic activity. The Federal Reserve System, monetary policy and the macroeconomy.
PUBLIC FINANCE
ECON 356
Economic analysis of public sector issues in relation to the overall economy including: market failure and the role of the public sector; the effects of government expenditures, taxation and borrowing on the allocation and distribution of resources; stability of the U.S. economic system.
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
ECON 360
The historical growth experience of industrialized economies; the challenge of development in Asia, Africa and Latin America; problems of transition in formerly centrally planned economies. Economic growth and structural change; income distribution and poverty; population growth and human resources; international trade, foreign investment and development assistance.
BUSINESS CYCLES
ECON 402
An historical overview and theoretical interpretations of U.S. business cycle experience. U.S. business cycles in a global context, business cycle theories and stabilization policy.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND BANKING
ECON 406
The monetary dimension of international economics. Balance of payments accounting; exchange rates, prices and interest rates; spot and forward foreign exchange; international financial markets and international banking; exchange rate systems and the role of central banks; open-economy macroeconomics; the international monetory system and current policy issues.
ECONOMICS SENIOR CAPSTONE
ECON 489
The Economics Capstone is a course for seniors soon to graduate with an Economics degree. Students will reflect on their previous education and demonstrate proficiency in program learning objectives. Student work will center on the production of a substantial high-quality thesis on a student-chosen topic of economic interest.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
ECON 498
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable. Department Consent required.