(3 crs.) General overview of concepts economists employ to address issues of public policy. Description of major institutions of present-day American economy. Historical approach to subject matter. (Lec. 3/Online)

(3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN 100: Introduction to Economics. (Lec 3/Online) Pre: Must have a 3.40 overall GPA.

(3 crs.) Principles underlying resource allocation, production, and income distribution in a market economy. Topics include demand and supply, consumer behavior, firm behavior, market structure, and elementary welfare analysis. Institutional foundations explored. (Lec. 3/Online) (A2)

(3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN 201: Principles of Economics: Microeconomics. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: overall gpa of 3.40. (A2)

(3 crs.) Principles underlying aggregate demand and aggregate supply in a market economy. Topics include national income determination, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international trade. Institutional foundations explored. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 201 or ECN 201H or EEC 105 or equivalent. (A2) (C1)

(3 crs.) Principles underlying aggregate demand and aggregate supply in a market economy. Topics include national income determination, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international trade. Institutional foundations explored. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: 3.40 overall gpa and ECN 201 or ECN 201H or EEC 105 or equivalent. (A2) (C1)

(3 crs.) Introductory exposure to the history of economic thought and also to competing schools of thought within modern economics. Connections between present-day controversies and competing traditions are explored. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 201, 202. May be taken concurrently with 202.

(3 crs.) Identify, compile, interpret, and analyze quantitative economic data by expressing relationships through graphs, statistical analysis, and discursive English. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 and credit or concurrent enrollment in ECN 202, and MTH 103 or 111 or 131 or 141 or BAI (BUS) 111.

(3 crs.) Theory of consumer behavior, the firm, market equilibrium, general equilibrium, imperfect competition, optimization over time, and linear models. Models of microeconomics are developed using calculus and linear algebra. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201, 202 and MTH 131 or 141.

(3 crs.) Theory of consumption, investment, monetary and fiscal policy, static and dynamic models, economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Macroeconomics developed using calculus and linear algebra. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201, 202 and MTH 131 or 141.

(3 crs.) Measurement of national income. Theory of the determination of the general level of income, employment, and prices. Business fluctuations. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 202 or 590, and MTH 103 or 111 or 131 or 141 or BAI (BUS) 111, or permission of instructor. Not available for credit for students who have taken ECN 324.

(3 crs.) Market conditions and forces affecting the pricing and production of goods and services, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of income. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 201 or 201H or EEC 105; MTH 103 or 111 or 131 or 141 or BAI (BUS) 111. Not available for credit for students who have taken ECN 323.

(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), PSC 333. Explores the different approaches of the economic analysis of law, and the history of how economics came to influence on the field of law. (Lec. 4) Pre: ECN 201.

(3 crs.) Structure and functioning of monetary institutions. Analyses of monetary theories. The role of monetary policy. U.S. banking structure: its operations and functioning. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 201 and 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Analyzes the basic functioning of markets using microeconomics generalizing to basic macroeconomic models. Emphasis on analyzing macroeconomic behavior through the interrelationships between the stock, bond, currency, and commodity markets. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 and 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Historical and present attitudes and policies of various levels of government toward the changing structure of American business. Emphasis on legal and economic concepts of business activity. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Theory and evidence on international trade and finance. Includes determinants and welfare effects of foreign trade, international investment, migration, exchange rates, and the balance of payments. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: ECN 100 or 201 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Examination of the theory and practice of public expenditures, revenues, and fiscal policy with major emphasis on federal fiscal affairs. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), PSC 344. History, theory, and politics of the global financial system. Topics include the foreign exchange market, international banking, macroeconomic problems of open economies, and global financial crises. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 100 or 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN/PSC 344H: Political Economy of Global Finance. Cross-listed as (ECN), PSC 344. History, theory, and politics of the global financial system. Topics include the foreign exchange market, international banking, macroeconomic problems of open economies, and global financial crises. (Lec. 3) Pre: 3.40 overall GPA, and ECN 100 or 202, or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Special work in economics when it can be arranged to meet the needs of individual students who desire independent work. (Independent Study) Pre: ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor. S/U credit.

(3 crs.) Special work in economics when it can be arranged to meet the needs of individual students who desire independent work. (Independent Study) Pre: ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor. S/U credit.

(3 crs.) Study of the economies of different countries and regions in the context of globalization and reactions to it. (Online) Pre: ECN 201, ECN 202, and PSC 116G.

(3 crs.) Economic analysis of health services. Topics include demand and supply in markets for health care and insurance, government regulations, and performance of national health systems. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201

(3 crs.) Basic problems in economic growth and development of so-called backward or preindustrial countries. Emphasis on population trends, agrarian reforms, capital formation, international aid programs, respective roles of private and public enterprise. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN 363: Economic Growth and Development. (Lec. 3) Pre: 3.40 overall gpa, ECN 201 or 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Impact of industrialization on workers; survey of the basic principles of labor market organization and operation; unemployment and remedies; wage determination under union and nonunion conditions. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 and 202, or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Mathematical techniques used in modern economic theory. Linear algebra, the calculus of several variables, constrained maximization, and differential equations. Application to economic problems. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 and 202 and MTH 131 or 141, or permission of instructor.

(4 crs.) Application of econometric methods to economic problems. Econometric tools applied to micro- and macroeconomic problems. (Lec. 3, Lab. 2) Pre: ECN 201, 202, and 306; and MTH 103 or 111 or 131 or 141 or BAI (BUS) 111.

(3 crs.) Radical right and radical left critiques. Radical views on values, methodology, production planning, income distribution, economic power, the military-industrial complex, imperialism, and racial and sexual discrimination. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 202 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN 381: Radical Critiques of Contemporary Political Economics. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 202, 3.40 overall GPA, or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), GWS 386. An economic examination of the historical interrelations of race, class, and gender issues. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 100 or 201 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), GWS, AAF 386. An economic examination of the historical interrelations of race, class, and gender issues. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 100 or 201 or permission of instructor. (C3) (B1)

(3-4 crs.) In-depth treatment of a topic in economics. May be repeated with different topics. (Lec. 3-4) Pre: ECN 201 or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), NVP 399G. Interdisciplinary consideration of Economics and Nonviolence & Peace Studies through an examination of Taoist Economics and Buddhist Economics, and how these two perspectives apply to contemporary policy and ethical issues. (Lec. 3) (A2) (GC)

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (AAF), PSC, ECN 415. Exploration of the slave trade and the origins of Africans and people of African descent in the Caribbean. Emphasis on political and economic relations with the U.S. and the impact of modernization. (Lec. 3) Not for graduate credit.

(3 crs.) Collaborative group research on topic(s) selected by instructor. Written report and/or oral presentation required. (Seminar) Pre: For economics majors only. Must have completed 90 credits and ECN 201, 202, 305, 306 or 376, 324 or 327, 323 or 328, or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. (D1)

(3 crs.) Cross-listed (EEC), ECN, MKT 450. This course provides an introduction to the methods and practice of experimental economics. Students will learn the fundamentals of how to design an experiment and important findings from experiments. (Lec. 3) Pre: EEC 310, ECN 328, MKT 366H, or MKT 367, or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), LHR 480. Intensive studies examining various important topics in labor studies. Class discussion of assigned readings and student reports.(Lec. 3) Pre: permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit.

(1-3 crs.) Independent research. (Independent Study) S/U credit.

(1-3 crs.) Independent research. (Independent Study) S/U credit.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (LHR), PSC, ECN 521. International and comparative politics of work and social welfare. Transformation of work due to globalization and family shifts; worker rights, education/training, and social security across countries. (Lec. 3) Pre: graduate standing or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (LHR), ECN 526. The theory of labor market behavior, and application of theory for public policy analysis in areas such as discrimination, unemployment, and education. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 201 and 202 or 590 or equivalent.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (EEC), ECN 527. Static and dynamic models of aggregate economic behavior developed and analyzed. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 327 and 375 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (EEC), ECN 528. Analytic tools of optimization. Neoclassical price and production theory. Neoclassical theory of consumer and producer behavior, price and distribution, partial and general equilibrium and welfare economics. (Lec. 4) Pre: ECN 328 and 375 or equivalent and concurrent registration in EEC 518, or permission of instructor.

(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (EEC), ECN, STA 576. Application of statistics and mathematics to economic analysis. Implication of assumption required by statistical methods for testing economic hypotheses. Current econometric methods examined and discussed. (Lec. 3, Lab. 2) Pre: ECN 575 or equivalent, STA 308 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

(3 crs.) Survey of micro- and macroeconomic theory. (Lec. 3) Pre: graduate standing in accounting, labor and industrial relations, or M.B.A. program.

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (EEC), ECN 628. Neoclassical value and distribution theory. Theories of imperfect competition, general equilibrium theory, and dynamic analysis. (Lec. 3) Pre: EEC 528 or permission of instructor.

(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (EEC), ECN 676. A course covering the tools necessary for professional research in resource economics. Reviews the general linear model, but emphasis is on simultaneous equation models. Assumes a knowledge of introductory econometrics, statistical theory, and matrix algebra. (Lec. 4) Pre: EEC 576 or its equivalent.