Course Learning Objectives - Graduate

• ECON 200 - Seminar in Law and Economics

  • Examines economic effects of legal institutions and doctrines, existing and proposed, on managerial decision making. Evaluates the interactions between legal and economic principles using examples of escalating demands on private firms and public agencies presented by changing legal and quasi-legal structures.

    Prerequisite: Previous education in economics and business law helpful, but not essential.

    PLO 4

• ECON 201 - Seminar in Microeconomic Analysis

  • Advanced analysis of costs, pricing, revenue, market structures, economic efficiency, rates of wages, rent, interest, profits and allocation of resources; analytical models and economic equilibrium.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 104.

    PLO 1

• ECON 202 - Seminar in Macroeconomic Analysis

  • Aggregate analyses of inflation and unemployment (and of alternative fiscal and monetary policies) using general equilibrium and dynamic disequilibrium adjustment models of real output, labor, real capital and financial markets (both domestic and international).

    Prerequisite: ECON 101, ECON 102 (or equivalents approved by the instructor, with grades of "B" or better).

    PLO 2

• ECON 203A - Economic Research Methods

  • Illustrates how to construct an economic study. Topics include basic statistical methods, cost-benefit analysis, data analysis, other quantitative techniques, literature reviews, and the professional standards of the discipline.

    Prerequisite: Econ 003 & Econ 101 or instructor permission

    PLO 3

• ECON 203B - Seminar in Econometric Methods

  • Elements of statistical inference (t, F and Chi-square tests); the classical regression model and simultaneous equations models; estimation and prediction; the use of lagged and dummy variables; problems of multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, serial correlation of disturbances and errors in the variables.

    Prerequisite: ECON 103 or instructor consent.

• ECON 204 - Seminar in Mathematical Economics

  • The use of mathematical techniques such as differential and integral calculus, linear algebra, topology, differential and difference equations, mathematical programming, optimal control theory and game theory to analyze economic models.

    Prerequisite: ECON 104 (or equivalent).

    Notes: Offered summer and winter sessions and occasionally during the academic year.

    PLO 3

• ECON 205 - Workshop in Policy Analysis

  • Survey of major areas of economic policy such as taxes, transportation, health, housing, environment, trade and education. Students prepare a written report on some topic of policy analysis and present the results to the class.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    Notes: Usually offered in the Spring semester.

• ECON 205A - Economic Decision Making (Quantitative Economic Analysis for Public Decision-Making)

  • The nature and use of techniques for estimating the impact of alternative courses of action. Emphasizes fiscal impact analysis, cost benefit analysis, input-output analysis and multiplier methods.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 and ECON 102, or instructor consent.

    Notes: Usually offered in the Fall semester. This course satisfies graduate-level GWAR in this master's program.

    PLO 3

• ECON 221 - Industrial Organization

  • Analysis of the relations between industry structures, business conduct and economic performance under conditions of limited governmental interference. Appraises the role of competition and monopoly in the American economy. Stresses the role played by antitrust laws and regulatory commissions in the U.S. economy.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    PLO 4

• ECON 232 - Seminar in Public Finance

  • The public sector. Determination of objectives of the public sector; pricing and output in the public sector; taxes, their distribution and allocative effects; public expenditure theory; public debt theory and policy.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    PLO 4

• ECON 235 - Seminar in Monetary Theory and Policy

  • Concentration on the theoretical aspects of money and monetary policy. Early and modern theories of money demand; early Keynesian and Monetarist monetary analysis; expectations and dynamic monetary business cycles; monetary policy under the Keynesian, Monetarist and New Classical assumptions; open economy monetary theory.

    Prerequisite: ECON 1A, ECON 102 and ECON 135, or instructor consent.

    PLO 2

• ECON 236 - Seminar in International Trade and Finance

  • Advanced theory of international trade and finance and its application to current problems in international economics.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    Notes: Not offered on a regular basis.

    PLO 4

• ECON 250 - Seminar in Labor Economics

  • Analysis of labor markets, utilizing economic theory and empirical techniques with applications to public policy. Topics include: investment in human capital; employee compensation issues; compensating wages; discrimination; unions; and public sector labor markets.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    Notes: Offered summer and winter sessions and occasionally during the academic year.

    PLO 4

• ECON 281 - Advanced Topics in Economics

  • This course addresses current developments or special-interest topics in economics.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Consent

• ECON 285 - Applied Economics Internship

  • Supervised work with a private or public employer.

    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and 3.0 GPA.

• ECON 298 - Special Study

  • Advanced individual research projects.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent and department chair approval.

• ECON 298E - Special Study Comp.

  • Exam Individual preparation for the comprehensive exam. Students must file for candidacy before enrolling. Approval of department chair, graduate advisor, or instructor is required. Satisfactory completion satisfies culminating experience requirement.

• ECON 299 - Master's Thesis or Project

  • Open only to approved candidates for the MA - Economics degree.

• ECON 1290R - Culminating Experience

  • Supervision Department and University support for progress to completion of culminating experience.

    Prerequisite: Outstanding RP grade in a preceding semester in a culminating experience class or project.

    Note: No Degree Credit.