Economics (ECON)
A survey course for non-business majors. Topics include factors which determine economic behavior, marginal productivity analysis, graphic models, national income analysis, and the importance of the globalization. Particular emphasis is given to the study of fiscal and monetary polices, and their impact on industry and on world trade. This course may not be taken for credit if a student has earned credit in ECON 2105 or ECON 2106 or their equivalents.
An introductory survey of macroeconomics principles; the scope and method of economics, basic supply and demand theory, money and prices, national income analysis, and economic stabilization.
Application of microeconomics principles to economic problems; the theory of production, market structures, income distribution, government regulation and business, labor organization, and international trade.
Analysis of aggregate economies, focusing on economic growth, business cycles, inflation, fiscal policy, and monetary policy.
Prerequisites: ECON 2105
This course focuses on the economic behavior of consumers, producers, and government. Major topics include utility maximization, profit maximization, perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, market failures, and government interventions.
Prerequisites: ECON 2106
An intermediate survey of monetary economics. Major topics include central banking, the essential characteristics of money, foreign exchange, inflation, interest rates, unemployment, and the macroeconomic effects of monetary policy.
Prerequisites: ECON 2105
A survey of the economics of innovation. Major topics include the diffusion of innovations, intellectual property, public policies that affect innovation, the various channels through which innovation occurs, and the consequences of innovation.
This course will use economic and analytical tools to explore a wide variety of issues in the global economy. The Flow and the Components of International Trade and the international flow of capital will be examined.
Economic and analytical tools are used to explore a wide variety of issues for the sports and entertainment industry. This course covers topics in the entertainment industry. This includes a discussion of the economics of various forms of media including movies, cable, and music. Then the economic issues of casinos and amusement parks will be examined. After reviewing these subjects we move to study both professional and collegiate sports events and characteristics. These include concepts such as monopoly and monopsony market structures, labor market topics including free agency and salary caps. We address the public policy debate on stadium financing.
Managerial Economics is the application of economic theory and methodology to managerial decision making problems within various organizational settings. The emphasis in this course will be on demand analysis and estimation, production and cost analysis under different market conditions, forecasting and decision-making under uncertainty. Students taking this course are expected to have had a good understanding of Principles of Microeconomics.