61 courses with the subject ECON, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ECON 105Principles of Accounting1.00
A study of the fundamental principles underlying financial accounting and reporting. Emphasis is on analysis, interpretation, and understanding of accounting information, and how such information influences management decision-making. Recommended as a tool course, this course does not count toward the major, minor, or Area of Inquiry requirements. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Introduces students to an "economic way of thinking" by examining how people and firms make decisions in a world of scarcity. Covers both microeconomic and macroeconomic material to better understand individual and aggregate (economy-wide) behaviors and outcomes. Provides a comprehensive overview of economics for students seeking a general understanding of the field, while also building a foundation for those considering an economics major or minor. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Using an interdisciplinary approach, students are provided a general survey of China's economic reform and related public policy issues since 1978. In addition to offering a basic knowledge about the Chinese economy and its reforms, coursework develops a framework to help students understand and evaluate the evolution of China's economic development strategy and public policy in recent years that has guided the country's economic reform. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None
An introduction to the study of environmental problems with the perspective and analytical tools of economics. Sources of market failure with respect to environmental issues are discussed, and methods for analyzing environmental policies are developed. These tools are applied to current issues of pollution, resource use, and public good. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
ECON 230The Economics of Poverty in the United States1
Discusses issues surrounding poverty with a particular emphasis on the central New York region. Students first analyze how poverty is measured, which includes studying unemployment, the minimum wage, income inequality, and economic immobility using economic theory and data analysis. Students next study various anti-poverty programs in the U.S. such as traditional welfare, the Earned Income Credit, food stamps, and Medicaid. Includes a significant service learning component, in which students are required to complete at least 10 hours of field work at a local non-profit organization. In addition, various class site visits are an integral part of the course. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Examines causes of rising inequality over the last few decades and its effects on American democracy and the economy. Studies inequality, including the role of race and gender, and policies that serve to ameliorate or exacerbate inequality in the context of a variety of applied areas, such as education, the environment, housing, the criminal justice system, and more. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Examines education from an economic perspective. Economic theories and tools of statistical inference are introduced to understand education investment choices, education production, and education policies. Topics covered might include empirical tools for education economists, human capital theory and signaling theory of education; education production function; pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to education; the role of peer effects, class size, and school expenditures; education policy analyses (e.g. school accountability, school choice, affirmative action); the role of higher education in social mobility. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Explores the economic causes and consequences of immigration using theoretical and empirical perspectives. Importantly, the migration experience relates to the residents of both origin and destination countries. Course coverage pertaining to migrants and their source countries might include immigrant selection, assimilation, and the consequences of brain drain. Coverage related to residents of receiving countries might include the fiscal and labor market effects of immigration. The course is of particular interest to students wanting to examine economic policy, labor, and productivity questions. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
An examination of the role of gender in our economic system. This course studies the causes and implications of sexual division of labor and the dynamic relationship of production and reproduction in a historical and contemporary context. A critical analysis of the implicit and explicit gender bias of the discourse of economics is an integral part of this course. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Although athletics have played an important cultural, religious, and martial role in societies throughout history, the commercialization of sports is a much more recent phenomenon. Students apply economic theory and empirical methodology to the analysis of sports in order to examine the interactions between sports and economics, including the institutions that organize sports and the unique economic data made available by sporting contests. The specific fields of economics covered include industrial organization, public finance, labor economics, and game theory. Special consideration is also given to discussions of the economics of collegiate and amateur sports. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Examines the economic barriers to development, with a particular focus on market failures and inefficiencies that hinder growth and poverty reduction. Students explore how imperfect markets, poor infrastructure, and weak institutions can impede progress, while also evaluating the effectiveness of various policies aimed at addressing these challenges. By analyzing real-world cases and field experiments, students are provided with a deep understanding of the complexities and nuances of the development process and the trade-offs involved in crafting effective development strategies. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges or Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Studies economic relations among nations. Material addresses both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. Potential topics include the international mobility of goods, labor, and capital; economic growth and development; balance of payments; and exchange rate determination. Not open to students who have completed ECON 349 or ECON 351. ECON, MAEC, and ENEC majors interested in international economics are strongly encouraged to enroll in ECON 349 and/or ECON 351. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only International Relations Majors and Minors
A systematic development of the theory of consumer and firm behavior and pricing in markets. Emphasis is placed on the uses and limitations of some general methods of economic analysis. Majors and minors must earn a grade of C or better. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: MATH 161 or equivalent Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
A systematic development of the theory for determining national income, employment, and the general levels of prices and interest rates. Analysis of recent U.S. macroeconomic events is included. Majors and minors must earn a grade of C or better. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: MATH 161 or its equivalent Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
A study of the relationship between market structure, business conduct, and economic performance. Topics include the structure of American industry, oligopolistic pricing theory, product differentiation, research and development, and mergers. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
An introduction to law and economics. Standard economic theory is used to examine the law and legal institutions, and to study the origin, nature, and consequences of the "rules of the game" as they pertain to individual and group behavior. Questions addressed in this course include the following: How does the legal system shape economic incentives in ways that lead to socially optimal or sub-optimal behavior? How does one measure the benefits and costs of changes in legal rules? What is the nature of private property in a market economy? What is the appropriate role of a legal system in settling private disputes? Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Cites are major centers of economic activity. Coursework describes the formation and characteristics of urban areas. Coverage begins with analysis of how cities arise due to utility-maximizing decisions of households and profit-maximizing decisions of firms. Covered topics relate to features of cities and may include economies of scale, urban growth, land use regulations, housing, segregation, government policy, crime, transportation, and local public goods provision. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Recommended: Previous completion of ECON 375 recommended. Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
A survey of the empirical and theoretical literature on various aspects of the Japanese economy. Topics include comparison of the Japanese labor market with the U.S. labor market, keiretsu and the economic conflict between the U.S. and Japan, industrial policies and the Japanese "miracle," international comparison of the saving rate and the cost of capital, "multiskilling" and technological changes, participatory management practices and performance of the Japanese firm, and other issues of current interest. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Behavioral economics has significantly changed the way economists view the world. It encompasses approaches that extend the standard economic framework to incorporate features of human behavior emphasized in other sciences, such as sociology and psychology. Behavioral economics then uses experiments to obtain empirical evidence to develop economics models that more accurately describe the way people actually behave. Students are asked to contrast the material they learned in intermediate microeconomics with empirical and experimental evidence, which informs new ways of modeling and thinking about individual economic behavior. Coursework encompasses applications to other fields of economics, possibly including public economics, development, game theory, health, and policy. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
ECON 251 with a grade of C or higher and an approved Statistics course
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ECON 342Labor Economics1.00
Theoretical and empirical analysis of the labor market; the employment system; human resource management; and the relevant public policy issues. Topics include labor demand and minimum wage law; labor supply and welfare programs; compensating wage differentials and safety and health regulations; wage structure and income inequality; investment in human capital and education; discrimination and affirmative action; personnel economics and economics of human resource management; immigration; and other issues of current interest. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: No Senior Recommended: ECON 375
Explores the role of government in the economy. Students seek to understand the reasons for government intervention in the economy, analyzing the benefits of possible government policies, and the response of economic agents to the government's actions. Topics include tax policy, social insurance programs, public goods, environmental protection, with special emphasis on current policy issues such as inequality and poverty, tax reform, or health care. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Some decisions in life are simple. Others are more complicated. Game theory is the study of decisions that are complicated by strategic interactions, situations where making the best choice requires taking into account the decisions being made by others. This course presents the basic concepts of game theory and applies those concepts to a variety of microeconomic topics. Some of the applications examined include oligopoly behavior, auctions, political elections, moral hazard, principal-agent models, bargaining, and evolutionary models. Students also examine experimental evidence that sometimes confirms, and sometimes conflicts with the predictions from game theory. 161 or MATH 162 or MATH 163 or a high school calculus course). Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
ECON 251 and (MATH 105 or MATH 316 or CORE S143 or MATH 240) and (MATH
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ECON 348Health Economics1.00
Applies economic principles and tools to study the health-care market. Looks at the structure, cost, and distribution of resources within the health-care sector. Focuses on the socio-economic determinants of health, demand and supply of health insurance, hospital competition, physician practice, government intervention in the health-care market, and comparisons of health-systems around the world.
Designed to provide students with a deep understanding of international trade theories and policies. Topics include the theory of comparative advantage; trade under increasing returns; the role of firms in international trade; offshoring; welfare implications of trade policies such as tariffs and quotas; political economy of trade policies; and global trading arrangements such as NAFTA and the WTO. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
ECON 351International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics1.00
An in-depth study of exchange rates, how they are determined, and how they affect open economies around the world. Additional topics include foreign exchange regimes, a history of the international financial system, and exchange rate crises. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Studies the economic functions and efficiency of financial institutions and markets in the United States. Analytical tools are used to study the development and structure of asset markets, central banking and the role of monetary policy, regulation of markets and financial institutions, and risk. Students use case studies to focus on both historical and current events in the domestic and international financial systems.
A small group of selected students works together with faculty mentors to compete with teams from other colleges and universities in the Fed Challenge, a national competition that is hosted and judged by the U.S. Federal Reserve System. The goal of the course is to develop a presentation that summarizes the current state of the U.S. macroeconomy, understand its current weaknesses and threats, and make a monetary policy recommendation. To prepare for the presentation, students research and summarize the U.S. macroeconomic data, analyze historical and international macroeconomic episodes and their policy responses, and make and justify a specific recommendation regarding U.S. monetary policy. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Designed to teach students the theoretical foundations of advanced macroeconomic models. These models are used to help better understand different aspects of the economy. Emphasis is on the dynamic macroeconomic models that require the use of a higher level of mathematics than the models taught in ECON 252. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
An overview of the theory, measurement, and history of economic growth. Topics include the theory of optimal saving, endogenous technical change, growth accounting, developmental accounting, natural resource limits on growth, human capital, and demographic change.
Explores how consumers and firms allocate their scarce resources in order to maximize well-being and profits, respectively, and how these choices interact in a market. Coursework incorporates additional complexity, generality, and mathematical rigor into the economic analysis of ECON 251. Coursework builds up our standard microeconomic models from the bare assumptions and then delves into more complex subject matter involving uncertainty and game theory, which requires more mathematical sophistication. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
An analysis of selected issues in American economic development using the tools of economics. Topics include basic history of growth and structure since colonial times, population and migration, the labor force, agriculture, money and banking, transportation, slavery, the Civil War, industry studies, the Great Depression, and the growth of the government sector and regulation. Basic economic and demographic theories are applied to historical events. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: The Process of Writing Core Component: None
A survey of the evolution of economic doctrine and theory from ancient times through the present. Emphasis is on the predecessors of neo-classical economics, but attention is paid to alternative developments. The ideas of economists such as Richard Cantillon, François Quesnay, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Leon Walras, William Stanley Jevons, Alfred Marshall, and John Maynard Keynes are studied in historical and philosophical context.
ECON 370European Economic Issues (London Study group)1.00
An in-depth study of European open economy macroeconomics, international trade, and international finance. Coverage varies from year to year depending on the director of the London Economics Study Group. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
ECON 371The Economics of the European Union (London Study Group)1.00
Deals with economic aspects of the functioning and development of the European Union. Taught on the London Study Group. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
ECON 372The British Economy (London Study group)1.00
Applies economic theory to the British context through a study of a selection of historical and current macroeconomic, industrial, public sector, and balance of payment problems and policy responses in the UK. Includes regular visits to local economic institutions for group discussions about their activities and perspectives on current economic and government policy issues. An internship experience in London may be a required component, but is subject to economic fluctuations and various UK legal restrictions. Taught on the London Study Group.
An advanced course exploring a range of mathematical tools and techniques applied to various fields of economics. Students engage with mathematical models that underpin key economic theories and learn how to apply these models to analyze and solve complex economic problems. By the end of the course, students are equipped to approach advanced economic issues with a solid mathematical toolkit and a deeper understanding of how mathematics informs economic analysis. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
An introduction to regression analysis and related statistical methods used to estimate and test relationships among economic variables. Selected applications from microeconomics and macroeconomics are studied. Emphasis is on identifying when particular methods are appropriate and on interpreting statistical results. A minimum grade of C is required for completion of the economics major. 240 or MATH 316 or FSEM 144) and (MATH 161 or MATH 162 or MATH 163) Note: ENEC majors do not require Calc. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Study of the optimal allocation of scarce natural resources under conditions of imperfect markets. This course is intended for students interested in applying microeconomic theory to public policy questions regarding natural resources. Topics include environmental quality, policy, and regulation; renewable resources (fisheries, forests, and water resources); and non-renewable resources (global warming, energy use, and mineral extraction). Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None Formerly: ECON 328
Covers econometrics at a more advanced level than ECON 375 (Applied Econometrics), with more focus on econometric theory, including formal analysis of statistical properties of estimators. Students will also explore advanced topics of the instructor's choice. Such topics could include panel data, nonlinear econometric models, nonparametric econometrics, or time series. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics Majors and Minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning Core Component: None
Covers topics in financial economics with a focus on corporate finance. Major themes include basic financial statement analysis and modeling, valuation and capital budgeting, risk, and capital structure and dividend policy. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing and testing theories with empirical projects and presentations. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Economics, (Provisional Declaration), Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics Majors and Minors
ECON 251 and ECON 252 and ECON 375 (ECON 375 may be taken concurrently)
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ECON 391Independent Study
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Environmental Economics, Mathematical Economics majors and minors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
A seminar that examines the lives of women and men in developing countries and how the process of economic development affects them differently. Coursework begins from the household and covers topics on health, education and work options. Papers covered include seminal work that established gender differences in outcomes, as well as more recent perspectives on these differences. Students then cover papers on the origins of gender inequality, and end by studying the impact of decreasing gender inequality, especially when inequality decreases in leadership. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
Advanced study of crime and the criminal justice system from the perspective of economics, with an emphasis on empirical analysis. In addition to introducing economic models of crime and deterrence, topics covered may include: policing and police behavior, public policy and crime, courts and prosecution, incarceration, recidivism, criminal records and labor markets, race and the criminal justice system, and organized crime. Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Mathematical Economics, Economics Majors Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Examines education from an economic perspective. Economic theories and tools of statistical inference are employed to understand people's education investment choices and education policies. Topics covered might include human capital theory and signaling theory of education; pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to education; the role of early childhood education; educational equity; the role of peer effects, class size, and school expenditures; K-12 school reforms and debates in recent decades (accountability, school choice and affirmative action). Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
ECON 433Seminar in Economics of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration1.00
This seminar studies how several economic fields--possibly including labor economics, public economics, economic growth and development, and international trade--have contributed to economists' understanding of economic issues related to race, ethnicity, and migration. Topics might include discrimination, disparities in economic outcomes across groups, the macroeconomic benefits and costs of diversity and segregation, and the responses of native-born workers to immigration. Other topics may be considered as well. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
This seminar is an advanced study of the interactions between sports and economics, including the institutions that organize sports and the unique economic data made available by sporting contests. The specific fields of economics covered in the seminar include labor economics, industrial organization, public finance, and game theory. Special consideration is also given to discussions of the economics of collegiate and amateur sports. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Advanced study of economic development. Specific topics in economic development are considered, including poverty, micro-finance, networks, health, education, agriculture, migration, growth and other issues of current interest. Measurement tools common in development economics may be analyzed, such as randomized control trials and lab-in-the-field experiments. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
Advanced study exploring select topics in urban economics, with a strong emphasis on critically examining empirical research. Explores issues central to cities and extends to broader topics in spatial and regional economics. Subjects covered may include agglomeration, spatial patterns in cities, land use, real estate, pollution, crime, regional development, transportation, population growth, and place-based policies. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
Advanced study of the economic effects of public policy. Students learn about different public policies in a diverse group of economic fields such as development, labor, health, demographic economics, and international trade. Topics change year to year. Students focus on impact evaluation methods and causal inference. Students learn how to use data and the characteristics of public policies to estimate the causal effect of policies on economic outcomes. Recent topics include gun law reform, poverty alleviation programs in developing countries, quotas in government for women, infrastructure reform, immigration, health care reform, inflation targeting, etc. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
An advanced study of selected topics in international economics, with special reference to current policy issues. Topics may include: globalization and economic growth; determinants of trade and foreign investment; exchange rates; trade imbalances; globalization and the environment; and the effect of tariffs and international agreements. other coursework broadly related to international economics) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
ECON 251 and ECON 252 and ECON 375 and (ECON 249 or ECON 349 or ECON 351 or
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ECON 468Seminar in American Economic History1.00
Advanced study of selected issues in American economic history, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics change from year to year. Topics covered include the economics of the Antebellum South and the Civil War, the Great Depression, the development of labor markets, the demographic evolution of the United States, agriculture, industry and transport since colonial times, and money, banking, and financial markets. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: The Process of Writing Core Component: None Formerly: ECON 482
Advanced study of econometric methods, with an emphasis on their theoretical underpinnings. Topics include the statistical properties (in particular, expected value, variance, and probability limit) of estimators, consequences of different underlying assumptions, and advanced methods not covered in ECON 375. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: The Process of Writing Core Component: None
ECON 251 and ECON 252 and ECON 375 and (ECON 355 or ECON 357 or ECON 374)
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ECON 481Seminar in Labor Economics1.00
Advanced study of selected issues in labor economics emphasizes recent developments in the field. Topics may include efficiency wage, fair wage, and gift exchange; compensation methods including pay for performance, profit sharing, team incentives, stock option, and employee ownership; gender and careers; peer effects; executive compensation and corporate governance; and other issues of current interest. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
ECON 483Seminar in Resource and Environmental Economics1.00
An advanced study of selected issues in resource and environmental economic issues. Topics may include climate change, air and water pollution, energy generation and efficiency, environmental justice and the distributional impacts of environmental policy, natural resource use and management, and transportation. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
ECON 251 and ECON 252 and ECON 375 and (ECON 228 or ECON 328 or ECON 383)
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ECON 484Sem: Applied Macroeconomics1.00
One or more of the following topics are studied: current U.S. stabilization policies; policy simulation analysis and forecasting using macroeconomic models; and advanced analysis of inflation, unemployment, income distribution, and economic growth. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
Broadly surveys research in financial intermediation. The unifying theme throughout the semester will be credit allocation by banks and non-bank financial institutions in the mortgage market.
ECON 489Preparation for Honors Seminar: Special Problems in Economics
Designed for senior majors who are eligible for departmental honors (or high honors). Each seminar member plans and writes an honors thesis under the general guidance and supervision of a faculty member. Seminar members present their work to the group and act as discussants of each other's work. Enrollment in both terms is necessary for course credit. This course is taken for no course credit in the fall and uses the satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading option. Credits: 0.00 When Offered: Fall semester only Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: Only Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
ECON 490Honors Seminar: Special Problems in Economics1.00
Designed for senior majors who are eligible for departmental honors (or high honors). Each seminar member plans and writes an honors thesis under the general guidance and supervision of a faculty member. Seminar members present their work to the group and act as discussants of each other's work. Enrollment in both ECON 489 and ECON 490 is necessary for course credit. This course is taken under the satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading option. When Offered: Spring semester only Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
