231 Introductory Microeconomics and Social Issues (3)
Study of economic and social systems, emphasizing choices made by individuals in society such as consumers, producers, employees, voters, policy makers, and students. (P1)
232 Introductory Macroeconomics and Social Issues (3)
Macroeconomic principles; alternative theories of economic instability; national income, fiscal policy, monetary policy, and international trade.
302 Intermediate Microeconomics and Applications (3)
The price mechanism and allocation of resources under competition, monopoly, and imperfect competition; applications to decision making. PREQ: 231; MGT 235.
303 Money, Financial Markets, and Economic Policy (3)
Financial institutions; monetary policy; central banking and nongovernmental organizations; money and capital markets. PREQ: 232, 302.
304 Econometrics (3)
Evaluation of business indicators; techniques for analyzing current business conditions and forecasting changes in levels of national economic activity. PREQ: 232, 302.
305 Public Finance (3)
Governmental expenditures; sources of revenue, public credit, principles, and methods of taxation and financial administration; fiscal policy. PREQ: 232, 302.
307 Regional Economic Analysis (3)
Regional structure and growth; location theory, interregional income theory, factory mobility; public policy for regional development. PREQ: 231, 232; MGT 235.
310 Natural Resource Economics (3)
Economic policy regarding renewable and nonrenewable resources; environmental and energy economics. PREQ: 130 or equivalent.
389 Cooperative Education in Economics (1 or 3, R15)
See Cooperative Education Program.
403 Development of Economic Ideas (3)
Ideas of the great economists; great debates in economics. PREQ: 232, 302.
404 Introductory Mathematical Economics (3)
Functions, graphs, calculus, and systems of equations applied to economic analysis. PREQ: 232, 302.
406 International Economic Development (3)
Institutional forces shaping economic development; developed and less-developed nations compared; population growth, capital formation, educational improvement. PREQ: 231, 232.
420 Recreation, Sport, and Tourism Economics (3)
Economic models, techniques, and applications related to recreation, sport, and tourism. PREQ: 232, 302.
480 Independent Research (3)
PREQ: Permission of department head.
483, 484, 485 Internship in Business Economics (3, R9)
Work experience in business economics. S/U grading. PREQ: Junior standing, 2.0 GPA, written application, permission of department head; minimum of 10 hours per week.
493 Topics in Economics (1-3, R6)
PREQ: Permission of department head.
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