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3.00 Credits
This course is a sociological analysis of the nature and extent of criminal behavior in the United States and around the world. It reviews the past and current theories that attempt to explain the causes of criminal behavior. In addition, society's response to crime, the criminal justice system, and its various components are examined.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency in the United States and other modern societies. It explores how juvenile delinquency differs from adult criminal behavior in its legal status, causes, and the ways society reacts to it. The juvenile justice system and its various components are examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a sociological analysis of the various practices and institutions that modern societies have created to deal with criminal behavior. The practices examined include probation, other community-based techniques, jail, prison, parole, and capital punishment. The consequences and effectiveness of each are analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to be the capstone course in which the student, utilizing substantive and methodological knowledge accumulated through previous course work, will develop and test relevant research questions related to crime theories. The course culminates with the writing and presentation of a formal research paper. oped. Emphasis is on applications of statistical and mathematical tools for economic analysis and on preparation for writing the senior thesis.
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3.00 Credits
This course applies economic thinking to contemporary issues using a non-technical approach. Topics include environmental issues, crime, poverty, health care, the global economy, and the role of government. This is an introductory course and is not a substitute for ECON 201 or 202.
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3.00 Credits
This study of basic economic principles and the structure and functioning of a modern economy serves as an introduction to microeconomics.
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3.00 Credits
This study of basic economic principles and the structure and functioning of a private enterprise economy serves as an introduction to macroeconomic.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: General Education Math. Three hours lecture and two-hour lab. Basic mathematical and statistical tools are developed in this course. Topics include hypothesis testing and introductory regression analysis. Basic calculus, linear and matrix algebra, and other mathematical tools used in economic analysis are also developed. Emphasis is on applications of statistical and mathematical tools for economic analysis and on preparation for writing the senior thesis.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of environmental issues from an economic perspective, this course helps students understand environmental problems by applying a rational choice framework to resource allocation decisions in the presence of externalities. Significant attention is paid to the discrepancy between market allocations that are economically efficient and regulated allocations that are socially optimal. Topics covered include the Tragedy of the Commons, production and consumption externalities, pollution abatement strategies (including regulation, corrective taxation, pollution credits, and property rights delineation), as well as the political and economic foundations of optimal environmental policy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ECON 201-202. Co-requisite ECON 250. This course examines theories of national income determination, focusing attention on the factors and processes that govern the growth rate of income, employment, output, and prices. Fiscal and monetary policies, as well as supply-side strategies, to facilitate full employment and economic growth are studied.
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