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Economics (ECON) ECON 1113 The Economics of Social Issues (S)

ECON 3010 Special Topics in Economics Prerequisites: ECON 2203, prior approval of instructor.

Description: Analysis of a contemporary topic in economics. Course content will vary to reflect changing social issues and trends in applied economics. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3023 Managerial Economics Prerequisites: ECON 2103 or AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003. Description: Application of economic theory and methodology to decision problems of private industry, nonprofit institutions and government agencies; demand and cost analysis, forecasting, pricing and investment. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3033 Economics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Prerequisites: 3 credit hours in Economics. Description: Explores the process of economic innovation and entrepreneurship from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. Key topics include risk and uncertainty, the psychology of innovation, institutional change, product versus process innovation, the externality of innovation, innovation profit, innovation life cycle, innovation diffusion, and business cycle instability. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Description: Issues-oriented approach. Basic economic principles introduced and developed through study of important social issues: for example, inflation, unemployment, poverty, discrimination, crime, population growth and environmental quality. Develops the economist's approach to social problems, and evaluates the contribution of economics to their solution. May not be used for degree credit with ECON 2103. No general education credit for students also taking ECON 2103 or AGEC 1113. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences ECON 2003 Microeconomic Principles for Business Description: Goals, incentives and outcomes of economic behavior with applications and illustrations relevant to business: operation of markets for goods, services and factors of production; the behavior of firms and industries for different types of competition; and international exchange. May not be used for degree credit with ECON 1113 or ECON 2103. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 2103 Introduction to Microeconomics (S)

Description: Goals, incentives and outcomes of economic behavior with applications and illustrations from current social issues: operation of markets for goods, services and factors of production; the behavior of firms and industries in different types of competition; income distribution; and international exchange. May not be used for degree credit with ECON 1113. No general education credit for students also taking ECON 1113 or AGEC 1113. Previously offered as ECON 2023. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie General Education and other Course Attributes: Social & Behavioral Sciences ECON 2203 Introduction to Macroeconomics Prerequisites: ECON 2103 or ECON 1113 or AGEC 1113 or ECON 2003. Description: The functioning and current problems of the aggregate economy: determination and analysis of national income, employment, inflation and stabilization; monetary and fiscal policy; and aspects of international interdependence. Previously offered as ECON 2013. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3113 Intermediate Microeconomics Prerequisites: ECON 2103 or ECON 2003 and either MATH 2103 or MATH 2123 or MATH 2144. Description: How the market organizes economic activity and an evaluation of its performance. Principles of price theory developed and applied to the interactions of consumers, producers and resource owners in markets characterized by different degrees of competition. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3123 Intermediate Macroeconomics

Prerequisites: ECON 2203 and either MATH 2103 or MATH 2144. Description: Development of a theoretical framework for studying the determinants of national income, employment and general price level. National income accounting, consumption, investment, government spending and taxation, the supply of and demand for money. Monetary, fiscal and incomes policies considered with regard to unemployment, inflation and economic growth. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie