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4.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Introduction to the essential concepts of economic analysis and implications for public policy. Emphasis on examining the operation of markets in both a macro and micro setting. Topics include: inflation, unemployment and monetary policy as well as consumer behavior, the operation of business firms, and supply and demand. Offerings at other institutions are not typically considered equivalent to this course unless they provide thorough coverage of topics introduced in both macro and microeconomics. Helps satisfy the pre-fall 2008 general education requirement in social sciences. 4 credits.
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4.00 Credits
Exploration of the field of law and economics using standard microeconomic tools to examine torts, contract law, property law, and the theory and empirical evidence on criminal behavior. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: MR (Mathematics & Formal Reasoning) Introduction to applied probability and statistics. Topics include: tabular and graphical presentation of data; descriptive measures of central tendency, dispersion, and location; probability and probability distributions (discrete and continuous); inferential statistics and hypothesis testing; bivariate analysis (qualitative and quantitative), including crosstabulation, covariance, correlation, and simple linear regression. Applying statistical concepts to real world situations. Students cannot receive credit for this course and MTH-241 (30) or MTH-341 (47). 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Examination of the significance of gender differences in the U.S. economy. Topics include: differences in earnings and occupational choice, discrimination, consequences of women's employment for the family, and the feminization of poverty. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Survey of economic analysis in its application to urban problems, development patterns, land markets, and labor markets. Causal factors creating urban dilemmas and the policy alternatives available for improving the quality of urban life are considered. Exploration of the effects of environmental, social and political forces on the urban economy and urban life. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 or SOC-101 or 102 Same as SOC-221 (35). Explores the trends and determinants of vital events such as fertility, mortality, marriage, divorce, and migration from sociological and economic perspectives. Presents a brief history of world population change and explores current trends and the theories that are used to understand them. A student cannot receive credit for both ECN-235 (35) or SOC-221 (35) and SOC-222 (46). 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) and NE (Humans & the Natural Environment) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Developing the economic tools that are needed to understand the economic basis of environmental problems and evaluate the policies that are intended to reduce environmental degradation. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Microeconomic analysis of government expenditure and tax policies, with attention to social security, national health insurance, welfare programs, individual income tax and other current topics. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Institutional and historical study of the nation's monetary system, including definition of money, an overview of the financial markets, activities of the banking system, non-bank intermediaries, and central banking. Analysis of effects of money and finance on output, prices, and economic growth. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: ECN-111 Using tools of economics to examine the health services industry. Influences of government on supply and demand for services and development of private and public insurance products are examined, as are interactions among medical technology, demand, and insurance. Additional topics include: managed care, international comparisons, and current reform proposals 4 credits.
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