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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Economic analysis of the operations of multinational corporations and the implications of global production, resource allocation, and distribution of goods and services. Emphasis on capital and technology transfer, intercontinental flow of information, transaction costs, transfer pricing and tax policies.
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3.00 Credits
Applications of microeconomic theory to labor markets. Topics include labor supply and demand, investment in education and training, wage determination, working conditions, non-wage compensation, racial and gender discrimination, unions, and government regulation of wage-setting institutions.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of governmental policies involving taxes and expenditures and how effectively these policies attain their objectives. Topics include externalities and public goods, income redistribution, health and unemployment insurance, and the impact of taxes on labor supply, savings and wealth.
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3.00 Credits
Problems of economic growth and development of less developed countries with emphasis on economic and non-economic obstacles to growth and development, financing of development, strategy of development policy, development planning and project evaluation, industrial and agricultural development, and the role of international trade in growth and development.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the economics of urban and regional development. Emphasis on principles of regional analysis, location theories, population movements, urban base, problems of urban renewal, economics of poverty, transportation, pollution, and housing.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative study of organization, operation and performance of some important economic systems. Emphasis on the socio-cultural and political environment, and on the institutional factors explaining the differences in the performance of various systems.
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3.00 Credits
Microeconomic analysis applicable to the problems of businesses with emphasis on the determination of prices, outputs and inputs. Other topics include demand and cost measurements, forecasting, and cash flow analysis. The course utilizes different constrained optimization and quantitative techniques. Note: Credits for this course may not be applied towards the economics major requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Application of economic analysis to the health care industry. Emphasis on the demand and supply of health care services, and private and group health insurance (HMO, PPO, Medical Care, Medicaid). Analysis of for-profit and non-profit production of health care services under different market structures. Other topics include problems of allocation of medical care resources and analysis of health care policies.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the historical development of those ideas intended to provide a deeper understanding of present economic realities. Emphasis is placed on fundamental areas such as the economist's methodology, value and distribution theory, free trade, economic growth, and macroeconomics, and how the topics have been addressed by major thinkers in the field of economics.
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3.00 Credits
Economic analysis of natural resource and environmental issues and policies. Social cost-benefit analysis, theories of externalities and intertemporal resource allocation and their application to renewable and exhaustible natural resources are emphasized. Topics include pollution control, efficient and equitable resource management, energy issues, ecological and environmental quality, and global sustainability.
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