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Economics IDE Option Courses


ECON 518 [1]

Course Title: 
European Economic History
Minimum Credits: 
4
Western European economics from medieval times to the present. Explanations for differential growth rates and patterns; comparisons among political, social, and economic events. Prereq: Econ 401 or 402;/or permission.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401 [2]
ECON 402 [3]

ECON 630 [6]

Course Title: 
Comparative Study of Economic Systems
Minimum Credits: 
4
Analyzes crisis of ideologies, markets, and non-market systems. Swedish capitalism, reform processes of state socialist systems. (Russia, Poland, Hungary), and the centrally planned Cuban economy. Stresses theory, policy, and institutions. Prereq: ECON 401 or permission.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401 [7]

ECON 645 [10]

Course Title: 
International Economics
Minimum Credits: 
4
Covers both international trade theory and open-economy macroeconomics. Some of the major issues include whether free trade is always preferred to restricted trade, the controversy over industrial policy and how best to structure the international financial system. Students gain an understanding of topics including currency exchange rate movements, macroeconomic adjustment mechanisms and trade policy, among others. Prereq: ECON 401 and 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401 [11]
ECON 402 [12]

ECON 668 [15]

Course Title: 
Economic Development
Minimum Credits: 
4
Theories of development/underdevelopment. Trade, growth, and self-reliance. The role of agriculture (land tenure; food crisis; Green Revolution). World Bank policy. industrialization strategies. Role of the state. Prereq: ECON 401; ECON 402;/or permission. Writing intensive.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401 [16]
ECON 402 [17]

ECON 669 [20]

Course Title: 
Women and Economic Development
Minimum Credits: 
4
Examines the position, roles, and contributions of women in economic development as interpreted though different discourses (feminisms, modernity, post modernity) and in theoretical conceptualizations (neoclassical integrationist, liberal feminism, class and gender, feminist ecology). Applied analyses on Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Prereq: permission. Writing intensive.

ECON 692 [23]

Course Title: 
International Economic Integration
Minimum Credits: 
4
Systematic analysis of the process and consequences of international integration. Introduction to the theoretical foundations of free trade areas, custom unions, common markets, and economic unions. Comprehensive examination of the historical developments in the formation of major economic blocs, such as the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), and evaluation of the growing political and economic relationships between member countries regarding monetary and fiscal integration. Prereq: ECON 401; ECON 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401 [24]
ECON 402 [25]

ECON 707 [28]

Course Title: 
Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
Minimum Credits: 
4
Analysis of the interrelationships among economic growth, technological change, population increase, natural resource use, and environmental quality. Application of alternative theoretical approaches drawn from the social and natural sciences. Focus on specific environmental problems, e.g., affluence and waste disposal problems, and loss of biodiversity. Prereq: ECON 605; 611;/or permission.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 605 [29]
ECON 611 [30]

ECON 745 [33]

Course Title: 
International Trade
Minimum Credits: 
4
Contemporary issues in international economic theory and policy. Analysis of trade theory, dynamics of world trade and exchange, and international commercial policy. Prereq: ECON 605; ECON 645.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 605 [34]
ECON 645 [35]

ECON 746 [38]

Course Title: 
International Finance
Minimum Credits: 
4
International monetary mechanism; balance of payments, international investment; exchange rates, adjustment systems, international liquidity, foreign aid, multinational corporations. Prereq: ECON 611; ECON 645. Writing intensive.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 611 [39]
ECON 645 [40]

ECON 747 [43]

Course Title: 
Multinational Enterprises
Minimum Credits: 
4
Internationalization of economies. Growth and implications of multinational corporations at the level of systems. Theories of imperialism, international unity/rivalry; theories of direct investment, exercise of influence and conflict, technology transfer, bargaining with host country; effects on U.S. economy. Prereq: permission.

GEOG 582 [46]

Course Title: 
Economic Geography
Minimum Credits: 
4
Investigates the manner in which resources and space have been organized for the production of goods and services: agriculture, the extractive industries, manufacturing, and the tertiary sector. Empirical studies, theories of location, and location models. Major contemporary problems and issues in agriculture and food supply, energy sources, industrial readjustment, and the global economy. (Not offered every year.) Writing intensive.

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