64 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 2002Contemporary Problems of the Economy Steady state growth equilibria, comparative dynamics, and
3 hours; 3 credits disequilibrium growth. Post-Keynesian, neoclassical, and neo- Instability, monopoly, inequality, poverty, development. Topics Ricardian models. Production functions and the capital studied vary with each section and reflect the interests of the valuation problem; the duality of the growth rate and the profit students and the instructor. Intended for nonmajors. rate; two-sector and multisector models; the golden rule and problems of optimal growth. Critical analysis of growth models. Structural requirements and behavioral conditions for existence
ECON 2100Elementary Macroeconomics and stability of equilibrium. Fundamental question of why
economies generate pressures for growth. 4 hours; 4 credits Contemporary economic analysis of the operation of the United Prerequisite: Economics 2200 [20.1] and 3410 [31.1], or the States economy. Role of markets and the determination of the equivalent. overall level of economic activity. Dynamic process of growth, inflation, and international trade. (This course is the same as ECON 3165 American Economic History Business 2100.) 3 hours; 3 credits mathematics by a passing score on the CUNY Mathematics colonial period to the present. The development of colonial Skills Assessment Test or an exemption from taking the CUNY economy; economic growth before the Civil War; Mathematics Skills Assessment Test. Alternatively, students industrialization of the American economy and the rise of big who have passed the equivalent of Mathematics 1011 (pre- business; government, business, and labor, including the calculus) or higher can register for the class. changing participation of women and minorities in the era of industrial maturity; the creation of a managed economy in the
ECON 3102Intermediate Macroeconomics mid-twentieth century. This course is the same as History 3470
3 hours; 3 credits Prerequisite: Core Studies 4, or Core Curriculum 1220, or Static and dynamic analysis of national income measurement; History 3005, or Economics 2100, or permission of the aggregate approaches to theories of income; employment, chairperson. prices, interest rates; public policies for growth and stabilization. (Not open to students who have completed Economics 19.1.) Microeconomics
3 hours; 3 credits History of the socioeconomic position of women; evidence on the changing economic position of women in the post-civil rights era; assessments of the welfare-to-work transition; political economy of marriage and childbearing decisions. (This course Economics 223 is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3317 .)
3 hours; 3 credits Methods and results of economic analysis used in interpretation of economic data and in solution of economic problems. Outstanding exponents of major theoretical approaches. Mathematics 1231 or Mathematics 1201, or the equivalent. Quantitative and mathematical economics
3 hours; 3 credits Labor force concepts, composition, trends, and measurements. Human resource development problems in relation to population and economic growth. Wage patterns and theories. Characteristic risks and problems of the wage earner. Legislative and private attempts to secure full employment. Insecurity and underutilization of the labor force.
3 hours; 3 credits Discrimination in labor markets as it applies to sex, race, ethnic, and religious groups. Historical and theoretical analysis of the relationship of discrimination to economic systems, presented from alternative perspectives. Slavery, immigration, unionization, affirmative action, and the problem of quotas.
3 hours; 3 credits Economic basis of the urban economy. Land utilization, land tenure, and land and building income. Ratios of improvement value to site value. Zoning regulations and city planning. Common real estate instruments.
3 hours; 3 credits Economic analysis of the structure of markets and the behavior of firms. Examination and evaluation of public policy toward business. Topics include pricing strategies, product differentiation, barriers to entry, corporate mergers, research and development, and antitrust legislation and regulation.
3 hours; 3 credits The nature of money, the monetary system, and monetary standards. Commercial banking operations and noncommercial banking institutions. Relationship of money and banking to prices and economic activity. (This course is the same as Business 3320.)
e 3 hours; 3 credits Theoretical and public policy issues related to the structure and workings of financial markets. Uses microeconomic analysis to assess the effectiveness of various financial instruments in meeting the needs of investors who have varying preferences for risk. Derives and applies a variety of financial-decisions rules, including those associated with asset-pricing and arbitrage-pricing models. Additional topics include: risk and return trade-offs, cost of capital, and capital budgeting.
3 hours; 3 credits Economics of public finance. Government expenditures, taxation, and debt in relation to efficient resource use, equity in the distribution of wealth and income, stable growth, and related aspects of economic well-being. . Prerequisite: Economics 2200 [20.1].
3 hours; 3 credits The foreign exchange market, international financial markets, and the determination of the equilibrium exchange rate. Price levels and the exchange rate in the long run; output and the exchange rate in the short run; foreign exchange intervention; capital mobility; monetary and asset market approach to the balance of payments; international macroeconomic policy and the international monetary system.
3 hours; 3 credits Problems of the formation of economic operations. Problems of the acquisition of foreign competition. Problems arising from government policies. Cultural and ethical barriers to trade.
4 hours; 4 credits Net present value, internal rate of return; yield, duration, immunization, and convexity of fixed-income securities; mean- variance portfolio theory, Markowitz model, CAPM, factor models, arbitrage pricing theory; models of asset dynamics, Ito's lemma, options theory, Black-Scholes equation, interest- rate derivatives. (This course is the same as Finance 3370 [Business 3370] and Mathematics 3601.) Mathematics *2501 [8.1] or Mathematics 3501 [51.1]; Economics 3410 [31.1] with a grade of B- or better; Economics 3310 [70.2] or Finance 3310 or [Business 3310].
4 hours; 4 credits Definitions of some of the most important derivative securities traded in the financial markets: forward and futures contracts, caplets, caps, swaps, and options (Call, Put, Barrier, Bermudan, Asian, Digital, Exotic). The principles of arbitrage pricing and risk-neutral pricing, discrete-time binomial trees. The continuous time Black Scholes model and the Capital Asset Pricing model. The pricing of interest rates in an arbitrage-free framework and important interest rate models. Concentration on stochastic modelling and applications. (This course is the same as Finance 3375 [Business 3375] and Mathematics 4601.) Economics 3370.
3 hours; 3 credits The interaction of human psychology, decision making and financial markets in order to understand how human behavior plays a significant role in finance. Topics covered include: personal financial planning, corporate finance, and portfolio management within the context of behavioral finance and behavioral economics. This course is the same as Finance 3378 and [Business 3378]. 3332 [70.8] or Finance 3330 or [BUS 3330]; Economics 2200 [20.1] or Business 2200 [20.1]. Urban economics and public policy
3 hours; 3 credits Introduction to health economics and public policy. The roles of physicians, hospitals, government, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and the newly introduced medical exchanges in the delivery of health care. Topics covered include: characteristics of the health care sector of the economy; cost benefit and effectiveness analysis, justifications for government involvement in health care regulation; how government policies and insurance markets determine the allocation of health care resources; financing of health care services; international comparisons; policy issues such as universal health insurance. This course is the same as Business 3500. of the chairperson.
Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Weekly conference. Research paper.
Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Weekly conference. Research paper. Programs and Courses of Instruction
Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Weekly conference. Research paper.
Resources and Economics of Poverty Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Weekly conference. Research paper.
Resources and Economics of Poverty Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Weekly conference. Research paper.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits ECON 7020X Econometrics Supply and demand analysis. Economics of households and firms. Determination of product and factor prices under different 30 hours plus conference; 3 credits market structures. Capital theory and welfare economics. Introduction to simple and multiple regression analysis, and Spring term. analysis of variance. General linear model. Introduction to econometric modeling and techniques with an emphasis on the equivalent.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Factors determining the level of national income, output, and 30 hours plus conference; 3 credits employment. Consideration of business cycle theories and of Advanced econometric model building. Econometric principles public and private policies to stabilize employment and prices. for cross-sectional, panel, and time-series data sets. Fall term. Applications to economics. Spring term.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Intended for economics students with little or no preparation in calculus. Mathematical topics frequently used in economics selected from matrix algebra, differential calculus, and partial differentiation. Development of mathematical concepts in the context of economic models. Relation of mathematical methods to their application in economics. Fall term.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Gains from trade, absolute and comparative advantage, and the determination of patterns of trade. The classical model, the endowment model, and the specific factor model. Imperfect competition and government policies as determinants of trade. Increasing returns to scale. Trade and factor movements in the international economy. Empirical tests of trade models. Tariffs, nontariff barriers, administered protection. Quotas, and other nontariff barriers. Effects of trade policies on employment, prices, income distribution, and national economic welfare. Case studies. and one undergraduate course in microeconomics. Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 7025X [725.1X].
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits The foreign exchange market, international financial markets, and the determination of the equilibrium exchange rate. Price levels and the exchange rate in the long run; output and the exchange rate in the short run. Foreign exchange intervention. Capital mobility. Monetary and asset market approach to the balance of payments. International macroeconomic policy and the international monetary system. and one undergraduate course in microeconomics. Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 7025X [725.1X].
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits The role of government in a market economy. Topics include market failures such as public goods, externalities, information asymmetries and uncertainty; government policies as a corrective device for market failures; collective decision making and public choice theory; principles of taxation; and analysis of public policy issues. and one undergraduate course in microeconomics. Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 7025X [725.1X]. Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 7025X [725.1X].
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Economic analysis of the structure, performance, and government policy in the health care sector of the economy. Demand and supply of health care services, the role of third party payers, and the public policy debate over government Economics 153 reform of the health care system. Microeconomic, econometric, and political philosophy concepts relevant to issues of justice in health care. This course is the same as Health and Nutrition Sciences 7144X.
and Panel Methods 30 hours plus conference; 3 credits This course develops applied econometric tools for analyzing cross-sectional and panel data commonly used in economic research and policy evaluation. Topics include heterogeneity and endogeneity, fixed and random effects approaches, instrumental variables, panel data models, causal inference methods, and modern empirical techniques. Emphasis is placed on practical applications, diagnostic testing, and interpretation of results. Students work with real datasets to evaluate policies, study firm behavior, analyze consumer decisions, and assess financial and labor market outcomes instructor permission.
Hours to be arranged; 3 credits Research for master's thesis supervised by a faculty member. Students register for this course only once. [720X], 7025X [725.1X], 7000X [700X], and 7021X [721X] with grades of A or B in all courses; and permission of the graduate deputy chairperson.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits An introduction to microeconomic concepts - demand, cost, profit, pricing strategies, forecasting - with applications to managerial decision making. (Not open to students who have completed Economics 7000X [700X].) This course is the same as Business 7205X.
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Sources and uses of funds in financial markets. Market structure of interest rates. Flow of funds analysis. This course is the same as [Business 7215X] and Finance 7215X,
30 hours plus conference; 3 credits Economic aspects of pollution and resource conservation. Sources and environmental effects of common pollutants. Spatial aspects of pollution and resource depletion. Economics of recycling as a solution to problems of waste disposal and resource depletion. Applications of environmental and conservation economics to current problems in industrial location, city planning, population, and economic growth. Statistics or permission of the instructor. The following inactive course(s) will only be offered if there is sufficient dem
