20 courses with the subject ECO, 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.
ECO 150Economic Reasoning4
Fundamental economic concepts and theories of supply and demand, resource allocation, taxation, international trade, externalities, public goods, market models, and labor markets. An emphasis on applications in both public policy and individual decision making will be recurrent throughout the course. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).
ECO 151Environmental Economics and Sustainability4
ECO 151 is a sister course to ECO 150 Economic Reasoning. Like ECO 150, it is intended to be an introduction to economic analysis. However, ECO 151 has the goal of having students utilize economic reasoning to analyze and create solutions for environmental issues in our society. In this course, students will use economic analysis to understand the impact of using natural resources efficiently and the impact on our world when they are not. The laws of supply and demand will be applied to policy decisions that aim to mitigate the impact of pollution and other negative externalities on people, the environment, and the economy. Students will examine the role that government has in managing environmental problems and study corporate sustainability models being used to benefit the environment and improve the long-term value of the business. Finally, students will apply their learning of environmental economics by performing research on possible economic solutions to an environmental issue.
Titan Endowment Investment Practicum is a one-credit seminal course on investing and constructing a more effective portfolio in practice. Topics include risk/reward trade-offs, asset allocations, macroeconomic analysis, industry analysis and security analysis. Students learn how to apply practical investment concepts to achieve long-term financial goals.
An introductory course in the analysis and interpretation of quantitative data. Attention is given to the binomial distribution, the normal distribution, sampling, introductory probability theory, and hypothesis testing. Real world applications are used with computer software for statistical analysis. Not available to students with credit in BIO 206 , MTH 335 , PSY 201 , PS 301 , SSC 251 , or SSC 252 .
A study of the role of money in an economic system, the operation and evolution of central banking systems, and the functioning of financial institutions. Among the topics presented are the nature and function of money and credit, classes and functions of commercial banks and their operations, the structure and operation of the Federal Reserve System, theories of the value of money, credit control, and monetary policy.
An introduction to theories and policies concerning international trade, open economy macroeconomics, and international finance. Topics include traditional and modern theories of international trade, trade policies in advanced and developing countries, the balance of payments, fixed and flexible exchange rates, arbitrage and hedging, monetary and fiscal policies, currency areas, international debt, and the global capital market.
A course which presents a realistic picture of investment problems and the means for their successful solution. Description of the basic investment instruments is provided.
six courses in accounting, economics and/or business, junior or senior standing, consent of department, and a GPA of at least 2.0.
ECO 601Capstone: AdvancedFinance4
The course will survey common methods of forecasting sales, share prices and other variables using techniques that include univariate and multivariate time series, regression and data mining.
