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Courses and Syllabi Faculty Profiles Economics Club Careers Lower-Division Courses
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101 | 102 | 261 | 262 | 301 | 303 | 321 | 322 | 365 403 | 410 | 411 | 431 | 441 | 450 | 451 | 454 | 455 | 456 | 457 458 | 459 | 460 | 461 | 463 | 464 | 472 | 473 | 474 | 481 | 490 703 | 721 | 722 | 751 | 753 | 759 | 764 | 765 | 781 | 793 | 797 Preliminary Schedule for: Fall 2001 |
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LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: EC 101 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Introduction to the determination of levels of national income, employment and prices and the basic causes of fluctuations of these levels. Faculty: Atkinson, Dobra, Nichols, Oleson, Parker, Pingle (Syllabi: Dobra, Nichols, Parker, Pingle) EC 102 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Introduction to the theory of relative prices; the allocation of productive resources among alternative uses in the production of national output and its distribution. Faculty: Dobra, Metts, Mitchell, Oleson, Parker (Syllabi: Parker) EC 261 PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS I (3+0) 3 credits Probability and major probability distributions; sampling theory; descriptive statistics; measures of central tendency and dispersion; index figures; time series. Prerequisite: MATH 124 or equivalent. Faculty: Nichols, Stiver, Mitchell, Oleson, Pingle, Song, Wendel (Syllabi: Nichols, Stiver, Pingle) EC 262 PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS II (3+0) 3 credits Statistical inference, estimation, hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlations; analysis of the variance. Prerequisite: EC 261. Faculty: Nichols, Stiver, Mitchell, Song, Wendel (Syllabi:Stiver, Wendel) Business majors must have satisfactorily completed the entire predivision business core (see section on Upper-Division Courses in the College of Business Administration section).EC 301 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of the economic institutions of capitalism and other economic systems. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Parker (Syllabus) EC 303 MONEY AND BANKING (3+0) 3 credits Nature and functions of money, functions and history of banks, Federal Reserve System; monetary, theory and policy in relation to employment, growth and price levels. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Cargill (Syllabus) EC 321 INTERMEDIATE PRICE THEORY (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of the price mechanism and the determination of resource allocation, output composition and income distribution in a market economy. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Dobra, Raffiee, Parker, Song, Wendel (Syllabi: Parker, Raffiee) EC 322 INTERMEDIATE INCOME THEORY (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of income, output, employment, and price-level determination in a market economy. The role of fiscal and monetary, policy in promoting stability and growth. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Pingle (Syllabus) EC 365 LABOR ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Theoretical materials relating to the economic analysis of labor problems and the descriptive materials relating to unionism and collective bargaining. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Mitchell EC 403, 603 MONETARY AND FINANCIAL ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Detailed analysis of the role played by money and monetary, institutions in the determination of the general levels of output, employment and prices. Prerequisite: EC 303. Faculty:Cargill (Syllabus) EC 410, 610 SEMINAR IN SOCIAL ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Advanced analysis of current economic problems. Maximum of 6 credits. No topic may be repeated for credit. Topics: Labor Issues and Relations in the Casino Industry: Faculty: Nichols (Syllabus)EC 411, 611 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF GAMING AND GAMBLING 3+0) 3 credits Analysis of topics relevant to gambling, including game strategies and oddsmaking, gambling behavior, economics of the gaming industry, compulsive gambling and gambling and the law. Faculty: Eadington (Syllabus) EC 431, 631 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Mathematical formulation of economic theory, with principal consideration given to the construction of deterministic models of economic behavior. Prerequisite: MATH 176; EC 321. Faculty: Raffiee, Song (Syllabus: Song) EC 441, 641 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS (3+0) 3 credits Application of statistical techniques for the purpose of testing and explaining economic relationships; integration of economic theory, with observed economic phenomena. Useful for economic and business forecasting. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102, 262 or equivalent. Faculty: Raffiee (Syllabus) EC 450, 650 CASINO INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT (crosslisted as GM 450, 650) Descriptive and economic analysis of gaming regulation in the U.S. and abroad. Topics include economic impact of regulation, new jurisdicitions, advertising, licensing, and price controls. (Same as GM 450/660.) Faculty: Nichols (Syllabus) EC 451, 651 PUBLIC FINANCE (3+0) 3 credits Appraisal of the effects of government financial policies. Government expenditures, taxation, government borrowing and indebtedness and fiscal policy are considered. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Atkinson (Syllabus) EC 454, 654 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC POLICY (3+0) 3 credits Interrelationships between industrial structure, conduct and performance. Implications for public policy with an emphasis on antitrust law. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Raffiee, Nichols (Syllabi: Nichols) EC 455, 655 ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH POLICY (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of health policy options, based on economic analysis of the health care industry and individual choices about health and health care. Prerequisite: Completion of lower division business core. Faculty: Wendel EC 456, 656 ECONOMICS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS (3+0) 3 credits Economic analysis of government intervention in a market economy, including antitrust policy, direct industry regulation and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Wendel EC 457, 657 LAW AND ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Examines economic efficiency implications and objectives of legal institutions and legal rulemaking; including common law, public regulation of the market and legal procedures. Prerequisite: EC 102. Faculty:Dobra (Syllabus) EC 458, 658 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of the theory, of international trade, balance of payments, commercial policies; international institutions and theory, of international economic integration. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Metts, Parker (Syllabus: Parker). EC 459, 659 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT (3+0) 3 credits Introduction to the worlds development problems such as population, food, scarcity of nonrenewable resources, growing inequality between nations and within nations, possible socioeconomic consequences of those problems. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Metts, Parker (Syllabi: Metts, Parker) EC 460, 660 ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND COMMON MARKETS (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of various cases of economic integration including the European Common Market and the North American Free Trade Area. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Atkinson (Syllabus) EC 461, 661 CHINESE ECONOMY (3+0) 3 credits Historical examination of China's economic development, with a special emphasis on its varying development strategies, and its future prospects. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Parker (Syllabus) EC 464, 664 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3+0) 3 credits Origin and development of economic institutions including industry,, agriculture, commerce, transportation, labor and finance. Analysis of the economic progress of the U.S. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Mitchell, Reed EC 471, 671 URBAN ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of the economic functioning of urban areas. Urban development, location of firms and households, housing markets, urban problems and policy formulation. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty:Song (Syllabus) EC 472, 672 REGIONAL ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Systematic analysis of the problems of economic growth and stability of subnational regions. Trade, location, interregional competition and structural economic analyses are considered (Same as APEC 472). Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. EC 474, 674 TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Economic analysis of intracity commuting and intercity transportation. Travel demand and anticongestion remedies. Policy toward road pricing, airlines, railroads and highways. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Song (Syllabus) EC 481, 681 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINES (3+0) 3 credits Development of classical political economy; the orthodox tradition in political economy in the l9th century; the foundation of economic doctrine in the 20th century. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102. Faculty: Cargill, Reed EC 490, 690 INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 to 3 credits Independent study in selected topics. Maximum of 6 credits. Graduate standing is required as a prerequisite for all 700-level courses in the College of Business Administration. EC 721 ADVANCED PRICE THEORY (3+0) 3 credits Advanced analysis of production, pricing, resource allocation and income distribution. Prerequisite: EC 321. Faculty: Raffiee (Syllabus) EC 722 ADVANCED INCOME THEORY (3+0) 3 credits Advanced analysis of the determinants of national income and the price level. Theories of growth and fluctuations in the economic system. Prerequisite: EC 322. Faculty:Pingle (Syllabus) EC 751 ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR (3+0) 3 credits Theory of local, state and federal expenditures and revenues. Economic effects of alternative policies and decision-making processes of the public sector are emphasized. Prerequisite: EC 451. Faculty: Atkinson EC 759 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (3+0) 3 credits Economic, social and political factors in economic development with special emphasis on low income countries. Programs for accelerated development and problems of financing are considered. Prerequisite: EC 458, 459. Faculty: Metts EC 765 SELECTED TOPICS IN LABOR ECONOMICS (3+0) 3 credits Analysis of labor force concepts and measurements, labor markets and labor mobility, wage theory and collective bargaining and macroeconomic behavior of employment and earnings. Prerequisite: EC 365. Faculty:Mitchell EC 793 INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 to 3 credits Advanced study and research in selected topics. Maximum of 6 credits. EC 797 THESIS 1 to 6 credits  |
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