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3.00 Credits
A study of the relationships between market structure, conduct, and economic performance in U.S. industry. Emphasis will be on the manufacturing sector and specific industries will be examined. A brief introduction to antitrust and regulation is also covered. Debate within the main stream is examined. Prerequisite: 278.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the political and economic underpinnings of regulation in the American economy and the economic effects of those regulations. Topics covered include the political economy of regulation, direct regulation of monopoly market, and public policy towards non-monopoly sources of allocative inefficiency. Prerequisite: 278.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of labor market issues and policies. Topics covered include discrimination, anti-discrimination policy, the minimum wage, health and safety policy, and other labor market policies and institutions. While the neoclassical approach dominates, other approaches will be explored. Prerequisite: 278 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to a variety of controversial issues in European and American economic history. Topics include the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the effects of British mercantilist policies on the colonies, the economics of slavery, and what caused the Great Depression. Emphasis is on issues in 19th and 20th century U.S. economic history. A variety of theoretical perspectives are explored. Prerequisite: 111 and 112.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the goals and means of economic systems that are fundamentally different from our own. The systems considered are both theoretical models, such as those of perfectly competitive capitalism and market socialism, and actual cases, such as the Soviet Union, China, Yugoslavia, Japan, and Cuba. Countries studied vary. Prerequisite: 111 and 112.
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3.00 Credits
A critical appraisal of the origins and evolution of significant economic theories. Selected writings are analyzed in detail as representative expressions of major paradigms within the discipline. Prerequisite: 111 and 112.
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3.00 Credits
Theory and applications of multiple regression analysis. The specification and estimation of econometric models, hypothesis testing, and interpretation of results. Emphasis is on practical applications from macro- and microeconomics using both cross-section and time-series data. Prerequisite: 268, 278, MATH 121 and 161 or 152.
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3.00 Credits
Selected topic, to be announced prior to the course request period, in theoretical or applied economics, using mathematical or statistical techniques. Prerequisite: 268 and/or 278 plus MATH 161 or 152 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A reading, research, and conference course on a selected economics topic. Student seminar choices must be approved by the department. Prerequisite: 268, 278, and 288 or permission of the instructor.
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20.00 Credits
A survey of the legal, philosophical, political, and sociological contexts of American education. Students examine the ideals and the day-to-day practices of our system through introduction to research on the following topics: competing definitions of an educated person, the university and the community college, the comprehensive high school, school politics at the local, state, and national levels, the Supreme Court and desegregation, reform movements, and the teaching profession and teachers' unions. The course includes a 20-hour field experience.
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