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Courses in economics (designated ECON) may be applied as appropriate, for example, toward:
- the general education requirement in the behavioral and social sciences;
- a major in social science;
- a minor in economics; and
- electives.
An introduction to the problems of unemployment, inflation, and economic growth. Emphasis is on the roles of monetary policy and fiscal policy in determining macroeconomic policy. The efficacy of controlling wages and prices is analyzed. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: ECON 201 or ECON 205.
Analysis of the principles underlying the behavior of individual consumers and business firms. Topics include problems of international trade and finance, distribution of income, policies for eliminating poverty and discrimination, problems of environmental pollution, and effects of various market structures on economic activity.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 203. Analysis of current economic problems and public policies. Topics include market power, federal budget and tax policy, governmental regulation, inflation, unemployment, poverty and distribution of income, and environmental issues.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 203. A comparative analysis of the theory and practice of various types of economic systems, especially the economic systems of the United States, the former Soviet Union, the People‘s Republic of China, Western and Eastern Europe, and less-developed countries.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 203. An examination of the structure of financial institutions and their role in providing money and near-money. Institutions, processes, and correlations analyzed include the functions of the Federal Reserve System, the techniques of central banks, the control of the supply of financial assets as a mechanism of stabilization policy, and the relationship of money and credit to economic activity and prices. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: ECON 430 or ECON 431.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 203. A description of international trade and an analysis of international transactions, exchange rates, and balance of payments. Policies of protection, devaluation, and exchange-rate stabilization and their consequences are also analyzed. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: BEHS 440, ECON 440, or ECON 441.
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