26 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 200Entrepreneurship and the Economy3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the logic of economic decisions. This course will look at what it takes to set up, manage, and grow new ventures. In the process, the course reviews economic decision making and provides a survey of basic economic concepts. This course is designed to teach students the decision skills necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and above all, as productive citizens in a global setting.
ECON 303Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Introduces and reinforces theoretical insights, recent empirical findings, and practical aspects to demonstrate how economics contributes to understanding entrepreneurship and innovation. Topics may include crowdfunding, entrepreneurship education and microenterprise field experiments, regional entrepreneurship, new empirical methods, and innovation and public policy. This course is cross listed with ENTR 303.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An in-depth study of the managerial decision-making process and its tools, including such topics as forecasting demand, cost analysis, pricing, capital budgeting, and risk and uncertainty.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An in-depth study of the working of price mechanism within the framework of a free enterprise economy; a detailed examination of the behavior of consumers and firms, the theory of distribution, and welfare economics (with applications to international trade and personal income distribution).
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An Internet survey course designed to teach students the decision making skills necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and above all, as productive citizens in a global setting. The course also emphasizes the practical aspect of economics and examines the microeconomic (individual) and the macroeconomic (aggregate) implications of decision making.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the leading issues and theories of economic development and their relevance to the developing countries. The course will also examine some of the unique problems of businesses in these countries.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the theories of international trade, balance of payment, exchange rate determination, international portfolio investment (including currency swaps, options and futures) international financial 764
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An in-depth study of current economic and social problems and their implications for business and society. Among the issues covered are: crime and the justice system, poverty, discrimination in labor markets, health care and social security, as well as government antitrust policies and regulation of markets.
ECON 432Industrial Organization and Public Policy3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An analysis of industrial organization, vertical and horizontal relationships between firms, pricing, output, and advertising policies of firms in a variety of market structures, including a detailed study of the content, success, and failure of anti-trust legislation.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The culmination of the undergraduate study of economics providing opportunities for students to apply knowledge and training to the analysis of current economic problems. Students select projects of their choice and work under the supervision of the instructor.
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 A practical course enabling students to apply their theoretical knowledge of economics/finance to real situations and to gain practical experience in business, financial industry, and government institutions. This course is cross-listed with ACCT 450, BADM 430, FINC 453, FESA 490, and HCM 490. 765
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in macro finance which focuses on financial markets and financial institutions. Money and capital markets and their role in the savings investments process are considered. Topics such as the market for loanable funds, flow-of-funds accounts and securitization are covered.
ECON 460Seminar in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Study and analysis of contemporary issues and entrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures: The issues covered in the course may include the economic theory of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial opportunities and risks caused by economic change, the role of creativity and innovation in the economy, entrepreneurial strategy, the identification of new venture opportunities, and case studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures. This course is cross listed with ENTR 460.
ECON 500(3-3-0) Applied Economics: A course primarily for in-service and/or pre-service school educators and
administrators, including a study of the history, philosophy, and theory of the American economic system and the application of economic principles to current issues and problems. (Not open to MBA students.)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores the application of microeconomic theory to management decisions and examines the consequences of macroeconomic policies upon businesses in the global market place.
ECON 650(3-3-0) International Trade and Financial Markets: This course deals with practical aspects of
international trade and financial markets. It treats the international consequences of changes in money supply or demand, prices, and interest rates. The role and importance of the institution and individual participants will be discussed. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
ECON 660(3-3-0) Business and Economic Forecasting: Advanced study of the science and art of model building
for the purpose of forecasting and policy analysis. Forecasting models are critically examined and applied to the managerial decision making problems using standard computer programs. Prerequisites: ECON 610. Educational Administration (EDAM)
