| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | Provides students with the analytical perspective to think critically about the market system and social objectives it may serve. Topics include supply and demand, market structure, production, market failure (e.g., pollution), and benefits and costs... |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Macroeconomics | The study of national income determination within a global economy. Topics include inflation, unemployment, GDP determination, money supply, balance of payments, currency markets and role of fiscal and monetary policies. |
| ECON 105 | Introduction to Global Economics | Survey of international economic issues for nonmajors. The U.S.'s role in the global economy is covered analytically, historically, and institutionally, with special attention given to balance of payments analysis, exchange rate determination, gains... |
| ECON 120 | Conversations in Economics | Topics course in economics, providing students with insight into many applications of economics. |
| ECON 170 | Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics (Accelerated Version) | Theory, methodology, and applications of statistics to contemporary business and economics problems. Includes descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions, one- and two-population statistical inference, analysis of variance,... |
| ECON 200 | The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | Role and functions of money; operation of financial institutions; structure and influence of Federal Reserve System; effects of money and credit on economic activity. |
| ECON 201 | Games and Experiments in Economics | Introduction to game theory. Based on a scientific metaphor that many interactions that we do not usually think of as games such as market competition, collusion, auctions, elections, bargaining can be treated and analyzed as games. Study of how to r... |
| ECON 210 | The Economics of the European Union | Seminar-style economics class on economic foundations underlying the past, present and future of the European Union. Combines lecture material on the economics of regional integration with reading-, writing-, and discussion-intensive activities meant... |
| ECON 211 | Economic Development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America | Comparative analysis of economic growth, income and wealth distribution, trade and finance, population, agriculture, and industrialization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. |
| ECON 215 | International Monetary Economics | Introduction to the fields of open-economy macroeconomics and international finance. Builds upon the closed-economy models of previous courses and extends them by considering the impacts of domestic and foreign policies on key variables such as inter... |
| ECON 220 | History of Economic Thought | Survey of the development of economic analysis with emphasis on early mercantilist writers, Adam Smith and the evolution of the Classical School, the Neoclassical revolution, Marxian economics and socialism, Keynesian economics, Austrian economics, a... |
| ECON 221 | American Economic History | Use of economic theory and methods to study American history with special emphasis on economic growth. Topics include Native American development up to the arrival of Europeans, transportation revolutions, slavery, agriculture and monetary controvers... |
| ECON 230 | Environmental Economics | Development and application of economic principles to understand and evaluate causes and solutions to environmental problems such as pollution and conservation. Topics include economics of biodiversity protection, climate change, natural resource dam... |
| ECON 231 | Law and Economics | Application of economic analysis to the field of law. Using goals of efficiency and wealth maximization, shows how economic theory can unify property law, contract law, tort law, and criminal law, as well as offering new insights to traditional legal... |
| ECON 233 | Ethics and Economics | Explores ethical considerations that arise in economic analyses. In positive economics, how are choices informed by considerations of duty or virtue (in addition to utility)? In normative economics, how do concepts of welfare and efficiency derive fr... |
| ECON 234 | Urban Economics | Introduction to the field of urban and regional economics. Study of urban growth and decline, the monocentric city model, and urban challenges. Application and interpretation of computer-generated statistical output. |
| ECON 235 | Gender Economics | This course will examine economic theories and empirical evidence relating to the role of gender in the economy, with a focus on women in the workforce, family formation (marriage and children), and current issues. In taking this course, students wil... |
| ECON 242 | Data Analysis & Computing for Economics & Business | Introduction to data analysis and programming in economics/business. Students will learn general-purpose programming techniques and how to use computing tools for data preparation and analysis, along with their application to economic/business proble... |
| ECON 249 | Topics in Applied Quantitative Economics | Short modules/workshops on topics in applied quantitative economics. |
| ECON 259 | Special Topics in Economics | Major areas in economics, application of economic principles, and analysis of policy issues. |
| ECON 269 | Independent Study | Specialized study or directed research in an area of economics. Students are expected to produce a final academic product to be completed during the semester for which he/she is registered for the course. Independent studies may not duplicate availab... |
| ECON 270 | Introductory Econometrics | Techniques for rigorously testing economic theory and preparation for basic empirical work in economics. Topics will include basic data analysis, a review of comparisons of means, regression analysis (including estimation, functional form, dummy vari... |
| ECON 271 | Microeconomic Theory | Theory of price determination in both output and input markets; in-depth analysis of behavior of individual consumers, firms, and industries under various market structures; theories of exchange and distribution. |
| ECON 272 | Macroeconomic Theory | Theory of national income determination; short/medium-run monetary and fiscal policy issues are examined using Keynesian and New Classical models; long-run analysis focuses on recent extensions of the neoclassical growth model. |
| ECON 300 | Industrial Organization and Public Policy | Designed to identify features of industries with various degrees of competition. Issues to be explored include: identifying dominant firm, tight or loose oligopoly, competitive, and monopoly industries; product vs. geographic markets; technological i... |
| ECON 310 | International Trade: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies | Through both theoretical and empirical approaches, students will study international trade in goods and services and develop a framework for analysis of trade policy issues. Major themes include the causes and patterns of trade, the gains from trade... |
| ECON 315 | International Macroeconomics | An advanced course in international finance and macroeconomics focusing on the factors that determine countries' capital flows and trade balances. The course will introduce several models of intertemporal welfare maximization to help students think a... |
| ECON 330 | Environmental and Resource Economic Theory | A rigorous treatment of environmental and resource issues, with particular emphasis on problem of designing appropriate institutions and regulations. Topics include public goods, emission fees and tradable permits, nonmarket valuation, depletion of n... |
| ECON 331 | Labor Economics | Economic analysis of labor markets including labor supply, investment in human capital, labor demand, and wage determination. Policy issues include labor unions, discrimination, and analysis of government programs affecting labor markets. |
| ECON 332 | Public Economics | Economic analysis of government spending and taxation with particular emphasis on current public policy issues (e.g., social security, health care and fundamental income tax reform). |
| ECON 341 | Mathematical Economics | Examines various economic concepts by means of mathematical analysis. |
| ECON 359 | Special Topics in Economics | Major areas in economics, application of economic principles, and analysis of policy issues to enhance the Economics major. |
| ECON 368 | Global Vision: A Student-Managed ETF Portfolio | Introduces students to the role of pure economic analysis in the construction of investment portfolios. The asset class and sector allocations of the portfolio flow from on-going assessment of domestic and international economic conditions. The portf... |
| ECON 369 | Independent Study | Specialized study or directed research in an area of economics. Students are expected to produce a final academic product to be completed during the semester for which he/she is registered for the course. Typically, independent studies may not duplic... |
| ECON 370 | Advanced Econometrics | Techniques for rigorously testing economic theory. Reinforces and extends the econometric techniques developed in Economics 270. Topics include a review of the classical linear regression model as well as model extensions including dummy and limited... |
| ECON 372 | Advanced Macroeconomics | Examination of selected topics in macroeconomics beyond the basic theory level covered in Economics 272. Topics may include forecasting, time-series econometrics, growth theory, analysis of dynamic, stochastic general-equilibrium models, and open-eco... |
| ECON 373 | Forecasting and Time Series Analysis | Empirical course in macroeconomic forecasting and time-series analysis. Topics include macroeconomic data, effective graphing techniques, ARIMA modeling, VAR modeling, how to evaluate forecasts, smoothing models, and the impact of forecasting on poli... |
| ECON 406 | Summer Undergraduate Research | Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas... |
| ECON 480 | Senior Capstone Seminar | Utilizes theoretical and applied economic models from previous economics courses. Semester assignments guide students in learning how to use and interpret data and to create forecasts, conducting in-depth empirical research on a current issue of rele... |
| ECON 490 | Honors Seminar in Economics | Honors seminar. |
| ECON 491 | Honors Thesis in Economics | Capstone independent research project and honors paper. Note: Participation in the honors program fulfills the capstone requirement. |