27 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.
Introduction to aggregative economics. Provides some historical and institutional perspective on the U.S. and world economy, focus primarily upon contemporary theories of employment, inflation, and growth. Also examined are monetary and fiscal policy and foreign trade.
Introduction to theory of price, including demand theory; the theory of the firm under purely competitive and imperfectly competitive market conditions; and the theory of income distribution. Application of theory to practical problems stressed.
Introduces fundamental concepts important for understanding how individuals and organizations function within an economy. Covering both microeconomic and macroeconomic principles, a wide array of both theoretical and applied issues are addressed as are how changing market conditions impact consumers and firms and how government policies influence the economy and business decisions. This course is not open to students who have completed either ECON 101 and/or ECON 102 .
Concerned with economic variables in the aggregate. Involves an analysis of national income accounting, the volume of output, income and employment, and the fine points of fiscal and monetary policy. Designed to aid students in advanced work in economics and especially to prepare them for graduate study.
Designed in the methods of applying economic concepts to solving business problems and gaining insight into the nature of business enterprises. Combined with statistics, economic principles are used to analyze decision-making within profit maximizing organizations. Alternative market structures and how they affect the business environment are considered. Based upon theoretical concepts and empirical research results, students can appreciate the applicability of analytical thinking within organizations.
Analyzes the theoretical determination of labor supply and demand, wage rates and the levels of employment with applications to competitive, monopsonistic and unionized markets. Includes discussions of how job characteristics, educational attainment and discrimination combine with legislation and governmental policies to determine the distribution of income to specific segments of the population.
Deals with monetary and banking principles and practices, credit, commercial banks and other financial institutions, and the Federal Reserve System.
Deals with theory and categories of public expenditures, principles and effects of taxation, major forms of taxes, theory and problems of government borrowing and deficit financing, fiscal policy, budgets, and fiscal administration.
Introduces the fundamental concepts of health care markets. Transactions among health care providers, insurance companies, government and patients will be examined. Basic tools of economics are introduced to analyze the behavior of consumers, hospitals, insurers, and health care professionals. Topics covered include the demand and supply of health care, health insurance, pharmaceutical industry, quality of care, access to care, competition, reform proposals, and government programs and regulation.
Introduces basic theory of international trade and finance. Highlights sources of comparative advantage, gains and losses from trade, the impact of trade on economic growth, and effects of trade policy interventions such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints and export subsidies. International agreements on regional trade liberalization (such as EU and NAFTA) and on multilateral trade liberalization (e.g., WTO) will also be discussed. Topics on international finance include balance of payments, determination of foreign exchange rates, and international monetary system.
Provides the opportunity for students to have a hands-on experience in applying various economic research methodology and analysis in addressing current socio-economic issues. Quantitative research approaches and the use of computer statistical software are essential in this course.
This course will cover the economic analysis of the law, including how economics shapes the law, the applications of economic analysis required to apply the law, and the economic analysis of the effects of new laws or regulations. Students will cover tort law, contracts law, property law, and criminal law each semester. Students choose additional topics that are covered, including intellectual property law, antitrust law, and civil procedure as time permits. Students will engage in research on the topic of their choice and present their findings to the class as a whole.
Discusses the economics of industrial location, land utilization, urban structure, and regional development. Problems of locational change and adjustment are analyzed. Objectives, methods, and implications of policies of public control are emphasized.
Introduces the general field of economics growth and the problems of developing countries. Specifically, the nature of a typical underdeveloped area and the problems of capital formation, population growth, and economic organization are analyzed and compared with those arising with the growth of industrialized countries. Theories of economic growth and their relevance to current problems in developing areas and various forms of international assistance, are examined.
Focuses on environmental issues from both a microeconomic and macroeconomic point of view. Pollution control policies such as taxes, subsidies, marketable pollution permits, and government mandated pollution standards are analyzed from theoretical and applied perspectives.
Analyzes structure, conduct, and performance of American industry with emphasis on the economic and social impact of the concentration of economic power in the industrial sector.
Tools of economic analysis are used to study the sports industry. Topics of discussion include monopoly, monopsony, pricing strategies, profitability, role of unions, discrimination, salary determination, and college athletics. The course is divided into three main sections: 1) the market structure of sports, 2) the financing of professional sports, and 3) the labor markets of professional and amateur sports.
Students supplement their classroom studies by acquiring human capital through a professional internship. Contact the internship coordinator of the department for further information.
Students supplement their classroom studies by acquiring human capital through a professional internship. Contact the internship coordinator of the department for further information.
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Independent study affords students the opportunity to engage in independent study related to their major field, a supporting area, or specialized interest.
Covers the specification of economic models in mathematical terms. Applications of mathematical analysis to both macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts are presented.
Covers statistical estimation and testing of economic models. Topics include specification of models, data problems, and estimation problems encountered in the study of economics, such as serial correlation, hetroscedasticity, autoregression, lag models, and identification.
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Source: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
