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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
An intense study of diverse topics under the direct supervision of an economics faculty member. Prerequisite: See individual course listing in the current semester class schedule.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of international trade and finance. The microfoundations of the course will address why countries trade, why special interest groups fight international trade, regional specialization, international agreements on tariffs and trade and national commercial policies. The macrofoundations of the course will focus on exchange rates, balance of payments, international investments and coordination and cooperation of international monetary and fiscal policies. Prerequisite: ECO 121.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of the major writers and schools of economic thought related to the economic, political and social institutions of their times: the Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocrat, Classical, Marxist, Historical, Neoclassical, Institutionalist, Keynesian and post- Keynesian schools. Prerequisite: ECO 121.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to economic methods that will allow the student to understand the economic causes of environmental problems and to evaluate the economic impact of environmental polices. It will introduce the student to a wide range of current environmental problems and issues such as hazardous and municipal solid waste, water and air quality concerns, biodiversity, global warming and sustainable development. Topics will include externalities, benefit-cost analysis, alternative policy instruments as solutions to environmental problems, market failures, policy decision process and risk analysis. Prerequisites: ECO 121 and junior or senior standing.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of the economic, social and political factors that account for the contrast between the economic stagnation in much of the world and the steadily rising incomes in the United States, Europe and Japan. General principles are applied to the development experience of selected countries in the historically less-developed world and the formerly centrally-planned economies of Eastern and Central Europe. Prerequisites: ECO 221 and ECO 222.
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4.00 Credits
This course will study the role of private financial institutions and the Federal Reserve System in the creation of the nation's money supply and the theory that links the money supply to the nation's inflation rate and output level. Additional topics are the international payments mechanism, capital flows, the determination of exchange rates and the use of a common currency by several countries. Prerequisites: CSC 140, ECO 221 and ECO 222.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of the structure of firms within a given industry, the corresponding strategic decisions and conduct and the United States' antitrust policy that is intended to facilitate competitive market goals across the economy. Topics will include competition, dominant firm and cartel theory, measurement of industry structure and performance, strategic behavior in pricing, advertising and information, vertical integration, regulation and law and international markets. Prerequisite: ECO 221 with a grade of "C-" or higher.
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4.00 Credits
This course will be a comprehensive study of the cause and effect relationship between work and income. It will examine labor market structures, human capital theory, unionmanagement relations, labor history, economic policy and earning profiles by gender and race. Prerequisites: ECO 221 and ECO 222.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the impact of federal, state and local government expenditures, revenues, debt management and budgeting on the allocation of resources, the distribution of income, the stabilization of national income and employment and economic growth. Topics will include expenditure patterns, tax structure, benefit-cost analysis, policy analysis and microeconomic and macroeconomic theories of public expenditures and taxation. Prerequisites: ECO 221 and ECO 222.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
An internship is designed to provide a formalized experiential learning opportunity to qualified students. The internship generally requires the student to obtain a faculty supervisor in the relevant field of study, submit a learning agreement, work 30 hours for every hour of academic credit, keep a written journal of the work experience, have regularly scheduled meetings with the faculty supervisor and write a research paper dealing with some aspect of the internship. Written work should total five pages of academic writing for every hour of credit. An extensive list of internships is maintained by career services, including opportunities at the Federal Reserve Bank and Prudential Securities. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty supervisor, qualification for the internship program, permission of an internship site supervisor and acceptance of learning agreement proposal by the Experiential Education Committee.
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