Analysis of the changing role of the consumer in society. Examination of a variety of consumer problems and issues, including the identification of the consumer interest, impact of advertising, use of credit, consumer rights and responsibilities, fraud, and legal protections available to consumers.

Designed for students at the beginning of their consumer journalism degree. Students will receive an overview of the consumer journalism major and curriculum options. They will learn about career opportunities in the field.

Focusing on the family as a producing and consuming unit, this course covers issues consumers face in different life stages and decision-making processes and tools. Emphasis on interrelationships among decisions and links between economic and social issues. Provides a history of consumer economics, consumer protection, consumer protection agencies, and consumer policy.

Focusing on the family as a producing and consuming unit, this course covers issues consumers face in different life stages and decision-making processes and tools. Emphasis on interrelationships among decisions and links between economic and social issues. Provides a history of consumer economics, consumer protection, consumer protection agencies, and consumer policy.

Focusing on the family as a producing and consuming unit, this course studies issues consumers face in different life stages and decision-making processes and tools. Emphasis on interrelationships among decisions and links between economic and social issues. Discusses history of consumer economics, consumer protection, consumer protection agencies and consumer policy.

Personal and family management, including value orientation, decision making, and developing and using resources. Emphasis on application of concepts using a human eco-systems approach to situations encountered in day-to-day living.

Personal and family management along with decision making and developing and using resources in an international environment through site visits and first-hand experiences. Emphasis on application of cross-cultural concepts of a human eco-systems approach to day-to-day living for non-U.S. households.

Designed for the senior major to permit independent study and research.

An examination of people as imperfect decision makers from sociological and psychological perspectives and how their decisions depart from perfection or rationality in systematic and predictable ways. By understanding these limitations, we also can identify strategies to make better and more effective decisions.

An examination of people as imperfect decision makers from sociological and psychological perspectives and how their decisions depart from perfection or rationality in systematic and predictable ways. By understanding these limitations, we also can identify strategies to make better and more effective decisions.

Review of practical money skills that college students need as they enter the world of work. Covers basic budgeting, credit management, making decisions about employer-provided health care, and savings and investments, especially employer-provided options. Emphasis will be on preparing students to make decisions as they leave college and begin employment.

Microeconomic theories and models of consumer and household decision making with emphasis on the development of the analytical reasoning and economic tools used by consumer economists to model various economic decisions and the market forces that influence these decisions.