Courses-ECO

Economics Courses

ECO-1100: Introduction to Economics - 3 hours
Basic principles of economics. The problem of businesses, governments, labor unions and nations as viewed from the perspective of economics. (Not open to students with an introductory high school course in economics.) IAI: S3 900.

ECO-1300: Contemporary Third World - 3 hours
Cross-listed with GEO-1300.

ECO-2000: Personal Finance - 3 hours
Income and buying decisions; budgeting, major purchases, credit, insurance, investing, taxes, retirement.

ECO-2100: Microeconomics - 3 hours
The free market economy, theory of consumer behavior and the firm. Supply and demand, pricing, business income and organization, competition, monopoly, production theory and the factors of production. Prerequisite: ECO-1100 or equivalent. IAI: S3 902.

ECO-2200: Macroeconomics - 3 hours
Emphasis on national income, consumption, investment, money, banking, interest, price level, economic growth, role of government international trade, and finance in the market economy. Prerequisite: ECO-1100 or equivalent. IAI: S3 901.

ECO-3100: Intermediate Microeconomics - 3 hours
Individual and market demand, indifference analysis, measures of elasticity, the production function-cost and output, product market structure, resource market and structure, equilibrium and welfare economics. Prerequisite: ECO-1100.

ECO-3200: Intermediate Macroeconomics - 3 hours
Measurements of income, process and money supply. Theories of consumption, saving and investment. IS-LM analysis. Monetarist-Keynesian debate, macroeconomic policy. Prerequisite: ECO-1100. Cross-listed with MGT-3200.

ECO-4100: The Development of Economic Thought - 3 hours
Major theories of economics: Smith, Ricardo, Marshall, Keynes. Theory and modern economic institutions. Prerequisite: ECO-1100. Cross listed with MGT-4105.

ECO-4150: Consumer Behavior - 3 hours
Cross-listed with MKT-4150

ECO-4200: Economic Geography: Economics of Location - 3 hours
Cross-listed with GEO-4200.

ECO-4220: Money, Banks, and Financial Institutions - 3 hours
Cross-listed with MGT-4220.

ECO-4300: International Economics - 3 hours
Economic theories of international trade, relationship of currency and politics to trade. The basis of trade and trade patterns. Prerequisite: ECO-2100. Cross-listed with MGT-4300.

ECO-4310: Statistical Methods: Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours
Cross-listed with PSY-4310.

ECO-4500: Econometics - 3 hours
Forecasting and testing economic theory. The regression model and its assumptions. Functional form and lag variables. Multiple variables. Computer applications. Prerequisite: ECO-2200 and a course in statistics. Cross-listed with MGT-4500.

ECO-4950: Independent Study in Economics - 1-6 hours