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1.50 Credits
This two-semester course is designed to introduce the student to the fundamental concepts of neoclassical and ecological economics. We will develop an in depth understanding of the assumptions, structure, uses, and limitations of the neoclassical economic model while exploring how the model explains the allocation of goods and services in the marketplace as well as market approaches to resource depletion and environmental pollution. Fundamental concepts in ecological economic thinking will be learned and applied to environmental issues that define the natural and social realities of the 21st century. Throughout the year, emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, reading, writing and oral presentations.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the entire U.S. economy. Topics include: the scarcity of resources, the development of American capitalism, income and employment theory, governmental fiscal and monetary policies, economic stability, Gross Domestic Product, economic growth and international trade.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on economic theory as it relates to the operation of individual organizations. Topics include: supply and demand, price determination, production costs, competitive structures, resource markets, and issues related to international trade.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a description and analysis of the principal features of the U.S. economic experience. Topics include the colonial relationship with England, the economics of slavery, and the industrialization and urbanization of the United States.
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3.00 Credits
This course applies microeconomics analysis to a market-based health care delivery system. The course analyzes incentive structures that affect the demand for health and medical care services, the behavior of medical care providers, and the impacts on the efficiency and distribution of health care delivery. Topics include: the historical and institutional context of health care; the supply and demand for health insurance and medical care services; the role of uncertainty and asymmetric information; the nature and extent of government regulation in the martket; and comparing alternative health care systems with the U.S. systems.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to expose students to such topics as market and government failure, benefit-cost analysis, the economics of energy, Federal control policies involving air and water pollution, externalities, and environmental issues in other industrialized countries.Crosslisted w/ ENV 324.
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3.00 Credits
This course views the economic system as a subset of the ecological system. Environmental problems will be analyzed in the context of biophysical limits that challenge standard conceptions of economic growth. Topics include: natural capital as a fundamental input to production; ecological indicators as complements to market prices;extended national income accounting and measurements of well-being; entropy and its relationship to material/energy flows; carry capacity of natural and social systems; and, relationship between sustainable human activity and equity.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, tools, and applications of personal finance and investments. Subject matter encompasses a variety of concepts related to financial planning, money management, insurance, investments, retirement planning, and estate planning. Students will develop a basic understanding of the benefits of personal financial planning and the logic behind the process.
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3.00 Credits
Primary emphasis is placed on the techniques of financial report analysis, operating and financial leverage, analysis, working-capital management, cost of capital and capital budgeting.
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