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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30440. This course will examine the relevant state and federal laws covering the public-sector collective bargaining. It will examine the various issues and techniques covering collective bargaining in government. The major part of this course will be a game theory approach in which an actual contract will be bargained.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30470. Analysis of the practice and procedures of arbitration in labor grievances with emphasis on rights and interest issues is both public and private sector employment. Course stresses an analysis of arbitral awards.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses the tools of economics to understand the major forces shaping the American labor force, in both the past and the present. Examples of course topics include: the major waves of European migration to the U.S., including waves of Irish immigration; the development and rise of the high school in America; important trends in educational attainment particularly of women and minorities; the economic effects of Civil Rights legislation; and the English language only debate. This course is closely related to Econ 33480 (Migration, Education and Assimilation) but does not require a research paper. Prerequisites: Principles of Microeconomics. Concurrent enrollment in or completion of a statistics course, Econometrics, or Intermediate Microeconomics is helpful but not required.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30500. An examination of the extent and causes of poverty in the United States. The current system of government programs to combat poverty is analyzed. Reforms of this system are also considered.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on four arenas where poverty manifests itself: homelessness, education, healthcare, and jobs. Writing-intensive.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30530. An analysis of the welfare economics of environmental problems, emphasizing market failures due to negative environmental externalities. Air, water, and land pollution are classic examples of these externalities, which occur when third parties bear costs resulting from the transactions of the two primary market participants. The theory and practice of environmental policy to promote efficiency at the US local, state, and federal levels and in other countries is explored. International problems such as transboundary pollution and global warming are also studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30540. This community-based learning and research course examines the political economy of US inner-city revitalization, with South Bend as a case study. Community-Based Learning (CBL) requires that students both learn and apply what they are learning within a setting outside the classroom. In addition to in-class seminar sessions, CBL activities will include meetings with local organizations that link public agencies and private enterprise, visits to varied businesses in urban South Bend, and meetings with area government representatives and relevant church and neighborhood organizations. During the first third of the semester, students will learn about the central problems of the US city and their roots, viewing the issues firsthand locally. In the second third, they will study how inner-city problems are being addressed in selected areas of the country as well as in South Bend. The South Bend Heritage Foundation (SBHF) will act as a client organization for this course by posing research questions for students to investigate during the last third of the semester. The SBHF is a private, not-for-profit service and community development corporation dedicated to the stabilization, enhancement, and empowerment of South Bend's inner-city neighborhoods.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the seminar version of ECON 30810. The course looks at the spatial dimensions of economics with major emphasis on where economic activity takes place and why. Theories and methods of regional analysis and regional programs will be stressed with reference to selected regions in the U.S. and elsewhere. A major part of this class will be a major research project, paper, and presentations by the student on a selected region. Research presentations and discussions by you will be a regular feature of the class.
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3.00 Credits
This course is concerned with application of the basic concepts of economic theory to agriculture with special reference to developing countries. Resource structure and market structure in the agricultural sector are analyzed and thoroughly explained. Characteristics and performance of Egyptian agriculture are reviewed and evaluated. Agricultural reform policy of Egypt is discussed. Taught as Econ 348 at Host University.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
The course will tackle the foundations of market analysis, consumer theory, producer theory, market theory, externalities and public goods.
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