For non-college of business majors A course of study introducing students to the foundations of western economics, examining the basic framework of micro and macro economics and applying economics to current issues facing individuals and society.

A study of consumer and producer behavior in the determination of prices and output, wages and productivity, profit and market structure.

A study of the behavior of economic aggregates including national income, consumption, investment, foreign trade, the demand for and supply of money and government policy efforts to influence these aggregates to meet national goals.

This course introduces the student to those statistical models and methods that are used in a business environment to assist in making effective decisions. It includes, but is not limited to, time series analysis, regression, Chi-square, nonparametric statistics and ANOVA.

Economics is a social science studying society's choice of how to use scare resources to produce goods and services in order to maximize the attainment of economic wants. Microeconomics focuses on the analysis of specific economic units such as the consumer, firm, or industry. Upon completion of this course the student will have an understanding of both consumer and firm behavior as well as the basic models of industry market structure. In ECO 102, these concepts were introduced in a non-technical manner. The purpose of this course is to expand and build upon the fundamental microeconomic concepts covered in ECO 102. These intermediate economic concepts will be applied to a wide range of private decision making and public policy issues. While many of the underlying ideas presented in the course should be familiar to students, the intermediate treatment will be more formal and mathematically rigorous than in principles of economics courses.

A study of classical, Keynesian and monetarist models as these pertain to aggregate behavior in the achievement of society's economic goals.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of law and economics, focusing on the common law areas of torts, contracts, property and criminal law. Economic concepts are used to assess which legal rules are economically efficient, and to predict which legal concepts will be effective and which will not.

Case studies or directed investigations focused on current problems and topics that are increasingly of concern to modern businesses. The topics covered may be current issues in Economics and/or involve new and emerging areas of study.

This course aims to familiarize students with two key topics of international economics: the economics of international trade relations and the economics of monetary international relations. In analyzing international trade relations, we will study comparative advantage among nations, tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, multinational enterprises, developing countries, and regional trading arrangements such as NAFTA and the European Union. Our study of international monetary relations will include the balance of payments, foreign exchange, exchange-rate determination, alternative exchange-rate systems, international reserves, and international debt problems. By the end of this course, each student should have a solid economic basis for understanding and evaluating international economic policy issues discussed in economic publications such as The Economist and the Wall Street Journal.

Allocation, distribution, and stabilization aspects of government budget policy, including critical analysis of theories and principles of taxation, expenditures, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Health economics uses economic tools to analyze the organization, delivery, and financing of health care. This course enables students to: (1) understand the relevance of economic concepts in the healthcare sector, (2) describe systems of health care financing and delivery, and (3) use economic reasoning to evaluate healthcare policy.

A study of the growth of national income (i.e., economic growth) and changes in the technical and institutional arrangements by which it is produced (i.e., economic development). The main focus of the course rests on the non-Western third world countries.

This course covers the functioning of the money and banking system and its relationship with the rest of the economy. The course considers the nature of money, the markets that allocate money to a variety of uses, the institutions that create and control the money stock, the flow of money and how it is related to employment levels, GDP, inflation and interest rates, and international financial matters. Much attention will be paid to problems and issues requiring the attention of policymakers. A special attention will be given to the role of the Federal Reserve System as it affects the economy through the monetary policy.

This course introduces students pursuing general business or policy-related careers to the function and outcomes of contemporary labor markets. In addition to examining worker decisions over labor supply and the labor demand of firms, the class draws on both theory and empirical evidence to survey several topics extending beyond the basic labor market model. These topics include: human capital/returns to education, unemployment, job search, career training, minimum wages, life cycle earnings, labor unions, labor mobility, compensation inequality, and labor market discrimination.

In this course students examine the organization and actions of firms within their industries and within their supply chains. Topics include firm costs, market structures, strategic behavior, game theory, entry, entry deterrence, collusion, product differentiation, advertising, R&D, price discrimination, and horizontal and vertical integration.

Individual research of a substantive nature pursued in the student's major field of study. The research will include a written thesis or an original project, and an oral defense.

Individual research of a substantive nature pursued in the student's major field of study. The research will include a written thesis or an original project, and an oral defense.

The objective of this course is to prepare students for empirical work in economics. Specifically, topics covered will include basic data analysis, regression analysis, testing, and forecasting. Students are provided the opportunity to use economic data to test economic theories. We will utilize computer software in all facets of our approach. This is believed to be a more applied course, ultimately knowing the limits of software packages and what theories mean for empirical analysis will be stressed.

This course will be an opportunity for advanced students of economics to do research within a specific subject area of the discipline. The students will be expected to apply their acquired skills (from ECO 440 and other economics field courses) to a special issue of their choice. The course will be conducted as a coordinated research effort combining group presentations of journal articles with an individual research project.