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CSC-694 Capstone Project (1-6)
With guidance from their advisor and the project class coordinator, students select an application area in computer science where an open-ended problem can be identified. Students research the literature and current domain solutions in the application area. Projects are documented and defended. Prerequisite: completion of minimum of 24 credit hours of graduate study in computer science.
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CSC-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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CSC-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6)
Grading: SP/UP only. Prerequisite: completion of 24 graduate credit hours. Permission: department.
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Economics (Undergraduate Courses) |
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ECON-100 Macroeconomics FA4 (3)
Introduction to the basic principles of aggregate economic analysis. Includes measurement and determinants of national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, and business cycles. Topics also include historical perspectives, alternative approaches to economics, and current issues and controversies. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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ECON-110 The Global Majority FA3 (3)
Introduction to economic problems of less-developed countries, human dimensions of development, alternative strategies for development, and relationships between the more-developed and less-developed countries. Applications of elementary economic analysis are supplemented by non-traditional materials such as films or novels. AU Core Habits of Mind: Ethical Reasoning. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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ECON-150 Economics for Business (3)
Introduction to the analysis of markets, the behavior of different kinds of economic agents, and the basic principles of aggregate economic analysis, with a particular focus on the application of these topics to business decisions. Covers demand and supply, behavior of consumers and firms, competitive and noncompetitive markets, international trade, the measurement of national income, unemployment, inflation, and monetary and fiscal policies. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer Restriction: Registration not allowed in both ECON-150 and ECON-200 . Note: Intended for Kogod School of Business (KSB) students. Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-150 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-194 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ECON-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-200 Microeconomics FA4 (3)
Introduction to the analysis of markets and the behavior of different kinds of economic agents. Covers supply and demand, behavior of consumers and firms, competitive markets versus monopoly or oligopoly, income distribution, discrimination, and international trade. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Restriction: Registration not allowed in both ECON-200 and ECON-150 . Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-200 and ECON-150
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ECON-294 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ECON-296 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-300 Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
Theories of production, business firms, and consumer demand. Perfect and imperfect competition. Market failures including externalities and public goods. Policy applications. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 . Restriction: Registration not allowed in both ECON-300 and ECON-400 . Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-300 and .
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ECON-301 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
Theoretical models of national income, employment, inflation, and economic growth, with applications to contemporary policy issues. Fiscal and monetary policies. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 . Restriction: Registration not allowed in both ECON-301 and ECON-401 . Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-301 and .
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ECON-317 Political Economy (3)
Survey of alternative theories of political economy (e.g., Marxian, Feminist, and Institutionalist) with applications to current economic problems and institutions. Usually Offered: alternate springs (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-318 Economic History (3)
Historical investigation of economic development using Europe and the Third World as case studies. Emphasis is on applying economic theory to illuminate historical development of major countries. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-319 United States Economic History (3)
Historical investigation of economic development using the United States as a case study. Emphasis is on applying economic theory to illuminate historical development of the U.S. economy since colonial times. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-320 History of Economic Ideas (3)
Evolution of economic theory since the eighteenth century; major figures and schools in economic thought from Adam Smith to the present. Emphasis on specific historical contexts of economic ideas and the significance of having a separate body of thought called economics. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-322 Applied Econometrics I (3)
Review of the theory of economic statistics and statistical techniques. Emphasis on applying statistical models to economic data. Regression analysis and estimation of economic models. Includes violations of the basic assumptions of the regression model, dummy variables, and analysis of variance. Index numbers and time series analysis. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-100 , ECON-200 , and STAT-202 or STAT-203 .
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ECON-332 Money, Banking, and Finance in the Global Economy (3)
Money, banking, and capital markets in a globalizing world. Includes central banking, monetary integration, currency competition, dollarization, electronic money, banking problems and policies in emerging market economies, developed and emerging capital markets, and appropriate polices for regulating global financial institutions. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-100 .
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ECON-341 Public Economics (3)
Theories of taxation, public expenditure, and fiscal policy. Comparison of fiscal institutions in the United States and abroad. Government approaches to income redistribution and poverty: negative income tax, family allowances, etc. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-345 Introduction to Game Theory (3)
This course explores applications such as auctions, firm competition, and voting with mathematical analysis. It includes Nash equilibrium, sub game perfect equilibrium, evolutionary stability, repeated games, signaling, mechanism design, uncertainty, and behavioral game theory. Crosslist: MATH-345 . Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-200 , and MATH-211 or MATH-221 .
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ECON-346 Competition, Regulation, and Business Strategies (3)
Historical and contemporary analysis of industrial market structures and of the behavior of business firms in the United States. The rise of large corporations, monopoly power and its effects on economic and social welfare, control over large corporations, and governmental regulation of business. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-350 Health Economics (3)
Students study markets for healthcare services and health insurance, with a focus on problems in U.S. healthcare policy. The course analyzes the demand for healthcare, including behavioral-economics perspectives: markets for health insurance and issues of adverse selection; Medicare, Medicaid, and reforms intended to increase access to health insurance; moral hazard and utilization of healthcare services; competition among hospitals, physicians, and pharmaceutical companies; antitrust concerns; rising healthcare spending; international comparisons of healthcare systems; and current topics in healthcare reform, including insurance-market policies and payments innovations. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-351 Comparative Economic Systems (3)
Analysis and comparison of different economic institutions as they affect economic democracy, efficiency, and equity. Using a case study approach, the course covers the differences between the economic systems of various industrialized countries and evaluates the historical experiences of the formerly “socialist” economies. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-359 Global Health and Economic Development (3)
Economic analysis of poor health outcomes in developing countries and how these outcomes undermine economic development Includes economic analysis of housing; nutrition; iatrogenesis; sanitation; climate change; specific bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases highly prevalent in developing countries; population growth; health impacts of governmental and multilateral regulation; and health interventions. Usually Offered: alternate falls. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-361 Economic Development (3)
Survey of major issues related to the economics of developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Includes the meaning and measurement of economic development, theories of development and underdevelopment, and policies to alleviate poverty and promote development in the low-and middle-income countries of the world. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-362 Microeconomics of Economic Development (3)
Theoretical and empirical exploration of microeconomic issues and policies in developing countries. The course focuses on poverty and income distribution and includes coordination failures, credit and labor market imperfections, microcredit, health, food security, human capital accumulation, gender relations, property rights, transaction costs, and economics of the household. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 . Recommendation: ECON-300 or ECON-400 .
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ECON-363 Macroeconomics of Economic Development (3)
Theoretical and empirical exploration of macroeconomic issues and policies in developing countries. Topics include exchange rates, monetary policy, fiscal policy, international trade, international financial flows, financial crises, structural adjustment, and related topics. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-301 or ECON-401 .
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ECON-370 International Economics (3)
Introduction to international trade and finance and open economy macroeconomics. Includes why countries trade, trade policies and their effects, the balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, and fixed and flexible exchange rates. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 . Note: Intended for majors in other teaching units and Economics (BA) : General. No credit toward Economics (BA) : International, Economics (BS) , or Mathematics and Economics (BS) .
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ECON-371 International Economics: Trade (3)
Theories of international trade and its impact on national economies, including overall welfare gains and redistributive effects; analysis of the effects of tariffs, quotas, and other trade policies. Topics include capital and labor mobility, trade and development linkages, and preferential or regional trade agreements. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 .
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ECON-372 International Economics: Finance (3)
Determination of income, employment, and inflation in open economies; international impact of monetary-fiscal policies under fixed and flexible exchange rates; theories of exchange-rate determination; and international monetary organization and reform. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-301 or ECON-401 . Recommendation: STAT-202 or STAT-203 .
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ECON-373 Labor Economics (3)
Application of economic theory to labor markets in the United States and abroad. Includes determination of wages, and wage differentials, discrimination, training policy, poverty, unemployment and underemployment, income distribution, productivity, industrialization, and union policies. Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 .
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ECON-374 Gender Roles in the Economy (3)
Explores the gender dimensions of economic life. An in-depth look at the roles of men and women in the community, the market, and within the household; how gender roles are affected by economic and social change. The discipline of economics is brought to bear on the study of women’s and men’s well-being and status in society. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-379 Economics of Environmental Policy (3)
The relationship between economic activity and the natural environment; the meaning and implications of sustainable development. Includes environmental protection, resource conservation, evaluation of environmental costs and benefits, and optimal management of natural resources. Also compares different policy approaches to regulating pollution and the exploitation of common property resources. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-390 Independent Reading Course in Economics (1-6)
Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or undergraduate program director.
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ECON-394 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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ECON-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-400 Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus (3)
Theory of resource allocation and price system; theory of demand, production, and distribution; and market structure and performance. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-200 and MATH-221 . Restriction: Economics (BA) , Economics (BS) , or Mathematics and Economics (BS) . Registration not allowed in both ECON-400 and ECON-300 . Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-400 and ECON-300 .
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ECON-401 Intermediate Macroeconomics with Calculus (3)
Theories of income determination, inflation, and unemployment, business cycles, and long-run growth. Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies with extensions to open economies. Also includes debt dynamics and financial crises. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-100 , ECON-200 , and MATH-221 . Restriction: Economics (BA) , Economics (BS) , or Mathematics and Economics (BS) . Registration not allowed in both ECON-401 and ECON-301 . Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both ECON-401 and ECON-301 .
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ECON-405 Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3)
Review of logarithms and differential calculus. Introduction to matrix algebra with emphasis on economic applications. Comparative static analysis of linear models. Introduction to multivariate differential calculus with applications to optimization in consumer and producer theory. Comparative static analysis of nonlinear models. Introduction to difference equations and analysis of dynamic models. Crosslist: ECON-605 . Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: MATH-221 .
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ECON-424 Applied Econometrics II (3)
More advanced topics of econometrics, including time-series techniques, limited dependent variable models, simultaneous equations, instrumental variables, and panel data methods. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-322 .
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ECON-450 Growing Artificial Societies (3)
Introduction to agent-based computational economics including computational models of economic growth, wealth inequality, the origins of cooperative behavior, and social dilemmas including the tragedy of the commons. This is a hands-on course, students examine, experiment with, and modify agent-based models, but no prior programming experience is required. Usually Offered: summer. Prerequisite: ECON-200 .
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ECON-458 Economics of the World Regions (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics course examines economic trends and economic policies in regions such as Africa, East Asia, Middle East, or emerging markets. Focuses on distinctive economic institutions in the particular region, interdependencies within regions, and the role of public policies in economic growth. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Prerequisite: ECON-100 and ECON-200 .
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ECON-480 Senior Research Seminar (3)
Research methods, the writing of economics, presentation of research. Close consultation between the faculty member and students on the choice of research project and how best to conduct the research. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 ; ECON-301 or ECON-401 ; and ECON-322 .
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ECON-490 Independent Study Project in Economics (1-6)
Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or undergraduate program director.
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ECON-491 Internship (1-6)
Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or undergraduate program director.
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ECON-492 Internship in Teaching Economics (3)
Upper-level economics majors work as teaching assistants for faculty teaching large sections of introductory economics courses and participate in a regular seminar on the teaching of economics. Responsibilities include directing review sessions, holding office hours, reviewing homework assignments, and leading break-out sessions. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or undergraduate program director.
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ECON-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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Economics (Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Courses) |
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ECON-096 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (0)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-547 Economics of Antitrust and Regulation (3)
Economic analysis of government policies affecting business behavior, with focus on the U.S. economy. In addition to antitrust (or competition) policy and traditional public utility regulation, price and entry regulation in transportation and service sectors, and social (health, safety, and environmental) regulations are also evaluated. Usually Offered: summer. Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 or ECON-346 ; or ECON-600 or ECON-803 .
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ECON-551 Comparative Economic Systems (3)
A theoretical and historical evaluation of key political and economic institutions of several advanced capitalist countries and their impact on economic and social outcomes. Students develop an understanding of differences in institutions including property rights, labor organization, corporate governance, and social welfare policy, and use publicly available data to evaluate outcomes. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 or ECON-600 or ECON-803 ; and ECON-301 or ECON-401 or ECON-601 or ECON-802 ; or ECON-603 .
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ECON-552 Economics of Transition (3)
Examines theoretical and policy issues related to the transition from central planning to democratic, market-based economic systems in countries of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Emphasis on developing students’ own empirical research on a topic related to the course. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-300 or ECON-400 or ECON-600 or ECON-803 ; and ECON-301 or ECON-401 or ECON-601 or ECON-802 ; or ECON-603 .
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ECON-565 Mathematical Applications of Interest and Derivatives (3)
Mathematical study of finance, including theory of interest, arbitrage theorem, random walk models of prices, options, Black-Scholes formula and consequences. Crosslist: MATH-565 . Usually Offered: alternate falls (even years). Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: MATH-221 , MATH-222 , MATH-313 , and STAT-202 or STAT-203.
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ECON-596 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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Economics (Graduate Courses) |
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ECON-600 Microeconomics (3)
Theory of resource allocation and price system; theory of demand, production, and distribution; and market structure and performance. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: ECON-605 .
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ECON-601 Macroeconomics (3)
Theories of income determination, inflation, and unemployment, business cycles, and long-run growth. Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies with extensions to open economies. Also includes debt dynamics and financial crises. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: ECON-605 .
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ECON-603 Introduction to Economic Theory (3)
An introduction to the major analytical tools of micro and macro economics, including models of employment, inflation, economic growth and development, international trade, the derivation of supply and demand, the operation of firms under perfect and imperfect competition, and the role of government in society. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Note: An introductory course in economics is required. No credit toward degrees in the Department of Economics.
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ECON-605 Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3)
Review of logarithms and differential calculus. Introduction to matrix algebra with emphasis on economic applications. Comparative static analysis of linear models. Introduction to multivariate differential calculus with applications to optimization in consumer and producer theory. Comparative static analysis of nonlinear models. Introduction to difference equations and analysis of dynamic models. Crosslist: ECON-405 . Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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ECON-618 Economic History: Macroeconomic Aspects (3)
Long-run growth, institutional development, globalization, and business cycles in historical context. Course emphasizes research methods and current debates in economic history. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-619 Economic History: Microeconomics Aspects (3)
Households, firms, farms, markets, and regulation in historical context. Focus is on models and methods for explaining causes and consequences of economic and institutional change. Usually Offered: alternate springs. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-620 Economic Thought (3)
Major figures in the history of economic thought, their social and economic thought and tools of analysis they created. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-600 and ECON-601 .
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ECON-623 Applied Econometrics I (3)
A review of probability, descriptive statistical inference, and hypothesis testing; basic bivariate and multivariate OLS models; non-linear regressions and interactions effects; heteroskedasticity; and autocorrelation. Includes an introduction to statistical software. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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ECON-624 Applied Econometrics II (3)
More advanced topics of econometrics, including time-series techniques; limited dependent variable models; simultaneous equations; instrumental variables; and panel data methods. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Prerequisite: ECON-623 .
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ECON-630 Monetary Economics (3)
Overview of major theories relating money supply and interest rates to inflation and growth in the short- and long-runs. Review of contemporary research on central banks and alternative methods of making monetary policy in advanced industrial, emerging market, and developing economies. Practice with basic econometric methods used in monetary-policy analysis. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-601 or ECON-802 , and ECON-605 or ECON-705 .
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ECON-632 Finance, Stability and Growth (3)
This course begins with a consideration of the nexus between financial development and growth and then moves to a discussion of issues of banking system efficiency and competition. The course also surveys financial crises and their determinates, and discusses policies to mitigate and manage banking and financial crises. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ECON-600 , ECON-601 , and ECON-623 .
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ECON-633 Financial Economics (3)
Institutional and theoretical aspects of creating, holding, and exchanging financial assets-money, credit instruments, and equities. The liabilities created by financial intermediaries and the role of government in financial markets. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-605 or ECON-705 .
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ECON-634 Development Finance and Banking (3)
Alternative approaches to understanding the role of finance and banking in economic development and analysis of the interaction between international and domestic capital markets, as well as between the formal banking sector and the informal financial sector of developing economies. The role of development banks, multilateral institutions, and governments in financial market operations. Examines the effect of financial policy reforms and regulations on the performance of financial markets. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-639 Policy Issues in Financial Economics (3)
Applications of the tools of finance to examining financial crises, financial regulations involving banks and other institutions, and policies such as housing finance, government loan guarantees, pensions, and consumer finance. Students make oral presentations and hear guest lectures by policymakers dealing with financial economic issues. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-600 and ECON-633 .
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ECON-640 Communicating Economics (3)
Students practice the fundamentals of communicating economics content to both economists and audiences without expertise in economics. Students gain proficiency in finding relevant and reliable information, synthesizing the information, using the vocabulary and rhetoric of economics, and describing quantitative information. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ECON-600 , ECON-601 , and ECON-623 .
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ECON-642 Public Economics (3)
Rationale for the existence of the public sector. Theory of public goods and taxation. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-646 Industrial Economics (3)
The structure of industrial markets and the behavior of business firms. Theoretical and empirical appraisal of welfare implications of alternative market structures and business behavior, both in the United States and abroad. Impacts of international influences on behavior of domestic firms. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 .
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ECON-650 Growing Artificial Societies (3)
Introduction to agent-based computational economics including computational models of economic growth, wealth inequality, the origins of cooperative behavior, and social dilemmas including the tragedy of the commons. This is a hands-on course, students examine, experiment with, and modify agent-based models, but no prior programming experience is required. Usually Offered: summer. Grading: A-F only.
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ECON-658 Economics of the World Regions (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics course examines economic trends and economic policies in regions such as Africa, East Asia, or the Middle East. Focuses on distinctive economic institutions in the particular region, on the interdependencies within regions, and on the role of public policies in economic growth. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 ; or ECON-603 .
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ECON-661 Survey of Economic Development (3)
Selected topics in the field of development economics at both the micro and macro levels with an emphasis on policy issues and data analysis. Topics may include poverty, inequality, gender, growth, trade, finance, employment, debt, exchange rates, and macro policies in developing countries. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-603 , or ECON-600 and ECON-601 . Note: Intended for master’s students from other teaching units. No credit toward Economics (PhD) .
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ECON-662 Development Microeconomics (3)
Examines the meaning and measures of economic development. Explores theoretical and empirical work of development issues at micro and meso levels. These include poverty traps, coordination failures, credit and labor market imperfections, microcredit and cooperatives, health, human capital accumulation, gender, population, property rights, and transaction costs, and the economics of the household. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 .
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ECON-663 Development Macroeconomics (3)
Analysis of the macroeconomics of developing countries, including discussion of growth models, open-economy macroeconomics, exchange rates, monetary policy, fiscal policy, international trade, and related topics. The objective is to understand the rationale for and the effectiveness of different macroeconomic policies in a developing country setting. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-665 Project Evaluation in Developing Countries (3)
Primarily for graduate students interested in working with international development organizations, this course is an overview of quantitative approaches used to evaluate planned, on-going, or completed projects and programs in developing countries. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-623 .
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ECON-670 Survey of International Economics (3)
International trade theory and policy analysis; welfare effects of trade policies; international monetary economics including balance of payments and exchange rates; open economy macroeconomics. Prerequisite: ECON-603 , or ECON-600 and ECON-601 . Note: Intended for master’s students from other teaching units. No credit toward Economics (PhD) .
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ECON-671 International Economics: Trade (3)
Classical, neoclassical, and contemporary theories of the pattern of trade and the gains from trade. Analysis of the welfare and redistributive effects of trade policies. Modern theories of trade with increasing returns and imperfect competition. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-605 or ECON-705 .
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ECON-672 International Economics: Finance (3)
International monetary economics and open-economy macroeconomics. Balance-of-payments adjustment, exchange rate determination, capital mobility, and the international monetary system. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-605 or ECON-705 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 . Recommendation: ECON-623 or ECON-823 .
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ECON-673 Labor Economics (3)
Fundamentals of labor economics. Includes derivation of labor supply and demand, and theories of wage determination, among other topics. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 .
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ECON-674 Gender Perspectives on Economic Analysis: Microeconomics (3)
This course explores the gender dimensions of economic life drawn from a rich body of studies and research on gender-aware analyses in microeconomics, labor, poverty, and social policy. Using analytical models, empirical studies, case histories and ethnographic research, it examines varied theories of the household and household bargaining; reproductive economy, care work and unpaid work; labor markets; assets and income distribution; gender, inequality, and poverty; and related social policy issues. Usually Offered: alternate falls (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 ; or ECON-603 .
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ECON-675 Gender Perspectives on Economic Analysis: Macroeconomics (3)
This course explores the gender dimensions of Economic life drawn from a rich body of studies and research on gender-aware analyses in macroeconomics, public finance, and international trade and finance. Using analytical models, empirical studies, case histories and ethnographic research, it examines feminist theories of economic growth, gender-aware macroeconomic models, gender and recession/crisis; gender analysis of fiscal policy and the practice of gender budgets; gender, trade, and investment; gender and credit markets; and gender-aware macroeconomic, trade, and investment policies. Usually Offered: alternate springs (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803 , and ECON-601 or ECON-802 ; or ECON-603 .
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ECON-676 Labor Economics II (3)
Advanced topics in labor economics, with emphasis on empirical methods for doctoral dissertation research. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-673 .
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ECON-679 Environmental Economics (3)
An analysis of the relationship between economic activity and the natural environment. The course focuses on using economic theory to address environmental policy issues. Policy measures for regulating pollution and managing common property resources are explored, including emission taxes, tradable pollution permits, and property rights solutions. Applications to global environmental issues such as climate change and local environmental problems are emphasized. Students gain an understanding of the meaning of efficiency and sustainability and the types of policies required to achieve them. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-603 or ECON-600 or ECON-803 .
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ECON-680 Economics MA Capstone Seminar (3)
Research methods, the writing of economics, and the presentation of research. Includes close consultation between the faculty member and student on the choice of research project and how best to conduct the research. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ECON-600 , ECON-601 , and ECON-624 .
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ECON-690 Independent Study Project in Economics (1-6)
Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or program director.
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ECON-691 Internship (3)
Permission: instructor, and faculty advisor or program director.
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ECON-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-705 Mathematical Economic Analysis (3)
Mathematical analysis of economic theory and problems. Constrained maxima and minima, linear and nonlinear programming, elementary differential and difference equations, and economic applications. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-796 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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ECON-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6)
Grading: SP/UP only.
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ECON-802 Macroeconomic Analysis I (3)
Develops basic intertemporal frameworks for analyzing economic growth, consumption, saving, and investment. Introduction to models used to examine major policy issues in public finance, monetary policy, financial markets, and open-economy macro. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-705 . Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-803 Microeconomic Analysis I (3)
Theories of demand, market structure and performance, production and distribution, cost and supply. Introduction to general equilibrium analysis. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-810 Micro Political Economy (3)
A survey of recent, alternative theoretical work in microeconomics, with emphasis on institutionalist, behavioral, and evolutionary political economy approaches. Relevant empirical work is reviewed to support the theory. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-803 . Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-811 Macro Political Economy (3)
Alternative theories of long-run economic growth, income distribution, and technological change. Short-run macroeconomic models in the post-Keynesian tradition are developed and compared with “new consensus” models. Topics vary by year, but generally include mark-up pricing and income shares, conflicting claims inflation, the unemployment-inflation relationship, saving and investment behavior, debt dynamics, and open economy extensions. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-802 . Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-812 Macroeconomic Analysis II (3)
An advanced treatment of topics in contemporary macroeconomic theory and policy research, including monetary policy, public finance, open-economy macro, and alternative approaches to macro models. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-802 . Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-813 Microeconomic Analysis II (3)
An advanced treatment of topics in contemporary microeconomic theory, including general equilibrium, risk and uncertainty, game theory, and behavioral economics. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: ECON-803 and ECON-705 . Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-823 Econometric Methods (3)
Mathematical statistics and probability theory. Foundations of estimation and inference (including hypothesis testing). Basics of asymptotic theory. Multivariate regression models: ordinary least squares and generalized least squares (including serial correlation, heteroskedasticity, multicollinearity, and stochastic regressors). Basic maximum likelihood. Practice with statistical and econometric software. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: PhD program.
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ECON-824 Advanced Econometric Methods (3)
Extension of econometric theory (least squares and maximum likelihood). Main topics include generalized least squares, nonlinear models, sets of equations (including simultaneous equations), instrumental variables, discrete choice, and censored models. Practice with data and working on an empirical research paper is part of the class. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: ECON-823 . Restriction: PhD program.
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