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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Schleef Content: The role of the financial officer in fulfilling the financial goals of the firm--subject to constraints imposed by technology, market forces, and society. Short-term financial planning, selection of capital investments, capital structure planning, cost of funds to the firm. Focus on financial concepts of valuation, investment decisions, financing decisions. Prerequisites: Economics 103 and 292. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Goodstein, O'Sullivan Content: Examination of the role of government in a primarily market economy. Microeconomic issues: the provision of public goods; externality problems; the incidence, efficiency, and broader impacts of taxation policy; different approaches to defining fairness in income distribution; economic theories of public choice. Pressing current public-policy issues including health care and education policy, welfare reform, campaign finance, the social security system, defense spending. Prerequisite: Economics 292 or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Goodstein Content: Economic theory and analyses: how events suggested new theory and how new theoretical insights affected economic policies and trends. Economic analysts, including the mercantilists; Smith, Ricardo, and Malthus; Marx; Mill; Walras; neoclassicists; Keynesians. Prerequisites: Economics 291 and 292. Junior standing. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Bekar, Goodstein, Grant, Hart-Landsberg, O'Sullivan, Schleef Content: Advanced research in economics. Production of a research paper and distribution to instructor and class members. Oral presentation of research paper to students, faculty, and the campus community. The research paper requires students to construct, research, write, and present rigorous analysis on an economic question. Topics chosen by students. Prerequisites: Economics 103, 291, 292, and 303. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Grant Content: Mathematical models of economic behavior. Mathematics of microeconomic theory and macroeconomic theory, economic optimization, equilibrium and disequilibrium analysis, probability models, growth theory, dynamic economic modeling. Prerequisites: Economics 103. Economics 291 or 292. Mathematics 131. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Same as Economics 244 but requiring more advanced work. Prerequisites: Economics 103, 291, and 292. Consent of instructor. Taught: Each semester, 2-4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Topics beyond intermediate macroeconomics including alternate theories of consumption and investment, macroeconomic forecasting, the role of expectations, problems with macro measurements. Prerequisite: Economics 291. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Bekar, Hart-Landsberg Content: Microeconomic strengths and weaknesses of market-directed economic activity. Industrial policy, discrimination in labor markets, impact and role of trade unions, welfare economics. Prerequisite: Economics 292. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Same as Economics 299 but requiring more advanced work. Prerequisite: Consent of department. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Proctor Content: Scholarly perspectives on environmental problems and solutions, integrating concepts and analytical skills drawn from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Foundation for all subsequent courses in the environmental studies major. Lectures, faculty and guest presentations, regular online assignments, individual and group research projects. Prerequisite: Biology 141, Chemistry 110, Economics 100, International Affairs 100, Sociology/Anthropology 100 or 110, or consent of instructor. Enrollment limited to first- and second-year students except by consent of instructor. Taught: Annually (spring), 4 semester credits.
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