12 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.
Total 15 Business Electives Credits Choose a total of five courses for a minimum of 15 credits: Any BADM, ACCT, or ECON course 15 Total electives 15 Total in degree 62
Total 9 Core Requirements Credits
2-WSP History of U.S. economy up to the present with emphases on the European background, early settlements, British rule, costs and benefits of the Revolutionary War, economic aspects of the Constitution, the early national period, Northern industrialization versus Southern agriculture for export, slavery, costs and benefits of the Civil War, recovery, urbanization, immigration, industrialization, WWI, the ’20s boom, the Great Depression, and WWII. Covers economic progress and crises in finance, trade, industry, agriculture, labor markets, land use, law, and government. Liberal Arts.
2-WSP Examination of alternative economic systems, comparing the U.S. economic system with other economies along the capitalist–socialist spectrum and describing the institutional bases for such comparisons. Liberal Arts. ECON 295, 395, 495 Special Topics 0–4-WSP Group study of selected topics. Liberal Arts.
1,2-WSP Short introduction to primary models of consumer and producer behavior, especially 56
1,2-WSP Short introduction to primary models of macroeconomics, especially the IS-LM model, the consumption function, and the investment function. Liberal Arts. Prerequisite: ECON 211
1, 2 or 3-WSP Research and writing course for students who wish to pursue further work in economics. Students must have had at least 2 hours of a previous economics course to take 1 hour of this seminar, at least 4 hours of previous coursework to take 2 hours of this seminar and at least 6 previous hours to take 3 hours of this seminar. Topics for study must be approved by the instructor. Liberal Arts. Prerequisite: ECON 210 or 211
2-WSP A study of the factors related to why some economies prosper while others struggle to meet the basic needs of their citizens. Common misconceptions and proposed solutions are explored in an effort to determine how to effectively address poverty around the world. Liberal Arts. Prerequisite: ECON 210 or 211 or permission
1-WSP Development of the U.S. monetary system and Federal Reserve System, money-creation process, financial regulation and deregulation, financial innovation, monetary effects on the macro economy, Federal Reserve policy (especially FOMC), and exchange rates. Liberal Arts. Prerequisites: ECON 210, 211 EDUC 191, 192, 291, 292, 391, 392, 491, 492
Source: Houghton University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
