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Economics Curriculum

Options within the Economics Major

(Revised: June 12, 1996)

• Required Courses for the Major:

1. ECON 401 and 402

2. ECON 605 and 611

3. DS 420

4. CS 401

5. MATH 420 or 424A

• Options Presently Available: (*notation on academic transcript)

1. Economics Major

2. International and Development Economics*


Financial and Managerial Economics : At least three electives to be chosen from ECON 626, 635, 645, 698 (Organizational Economics), 711, 735, 736, 746, 798 (Industrial Organization), and ACFI 601.
 
International and Development Economics: At least three electives to be chosen from ECON 518, 630, 645, 668, 669, 692, 707, 745, 746, 747, GEOG 582).
 
Public Policy Economics : At least three electives to be chosen from ECON 607, 635, 641, 642, 651, 656, 670, 741, 798 (Financial Markets


3. International and Development Economics: At least three electives to be chosen from ECON 518, 630, 645, 668, 669, 692, 707, 745, 746, 747, GEOG 582).

Course Title: 
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
See description for ECON 605. Writing intensive.

Course Title: 
Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
Macroeconomic measurement, theory, and public policy determination. Prereq: ECON 401 and 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
Course Title: 
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
Analysis of supply and demand. Determination of prices, production, and the distribution of income in noncompetitive situations and in the purely competitive model. General equilibrium. Prereq: ECON 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
Course Title: 
Principles of Economics (Micro)
Minimum Credits: 
4
Functions of the component units of the economy and their interrelations. Units of analysis are the individual consumer, the firm, and the industry. Theory of consumer demand and elasticity, supply and costs of production, theory of the firm under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition, demand for and allocation of economic resources, general equilibrium, and basic principles and institutions of international trade. Not open to students who have had EREC 411. No credit for students who have had ECN 412.

Course Title: 
Principles of Economics (Macro)
Minimum Credits: 
4
Basic functions of the United States economy viewed as a whole; policies designed to affect its performance. Economic scarcity, supply and demand, the causes of unemployment and inflation, the nature of money and monetary policy, the impact of government taxation and spending, the federal debt, and international money matters. No credit for students who have had ECN 411.