 | | Course ID: | ECON 1100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Analysis of Strategic Games | Course
Description: | The analysis of players' strategies and their outcomes when each player's best strategy depends on the (expected) actions of others. Circumstances leading to both cooperative and noncooperative outcomes are considered, with economic and other applications. | | Oasis Title: | ANALYSIS OF GAMES | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Environmental Quality | Course
Description: | The economic analysis of environmental issues, with discussions of current environmental quality problems, their underlying causes, and command vs. market-based solutions. | | Oasis Title: | ECON OF ENV QUALITY | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4150 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2105. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Macroeconomics | Course
Description: | Explanations of economic growth and the business cycle, aimed at shedding light on economy-wide problems such as inflation and unemployment, with special attention to the role played by monetary and fiscal policies. | | Oasis Title: | PRIN OF MACROECON | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2105H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Macroeconomics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Explanations of economic growth and the business cycle, aimed at shedding light on economy-wide problems such as inflation and unemployment, with special attention to the role played by monetary and fiscal policies. | | Oasis Title: | PRIN OF MACROECON | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 2105 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2106. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Microeconomics | Course
Description: | Laws governing the use of scarce resources by producers and consumers in market economies, with emphasis on the role played by prices. The consequences of government involvement in the economy are studied, with examples taken from current policy issues. | | Oasis Title: | PRIN OF MICROECON | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2106H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Microeconomics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Laws governing the use of scarce resources by producers and consumers in market economies, with emphasis on the role played by prices. The consequences of government involvement in the economy are studied, with examples taken from current policy issues. | | Oasis Title: | PRIN OF MICROECON | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 2106 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Development of the United States | Course
Description: | The United States' growth and transformation into an industrialized nation, exploring the contributions of diverse cultural groups. The rise of the corporation, slavery, government regulation, banking, transportation, the economic role of women and minorities, the Great Depression, and rapid post-World War II growth. | | Oasis Title: | ECON DEV OF US | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 2200H or ECON 4700/6700 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 2200H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Development of the United States (Honors) | Course
Description: | The United States' growth and transformation into an industrialized nation, exploring the contributions of diverse cultural groups. The rise of the corporation, slavery, government regulation, banking, transportation, the economic role of women and minorities, the Great Depression, and rapid post-World War II growth. | | Oasis Title: | ECON DEV OF US | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 2200 or ECON 4700/6700 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Economics of Human Resources | Course
Description: | The application of microeconomic principles to the study of the behavior of individuals and business firms in the labor market. The roles of private institutions and public policies in affecting worker compensation, employment, unemployment, and the distribution of labor-market earnings. | | Oasis Title: | ECON HUMAN RESOURCE | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4600/6600 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Microeconomics | Course
Description: | Resource allocation in a market economy, with an emphasis on the workings of the price system under competitive and monopolistic conditions. The welfare costs of departures from perfect competition are examined, and students are introduced to game theory and the economics of information. | | Oasis Title: | INT MICROECON | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 and (MATH 2200 or MATH 2250) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4010H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Microeconomics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Resource allocation in a market economy, with an emphasis on the workings of the price system under competitive and monopolistic conditions. The welfare costs of departures from perfect competition are examined, and students are introduced to game theory and the economics of information. | | Oasis Title: | INT MICRO HNRS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4010 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and (MATH 2200 or MATH 2250) and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4020H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Macroeconomics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Theories aimed at explaining observed levels of national income, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates, with critical evaluations of alternative domestic and international fiscal and monetary policies. | | Oasis Title: | INT MACRO HNRS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4020 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and (MATH 2200 or MATH 2250) and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Course
Description: | Theories aimed at explaining observed levels of national income, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates, with critical evaluations of alternative domestic and international fiscal and monetary policies. | | Oasis Title: | INT MACROECON | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 and (MATH 2200 or MATH 2250) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Money and Banking | Course
Description: | Money and banks in the economy, with lectures on financial intermediation, how interest rates are determined, domestic banking regulations, international banking and exchange rates, and monetary theory and policy. | | Oasis Title: | MONEY AND BANKING | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4100/6100 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4030H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Money and Banking (Honors) | Course
Description: | Money and banks in the economy, with lectures on financial intermediation, how interest rates are determined, domestic banking regulations, international banking and exchange rates, and monetary theory and policy. | | Oasis Title: | MONEY AND BANKING | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4030 or ECON 4100/6100 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The International Business Environment | Course
Description: | Trade, macroeconomic policy, and financial-market issues and theories of relevance to multi-national firms, with applications to recent events. | | Oasis Title: | INT BUSINESS ENV | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4550/6550 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2106 and ECON 2105 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4100/6100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Monetary Economics | Course
Description: | Money and financial markets, emphasizing the evolution and economic rationale of money and financial institutions, determinants of the price level and interest rates, alternative monetary policies, and international monetary relations. | | Oasis Title: | MONETARY ECONOMICS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4030 or ECON 4030H | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 or ECON 4020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Economics | Course
Description: | The economic foundations of global environmental problems, including air and water pollution and the depletion of natural resources, with discussions of alternative (command and market-based) solutions. | | Oasis Title: | ENV ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Growth and Development | Course
Description: | Problems and programs of economic growth; specific attention directed to underdeveloped areas, national economies, and regions. International agencies and coordinated efforts in economic development processes will be appraised within a theoretical reference. | | Oasis Title: | ECON GROWTH & DEV | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4250H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Education (Honors) | Course
Description: | An analysis of how education is organized and delivered, and
the efficacy of reforms such as increasing teacher salaries,
decreasing student-teacher ratios, requiring teacher
certification, high-stakes testing, charter schools, vouchers,
and EMO’s. In higher education, we study affirmative action,
racial preferences in admissions, and the recent shift from
need-based to merit based aid. | | Oasis Title: | ECON OF EDUCATION | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4250 | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Education | Course
Description: | Application of economic principles to the production and
delivery
of education. Analysis of education policy and reform at the
primary, secondary and post-secondary levels; e.g., policies
related to teacher pay, class-size, high-stakes testing, charter
schools, vouchers, affirmative action, and financial aid.
International higher education policies are also discussed. | | Oasis Title: | ECON OF EDUCATION | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 4250H | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4300/6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Public Sector Economics | Course
Description: | Government's economic role, with discussions of what governments should (or shouldn't) do, and of what they do in fact. Major tax and spending programs are critically examined, and proposals for changing them are considered. | | Oasis Title: | PUBLIC SECTOR ECON | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Health Economics | Course
Description: | Economics of health, health care, and health policy.
Application of microeconomic principles to the study of
individual health production and the market for health
insurance, the analysis of the health-care industry, and the
evaluation of health policy. | | Oasis Title: | HEALTH ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4350/6350. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Industrial Economics | Course
Description: | Firms' performances and conduct toward rival firms, suppliers, and customers under different market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. The rationale and consequences of antitrust regulation and other public policies. | | Oasis Title: | INDUSTRIAL ECON | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4360/6360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Game Theory | Course
Description: | The theory of games, with examples from economics and social
sciences. A focus on non-cooperative games and the classical,
rationalistic approach to strategic behavior. Formal models of
strategic reasoning are presented, along with classroom
experiments and examples. | | Oasis Title: | GAME THEORY | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4400/6400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Public and Regulated Enterprises | Course
Description: | The economic analysis of regulated and nationalized industries and organizations, with emphasis on the regulation of electric, natural gas, and telecommunications enterprises. Methods and implications of privatization of traditionally "public" enterprises are also considered. | | Oasis Title: | PUBLIC ENTERPRISES | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4450/6450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Analysis of Law | Course
Description: | An efficiency-based perspective on major areas of the law, including contract, tort, and nuisance law, which points to the reduction of transactions costs as unifying legal principle. | | Oasis Title: | ECN ANALYSIS OF LAW | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4460/6460. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sports Economics | Course
Description: | Economic analysis of sports teams, leagues, and institutions.
Topics include antitrust issues, the alleged cartel of sports
leagues, public funding of sports venues, labor relations, player
drafts, athlete compensation, wagering markets, and the general
application of economic principles to sport settings and events. | | Oasis Title: | SPORTS ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4500/6500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Monetary Policy | Course
Description: | The theory and practice of monetary policy, including discussions of rationales for government involvement in money and banking, actual central bank behavior, the choice of monetary rules versus discretion, and how alternative monetary regimes might work. | | Oasis Title: | MONETARY POLICY | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and ECON 4100/6100 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ECON 4010 and (ECON 4030 or ECON 4030H or ECON 4100/6100) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4550/6550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Trade: Theory and Policy | Course
Description: | The determinants of world trade patterns, with discussions of immigration, capital mobility, inter-industry trade, transfer payments, and recent developments in international trade policy. | | Oasis Title: | INT TRADE | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4600/6600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Labor Economics | Course
Description: | The application of microeconomics to the study of labor markets. The demand for and supply of labor, compensating wage differentials, human capital investment, alternative compensation policies, unions, discrimination, and unemployment. | | Oasis Title: | LABOR ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4650/6650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Organizations and Management | Course
Description: | Decision making within firms and public organizations, using standard microeconomic tools. Transaction costs and the size of the firm, the compensation and motivation of workers, mergers and corporate control, team production, and the theory of bureaucracy. | | Oasis Title: | ECN OF ORG/MGMT | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4700/6700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic History of the United States | Course
Description: | Economic analysis is combined with historical narrative to explore the evolution of the United States' economy from its agrarian origins to its current status as an industrialized nation. Basic economic reasoning is used to explain the course, sources, and consequences of United States economic change, with particular emphasis on the twentieth century. | | Oasis Title: | ECN HIST OF US | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4710/6710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Economic History | Course
Description: | In-depth treatment of particular episodes in economic history,
such as the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression. | | Oasis Title: | TOPICS ECON HISTORY | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught combining lectures with seminar-style
discussions of assigned readings. | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON(MARK) 4750/6750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Econometrics | Course
Description: | Estimation and hypothesis-testing techniques using the linear regression model, with emphasis on the least-squares estimator and its performance under different statistical assumptions. A hands-on approach, stressing a wide range of empirical applications. | | Oasis Title: | INTRO ECONOMETRICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and (STAT 2000 or STAT 3000 or MSIT 3000) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Internship and/or Cooperative Education | Course
Description: | Students are permitted to enter business establishments or
governmental agencies for the purpose of obtaining practical and
applied business experience. An in-depth paper based on an
approved economics topic is required. | | Oasis Title: | INTERNSHIP | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship not involving formal lecture. | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing and permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | ECON 4010 and ECON 4020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4850H. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics for Economics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Intensive study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of Economics at the honors level. | | Oasis Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 4850. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics for Economics | Course
Description: | Intensive study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of Economics. | | Oasis Title: | TOPICS IN ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and ECON 4010 and (MATH 2200 or MATH 2250) | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 5900H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Senior Thesis (Honors) | Course
Description: | An extensive economics research paper, written under the direction of a faculty member. This course should be taken during the term just prior to the student's planned graduation. | | Oasis Title: | SENIOR THESIS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 5900 | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and senior standing and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 5900. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Senior Thesis | Course
Description: | An extensive economics research paper, written under the direction of a faculty member. This course should be taken during the term just prior to the student's planned graduation. | | Oasis Title: | SENIOR THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Pre or Corequisite: | ECON 4010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 5960H. 1-9 hours. | | Course Title: | Tutorial (Honors) | Course
Description: | Reading and independent research on a specified topic beyond normal course offerings and supervised by a faculty member. | | Oasis Title: | TUTORIAL HONORS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. Students must apply to the department head at least five weeks in advance of registration. | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and senior standing and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 5970H. 1-9 hours. | | Course Title: | Tutorial (Honors) | Course
Description: | Reading and independent research on a specified topic beyond normal course offerings and supervised by a faculty member. | | Oasis Title: | TUTORIAL HONORS | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. Students must apply to the department head at least five weeks in advance of registration. | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and senior standing and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 5990. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Economics Tutorial | Course
Description: | Reading and independent research on a specified topic beyond normal course offerings and supervised by a faculty member. | | Oasis Title: | ECON TUTORIAL | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. Students must apply to the department head at least five weeks in advance of registration. | | Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 and senior standing | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7000. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Oasis Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7300. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Oasis Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7900. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Survey of Business Economics | Course
Description: | Survey course for MBA students. Scarcity, opportunity cost,
marginal analysis, structure and performance of firms, and the
macroeconomic environment within which firms operate, with
emphasis on problems faced by managers. | | Oasis Title: | BUSINESS ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7910. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Microeconomics | Course
Description: | Development of the fundamental concepts of scarcity, opportunity
cost, and marginal analysis, with an emphasis on problems faced
by managers. These concepts are used to explain the structure
and performance of firms and industries. | | Oasis Title: | BUSINESS MICRO | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7920. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Macroeconomics | Course
Description: | Examination of the historical behavior and determinants of gross
domestic product, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, the
money stock, and exchange rates. Consideration of alternative
theories of the business cycle and growth, and the role of
fiscal and monetary policies for improving welfare. | | Oasis Title: | BUSINESS MACRO | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 8920 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7930. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | MBA Tutorial | Course
Description: | Reading and independent research on a specified topic beyond normal MBA course offerings and supervised by a faculty member. | | Oasis Title: | MBA TUTORIAL | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ECON 8930 | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. Students must apply to the department head at least five weeks in advance. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7940. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economics of Managing Organizations | Course
Description: | Application of microeconomic principles to the study of the
behavior of workers and managers in organizations. Analyzes how
to select and retain productive workers; allocate decision-
making authority, design jobs, and manage teamwork; and
evaluate
and reward employee performance. | | Oasis Title: | ECON OF MAN ORG | | Prerequisite: | ECON 7910 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 7950. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Competitive Strategy and Structure | Course
Description: | Students will learn a systematic approach to applying principles
of microeconomics, industrial organization, and game theory to
evaluating business decisions. | | Oasis Title: | COMP STRATEGY | | Prerequisite: | ECON 7910 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Mathematical Analysis for Economists | Course
Description: | Mathematical methods and economic applications of selected topics in optimization theory, including comparative statistics analysis, duality and envelope results, inequality constraints and Kuhn-Tucker theory. | | Oasis Title: | MATH FOR ECON | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Microeconomic Theory I | Course
Description: | The theory of consumer behavior, the analysis of production and cost, and the determination of output level and input mix of the profit-maximizing firm under perfect competition and monopoly. | | Oasis Title: | MICROECONOMICS I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Microeconomic Theory II | Course
Description: | Welfare economics, including the concepts of Pareto efficiency and consumer surplus and the analysis and measurement of welfare costs of public goods, externalities, and other "market failures." | | Oasis Title: | MICROECONOMICS II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8000 and ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Microeconomic Theory III | Course
Description: | The general equilibrium framework of microeconomics is developed and then extended to allow for the passage of time and the presence of uncertainty. Game-theoretic considerations are also considered. | | Oasis Title: | MICROECONOMICS III | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Macroeconomic Theory I | Course
Description: | Theories of national income, unemployment, inflation, and interest and exchange rates. The implementation, and domestic and global repercussions, of alternative monetary and fiscal policies. | | Oasis Title: | MACROECONOMICS I | | Pre or Corequisite: | ECON 8000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Macroeconomic Theory II | Course
Description: | Dynamic, stochastic models of macroeconomic behavior, including neoclassical and endogenous models of economic growth and New Classical and New Keynesian models of the business cycle. | | Oasis Title: | MACROECONOMICS II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Macroeconomic Theory III | Course
Description: | Advanced topics in macroeconomic theory. | | Oasis Title: | MACROECONOMICS III | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8050 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8070. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Statistics for Econometrics | Course
Description: | The statistical foundations of econometrics, including probability, random variables, sampling, expectation, distribution functions, parametric and conditional distributions, independence, functions of random variables, and maximum likelihood. | | Oasis Title: | STATS ECONOMETRICS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Econometrics | Course
Description: | Linear regression models, with special attention to estimator properties and hypothesis testing under various statistical assumptions. Least-squares, maximum likelihood, and method-of-moments estimation procedures and seemingly unrelated regressions and simultaneous equation models. | | Oasis Title: | INTRO ECONOMETRICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8070 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8090. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Methods in Economics | Course
Description: | Practical issues in conducting applied economic research. Topics include choosing dissertation/research topics; data sources and methods; presenting, publishing, and refereeing research papers and critical analysis of the literature. Students are required to write and present a research paper to the department in partial fulfillment of the course requirements. | | Oasis Title: | RESEARCH METHODS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 and ECON 8070 and ECON 8080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Econometrics I | Course
Description: | Advanced econometric techniques, including full-information
estimation of simultaneous equation models, non-linear
regression, generalized methods of moments estimation and
specification testing, and estimation and inference using panel data. | | Oasis Title: | ECONOMETRICS I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Econometrics II | Course
Description: | The theoretical properties of maximum likelihood estimators and their use in overcoming shortcomings of the classical linear model. Computer algorithms are developed and used to compute maximum-likelihood estimators for logit, probit, tobit, sample-selectivity, and failure time models. | | Oasis Title: | ECONOMETRICS II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Time Series Econometrics | Course
Description: | An introduction to the economic and statistical analysis of time
series. Topics include linear regression with time series data,
ARMA models, VAR models, ARCH and other non-linear models,
unit-root non-stationary processes, and cointegration. | | Oasis Title: | TIME SERIES | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8080 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Industrial Economics I | Course
Description: | The structure, conduct, and performance of suppliers and customers in product and geographic markets. Topics treated include recent industry studies, consequences of technological change, the role of property rights and transactions costs, and federal and state public utility and antitrust regulations. | | Oasis Title: | INDUSTRIAL ECON I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Industrial Economics II | Course
Description: | Industrial economics, with emphasis on game-theoretic models of strategic behavior, contracting and agency theory, transaction costs, property rights, and the boundaries of the firm. Recent theoretical contributions are also covered, with empirical applications and illustrations. | | Oasis Title: | INDUSTRIAL ECON II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Public Economics I | Course
Description: | Market failures involving public goods and externalities, and of methods for measuring and reducing their efficiency costs, together with analysis of taxation and income-redistribution policies and discussion of collective choice theories, including social choice and public choice paradigms. | | Oasis Title: | PUBLIC ECON I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Public Economics II | Course
Description: | The effects of taxes on economic decision making by individuals and businesses, with discussions of alternative tax systems, tax evasion and avoidance, social insurance programs, and issues in fiscal federalism. | | Oasis Title: | PUBLIC ECON II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Labor Economics I | Course
Description: | The neoclassical economic theory of the market and nonmarket allocation of individuals' time. Labor demand and supply, human capital investment, unions, discrimination, public sector labor markets, the distribution of earnings and income, and unemployment. | | Oasis Title: | LABOR ECON I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Labor Economics II | Course
Description: | Labor economics, with special emphasis on current theoretical and empirical issues. The demand for and supply of labor, compensating wage differentials, the structure of compensation, worker displacement, unemployment, and the distribution of labor-market income. | | Oasis Title: | LABOR ECON II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Economics I | Course
Description: | A general equilibrium treatment of commodity and intra-industry trade, international capital mobility, and immigration, with treatments of alternative government policies including free trade, import tariffs and subsidies, export taxes and subsidies, quotas, and voluntary export restraints. | | Oasis Title: | INTERN ECON I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Economics II | Course
Description: | Commodity-market imperfections and trade policy, including discussion of the implications of increasing returns to scale technology, commodity-trade restrictions, and the location of economic activities for international trade policy. | | Oasis Title: | INTERN ECON II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Monetary Economics I | Course
Description: | Monetary and banking theory, emphasizing the microfoundations of monetary exchange and bank intermediation, the determinants of money supply and demand, and the macroeconomic consequences of monetary shocks and bank failures. | | Oasis Title: | MONETARY ECON I | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Monetary Economics II | Course
Description: | The evolution and workings of commodity and flat-monetary regimes, with discussions of alternative regimes, discretionary central bank behavior, and externality, natural monopoly, and time-consistency issues in money and banking. | | Oasis Title: | MONETARY ECON II | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic History | Course
Description: | United States history through cliometrics, which applies economic theory and econometrics to historical data. The course draws on recent cliometric research as well as on more traditional studies of economic history. | | Oasis Title: | ECON HISTORY | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8720. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Topics in Economic History | Course
Description: | Current research topics in historical economics, aimed at a deeper understanding of these topics and of modern cliometric techniques for examining them as demonstrated in recent scholarly writings. Topics will reflect student interests and current research trends. | | Oasis Title: | TOPICS ECON HIST | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8810. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Growth and Development | Course
Description: | Exogenous and endogenous growth theories for market economies, addressing regional growth-rate differences, and of determinants of economic development including economic structures, environmental policies, and diet. | | Oasis Title: | ECON GROWTH & DEV | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8820. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Analysis of Productivity | Course
Description: | Analytical techniques for assessing the sources of and measuring changes in productivity, with microeconomic and macroeconomic empirical applications. | | Oasis Title: | ANALYSIS OF PROD | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8850. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Economics | Course
Description: | Intensive study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of Economics. | | Oasis Title: | TOPICS IN ECONOMICS | | Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8900. 1.5 hours. | | Course Title: | Survey of Business Economics | Course
Description: | Theories of consumer and producer behavior and models of market structure, with discussions of the nature of the firm and various aspects of government and business relations. For one-year MBA students. | | Oasis Title: | SURVEY OF BUS ECON | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Economics Seminar | Course
Description: | Lectures on and discussion of some selected topic in applied or theoretical economics, with an emphasis on recent published and unpublished research. | | Oasis Title: | ECON SEMINAR | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 8990. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study | Course
Description: | Students investigate a research problem in their special field of study under the personal direction of their major professor. | | Oasis Title: | DIRECT STUDY | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 9000. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Oasis Title: | DOCTORAL RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 9005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | | Oasis Title: | DOC GRAD STU SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ECON 9300. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Oasis Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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