College of Arts and Sciences

2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

Economics Courses

Course Number	Name	Description
Course descriptions may be updated periodically to reflect changes since the last published catalog.
EC-101	Principles of Microeconomics	Introduction to the organization and operation of a market economy wit ... Read More »
EC-102	Priciples of Macroeconomics	Introduction to the theory of income determination, national income an ... Read More »
EC-111	Financial and Consumer Economics	The economic analysis of consumer decisions. Topics include: Purchasin ... Read More »
EC-122	Poverty and Inequality	This course looks at economic inequality, with a particular focus on t ... Read More »
EC-131	Environmental Economics	Identifies the environmental effects of economic activity, including p ... Read More »
EC-141	Development Economics	Why do so many countries remain so poor? Why have some (e.g. the Asian ... Read More »
EC-151	Economic & Human Geography	The study of how economic and human activity is distributed across spa ... Read More »
EC-311	Intermediate Micro Theory	Theory of consumer behavior and demand. Theory of production and cost ... Read More »
EC-312	Intermediate Macro Theory	Application of the methods of neoclassical and of Keynesian economics ... Read More »
EC-331	History of Economic Thought	Presents the leading contemporary schools of economic thought as the o ... Read More »
EC-340	Economics of Energy and Natural Resources	This course applies economic analysis to identify the origins, consequ ... Read More »
EC-370	Legal Foundations of Democratic Capitalism	The purpose of this course is to identify the legal, institutional and ... Read More »
EC-402	Mathematical Economics	This course introduces the mathematical basis of economic theory. Emp ... Read More »
EC-421	Public Economics: Tax and Budget	The theory of tax policy and tax structure. The effects on economic be ... Read More »
EC-423	Economics of Regulation	This course examines regulation and analyzes the structure, conduct, a ... Read More »
EC-430	Int'l Trade Theory & Policy	This course examines theories of international trade. The policy impl ... Read More »
EC-433	Public Choice	This course considers the degree to which it is possible to explain, p ... Read More »
EC-442	International Monetary Economics	The balance of payments and foreign exchange markets and instruments, ... Read More »
EC-445	The Economics of the European Union	An economic analysis of the European Union, the history of European mo ... Read More »
EC-450	Applied Econometrics	This course is an introduction to the classical linear regression mode ... Read More »
EC-460	Game Theory	This course introduces students to the foundations of game theory usin ... Read More »
EC-483	Money, Banking & Financial Markets	The study of money, financial markets and instruments, commercial bank ... Read More »
EC-490	Senior Seminar in Economics	This is a required course for all students majoring in economics, to b ... Read More »
EC-503	Internship in Economics	Approximately 12 hours per week working in a position designed to give ... Read More »
EC-510	EC Independent Study	Independent study in economics ... Read More »
EC-H101	Honors Principles of Microeconomics	Introduction to the organization and operation of a market economy wit ... Read More »
EC-H102	Honors Principles of Macroeconomics	Introduction to the theory of income determination, national income an ... Read More »