18 courses with the subject EC, 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.
fixture of industrial economies. For two hundred years these cycles have been superimposed on rising affluence in Western, and now more recently, in Asian economies. This course explores the causes of growth and cycles 202 / 445
topics of interest.
macroeconomic policy-making in the United States today. It considers competing theoretical perspectives including Post-Keynesian, Monetarist, and supply-side approaches and the debates on the role of government, taxation, and stabilization policy, the balanced budget and the national debt, and money and credit. The actual practice of fiscal and monetary policy is examined in the light of the influences of the international economy on the United States. Prerequisite: EC 101. Offered fall semesters.
in a range of business, governmental and not-for-profit organizations in manufacturing and service production, healthcare, and transportation. This course elaborates on and applies the core economic principles developed in EC 102 to answer questions of allocation, organization, and pricing from orthodox and heterodox perspectives. Policy issues of anti-trust, environmental protection, and utility pricing are also explored. Prerequisite: EC 102. Offered spring semesters of odd numbered years.
markets, balance of payments, and international financial institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, and their affiliates. It will take a historical approach to unveil some of the major conflicts that are currently unraveling the world monetary system. We will also discuss some possible directions for the future restructuring of the system. EC 305 International Trade (S). One unit. This course will explore modern trade theory with a major emphasis on developing and using economic modeling to explain the rationale and direction of modern trade flows. A discussion of changes in current practices of commercial policy in the context of new information technology and geo-economic structures will be included as well as the new European Economic Community. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered spring semester.
economic perspective. It draws on both orthodox and alternative approaches to examine issues of sustainable development and policies to correct environmental pollution and maintain habitat and species. Issues covered will include global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, habitat and species preservation, and the economics of recycling. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered as required. 203 / 445
to apply the principles of economics to analyze it. Specifically, the course will cover the demand for and supply of health care services, the structure of health insurance and its impact on social welfare, with an emphasis on the peculiarities of the health care market, the causes of market failures and the need for government intervention. The U.S. health care system will be compared to those of other countries and the current health policy will be evaluated based on such criteria as efficiency and equity. Prerequisite: EC 101, 102 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester of even numbered years.
logical extension of economic discrimination. This includes, but will not be limited to, an investigation of the economic motivations behind the 20th centuries classic cases of genocide: the Aghet (Turkish genocide against the Armenians), the Holocaust, the Khmer Rouge, and the Hutu-power genocide. Examples of previous cases of genocide such as the nineteenth century attempt at the extermination of the indigenous American tribes will be brought in as appropriate. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered fall semesters of even numbered years.
and dot.com millionaires have proliferated, more than one in five American children grow up in poverty. Inequality in the United States is the highest it has been since the Gilded Age at the turn of the century. In this course we will examine why the rise of “winner-take-all” markets has coincided with falling incomes for the poor, and the roles of globalization, technology, family structure, immigration, and other factors in producing these outcomes. We will conclude the course by examining the history and role of unions, the practice of collective bargaining, and the legal framework for industrial relations in the U.S. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered spring semesters of odd numbered years.
decision-makers influence each other. Chess, bridge, and poker can exemplify, and the relation to such games explains the subject’s name. This course teaches basic tools of non-cooperative game theory. Students will be exposed to an intuitive understanding of strategic conflicts and the basic analytical and quantitative techniques. This will allow them to think clearly about strategic interactions and evaluate their impacts in economic and social spheres.
paper based on empirical economic work. A senior thesis will be the 100-hour experiential component. Students will design and develop an empirical research project independently. This research project is geared to students applying to graduate school for a M.A. or Ph.D. in economics, a law degree or medical degree as well as students who wish to apply economics to urban planning, international affairs and other liberal arts or professional programs. It is in this senior tutorial that students will develop and refine skills in applied economics, such as data collection, manipulation, mining and data organization that are required for a major research paper. It will demand a high level of empirical data analysis, competence with at least two economic regression programs and familiarity with the standard presentation techniques both verbal and written in economics. The subject area of the project is broad in order to accommodate various economic applications. The RFT will provide a forum for reflection, sharing and discussion of the research. The RFT will allow students to share their research and literature searches with the group. They will be required to orally present at several stages of their senior thesis to economists from Wagner College and at seminars in the greater New York area. Prerequisites: EC 101and 102, MA 108, one of EC 301 or 302 and EC 415. Offered every spring semester. 204 / 445
work, how they grow, and how production is carried on; includes a survey of the relationships among market structure, conduct, and performance in theory and practice. The concepts of concentration, centralization, product differentiation, conditions of entry productivity, and performance are studied. Emphasis is placed on a history of corporate development, interpretations of the social role of the corporation, and a review of the effects of antitrust law. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered as required.
factors in the spatial economy. Economic Geography is the study of agglomeration of the linkages between systems. These linkages include but are not limited to transportation, international trade, development and growth, real estate, ethnic economics, gendered economics, core-periphery theory, the environment and globalization. Prerequisites: EC 101 or 102 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semesters of odd numbered years.
employment by race, gender, and ethnicity place many women and racial and ethnic minorities near or in poverty. Educational opportunities, access to healthcare, legal services, credit, and housing, and eligibility for government programs can also differ systematically for members of different groups. This course explores these differences through readings, film, research projects, and field trips. In this process we will examine debates on the roles of biology, family, culture, and economic opportunity in generating inequality. Topics such as affirmative action and comparable worth will be discussed. Prerequisite: EC 101 or 102. Offered alternate spring semesters.
econometrics, the field of economics in which statistical tools are applied to test economic ideas, and in which data are summarized in ways that can inspire new ideas. .The primary objective is to provide theoretical and practical foundations in carrying out econometric studies, with a focus on the applications of econometric techniques in economic analysis. Students will gain experience in using computers to analyze data sets and interpreting the findings of empirical results. Prerequisites: MA 108and either EC 101 or 102.
course for economic majors. The course is focused on refining and developing the students understanding of the evolution of economic thought and the philosophy (methodology) of economics. The research/critical thinking skills necessary to practice economics in the real world necessitate an exposure of students to issues in the evolution of economic thought and methodology. The goal is to develop not only methodological sensitivity to current economic/business problems but to integrate the evolution of economic ideas into their world view. The course will have an overview of historical methodology and trace the history of economic thought. This will function as a platform for students to think critically not only about their research but economics in general as a social/historical construct. Prerequisites: EC 101, 102 and either EC 301 or 302; MA 108 and EC 415. To be taken in conjunction with EC 400. Offered every spring semester. EC 497 Internship in Economic (S). One unit.EC 593 Independent Study (S). One unit. An opportunity for the more advanced student to pursue an independent research project developed by the student and supervised by a disciplinary faculty member. The project must result in a research paper approved by Dean and the supervising faculty member. Prerequisite: approval by the Dean of the Nicolais School of Business. Program Curriculum Requirements 205 / 445
independent research project developed by the student and supervised by a divisional faculty member. The project must result in a research paper approved by the Dean and the supervising faculty member. Prerequisite: approval by the Dean. Program Curriculum Requirements
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