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Economics (ECON)
ECON 3213 Game Theory and Experimental Economics Prerequisites: Three credit hours in economics.
ECON 3713 Government and Business Prerequisites: Three credit hours in economics. ECON 1113. Description: Methods of measuring the extent of monopoly power in American industries and ways of evaluating the effects of this power on consumer welfare. U.S. antitrust laws, their enforcement and landmark court decisions under these laws. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3723 The Economics of Sport Prerequisites: ECON 2103 or ECON 2003. Description: Using economic analysis to understand the world of professional and amateur sport. Emphasis will be on economic decision- making relevant to the teams, leagues and institutions in the world of sport. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Description: The fundamentals of strategic actions presented in a game theory context and the validation of these ideas with economic experiments. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3313 Money and Banking Prerequisites: ECON 2203. Description: The economics of money and banking. Operations of commercial banks and structure and competition of the banking industry. Organization and operation of the Federal Reserve System and its effects on interest rates, employment and prices. An introduction to monetary economics and international banking concludes the course. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3423 Public Finance Prerequisites: Three credit hours in economics. ECON 1113, ECON 2103, ECON 2203. Description: The economics of the government sector. Scope of government activity, efficiency in government expenditures, federal budget, fiscal and debt management policy. Principles of taxation. Major tax sources, tax distribution, tax issues. Current public finance problems such as revenue sharing, negative income tax, urban transport systems and national health insurance. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3513 Labor Economics Prerequisites: Three credit hours in economics. ECON 1113. Description: The economic analysis of labor markets. Topics include labor supply and demand, the impact of education and training, labor migration, the structure of wages, discrimination and labor unions. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3823 American Economic History (S)
Description: Economic development and economic forces in American history; emphasis upon industrialization and its impact upon our economic society since the Civil War. Same course as HIST 4513. 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 3903 Economics of the Environment Prerequisites: ECON 2103 or ECON 2003.
Description: Economic and political factors that influence the formation and implementation of environmental policy. Environmental policy instruments such as pollution taxes, standards and marketable pollution permits are discussed. Measurement of environmental damages and risk are also considered. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Economics&Legal Studie ECON 3613 International Economic Relations (S) Prerequisites: Three credit hours in economics. ECON 1113, ECON 2103, ECON 2203. Description: International trade and finance; international economic organizations; the foreign economic policy of the U.S. 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
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