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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). The nature of firms and the theory underlying a wide spectrum of market structures. The course focus is on behavior and interactions between firms in imperfectly competitive markets and the analysis of the strategies and methods that the firms use to compete or preserve thei monopolistic positions. It also examines the social outcomes of the various strategies and actions. Prerequisite: ECON 350. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Development and utilization of human resources: wage determination, labor force participation, employment patterns, the role of labor organizations, human capital theories, manpower policies and programs. Prerequisites: ECON 200 and 350. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Expenditures: the allocative role of federal, state, and local governments; social choice; provision of public goods; the welfare state and income transfer programs; and public policy approaches to correcting diseconomies such as pollution. Revenue: tax incidence, alternative forms of taxation and their impact on efficiency, equity, and economic growth. Prerequisites: ECON 250 and 251. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Overview of the theory and management of natural resource use. Topics include the control of air and waste pollution, solid waste management and recycling, forestry, curbing suburban sprawl, water management, and mitigation of climate change. Issues addressed from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Prerequisites: ECON 155, or 250, or permission. ECON 251 recommended. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). This course combines economic theory with analytical tools, such as statistics and quantitative methods, to examine how organizations can achieve their aims most efficiently. Students learn how economists approach critical business decisions, such as product pricing and the hiring of workers. Prerequisites: ECON 200 and 350. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Focus on various topics in economics. May satisfy an elective course requirement with departmental approval. Prerequisites: ECON 250, 251, and permission. May be repeated for degree credit once, given a different topic. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Analyzes the interactions among various dimensions of social formations-such as the economy, the state, class structures, and ideology-with a specific emphasis on heterodox economic paradigms, which may include feminist, humanistic, institutionalist, Marxist, and post-Keynesian approaches to economic theory and policy. Prerequisites: ECON 200, 250, and 251. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of 8 credits, given a different topic. Not regularly offered. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Continuation of a specific upper-division course in economics allowing students to pursue topics beyond one semester. Prerequisites: permission and upper-division economics course in the area covered. It may satisfy an elective course requirement with departmental approval. May be repeated for degree credit given different topics. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits). Independent student research on one or more economic problems. Discussion, debate, and critical analysis of a variety of topics in a seminar setting. Open to majors only. Prerequisite: six courses in economics including ECON 350 and 351.
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1.00 Credits
Spring (2 credits). Independent student research on one or more economic problems. Discussion, debate, and critical analysis of a variety of topics in a seminar setting. Open to majors only. Must be taken in sequence before ECON 467. Prerequisite: six courses in economics including ECON 350 and 351. Offered as needed. NU only.
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