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3.00 Credits
An introductory macroeconomics course for social work majors, with emphasis on the economic issues that social workers are likely to encounter in the course of their jobs. The course is designed to help the social work student to understand the basics of United States and global economics including: how the economy works; how economic policy is developed and implemented; and how economic policy can impact upon social workers, their clients, and the services they provide. Prerequisite: GSR 102 or the equivalent
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an in-depth study of common economic institutions encountered in everyday situations for personal and family applications. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, how prices are established in the market; supply and demand; relationships between price and quantities bought and sold by individual consumers; money; checking and savings accounts; the banking system, credit, and interest rates; budgeting; and wages in the labor market. Prerequisite: GSR 102 or the equivalent
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3.00 Credits
This course expands and builds upon previous macroeconomic knowledge learned in introductory macroeconomics study. The course emphasizes the depth and breadth of the workings of the macroeconomic system through classroom examination and research, and by providing students with the experience of critically applying these concepts as they are related to current national and world events. Issues in monetary policy, employment an unemployment, inflation, aggregate demand and supply, and economic growth, and their interrelationships and policy implications are stressed. The study of these topics is structured in a manner that will serve as models for the types of analyses required in many post-graduate employment and graduate study environments. Prerequisites: ECO 202
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3.00 Credits
This course expands and builds upon previous microeconomic knowledge learned in introductory microeconomic study. The course emphasizes the depth and breadth of the microeconomic system through classroom examination and research, and by providing students with the experience of critically applying these concepts as they are related to current national and world events. Issues in fiscal and business policy, the competitive environment, regulation, the utilization of supply and demand, profit maximizing behavior, production and costs, and their interrelationships and policy implications are stressed. The study of these topics is structured in a manner that will serve as models for the types of analyses required in many post-graduate employment and graduate study environments. Prerequisites: ECO 301
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3.00 Credits
This course covers many of the current questions in labor economics. Foundations of wage and employment theory are included, as are practical applications of the theory for production. Issues and trends in the labor force, including participation of women, minorities, and other groups, are discussed with implications for labor supply. Government policies affecting unemployment, equal opportunity, discrimination, and comparative growth, among others, are also discussed. Prerequisites: ECO 204
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the history of economic ideas. It covers the major schools of thought in economics, beginning with mercantilism and moving through supply-side economics. Emphasis will be placed on the classical underpinnings of economics as currently practiced. The theories of Smith, Ricardo, and Malthus will lead into discussions of other economic thinkers, including Marx and Keynes. Prerequisites: Business department majors only or permission of the department
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3.00 Credits
Monetary standards, theories, and controls in relation to business cycles and full employment; credit, domestic, and foreign exchange; the nature of banking operations; the organization of a bank, the clearinghouse system; and the Federal Reserve System. Prerequisites: ECO 202
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3.00 Credits
The distribution of natural resources among nations; factors responsible for major movements in international trade; tariffs and other trade restrictions; means of promoting free trade. Prerequisites: ECO 202
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth analysis of a particular country or economic development area. The area to be studied will depend on the student's interest and the availability of faculty.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of the different economic systems in the modern world and their adaptations in various countries. Implications for the future of these systems are discussed. Prerequisite: GSR 102 or the equivalent
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