ECON 395      Current Economic Issues
Each of these one-hour courses will deal with one selected topic. Students enrolled should have some background in the social sciences. A maximum of three Economics 395 courses will apply towards the department's graduation requirements for a major.
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395A      Economic Issues
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395B      The Economics Of Law
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395C      The Economics Of Energy
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395D      Economic Issues
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395E      The Economics Of Aging
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395F      The Economics Of Minorities
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395G      The Economics Of Poverty
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395H      The Economics Of The Arts
An analysis of the past and present policies regarding the financing of the Arts.
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 395I      Views Of A Good Society
This course looks at different views of a good society from the perspective of Utopian economics. The materials dealt with in the course will be drawn from Utopian books, supplemented with material drawn from cartoons, art, literature, poetry, film, and music. Prerequisite: None Offered: On Demand
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 397A      The Economics Of Public Process And Private Choice I
This film/tape course and ECON 397B are specifically designed in the format of the PACE program. Regular majors in economics may count one of these two courses as meeting he 27 minimum required departmental hours. The J.K. Galbraith film series and text, The Age of Uncertainty, provide the central theme for this course.
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 397B      The Economics Of Public Process And Private Choice II
This film/tape course and ECON 397A are specifically designed in the format of the PACE program. Regular majors in economics may count one of these two courses as meeting the 27 minimum required departmental hours. The Milton Friedman film series, Free to Choose, provides the central theme for this course.
Credits: 1 hours
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ECON 397CP      Current Macroeconomic Issues
This is an independent studies course which addresses such macroeconomic issues as courses and remedies of inflation, recession and economic growth. This course is part of a Macro Pace Block. Prerequisites: ECON 201, ECON 202. Offered: Winter, odd years.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 402      Labor and the Global Political Economy
This course will examine current issues, trends, and developments which are shaping labor in today's global economy. Students will analyze the shifting balance of power between labor and capital, the role of government, and evaluate the strategic options for workers and unions operating in a global environment.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 404R      American Economic History Since 1865
The course deals with the emergence of Industrial American since 1865. It covers the rise to dominance of the large modern corporation, the problem of economic and social instability and stability, the rise of trade associations, cartels, and government regulation in an unstable economy, and the evolution of American economic policy and national economic planning. Offered: On demand. Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 202
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 404RR      American Labor History
This course examines history of work and the working class in the U.S. from 1750 to the present. We will focus on the transformation of the workplace, the rise of the union movement , the nature of cultural and political organizations, workers' relationships with other social groups, and the role played by gender, race, and ethnicity in uniting or dividing the working class. Also cross-listed with History 366RR. Prerequisite: ECON 201 and ECON 202
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 406WI      History Of Economic Thought
Analysis of basic concepts of economic thought, their historical sources and significance.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 408      The Twentieth Cntry: Crisis In Eco History/Changing Eco Analysis
The course will deal with selected major historical crisis in the Twentieth Century that changed Economic Theory and our lives, such as the post World War I period; the Depression of the 1930s; the international payments crisis and the development of Bretton Woods; the oil crisis of the 1970s; and the effect of the above upon changing economic analysis such as the Keynesian Revolution and its ""counter revolution"", and the economic and policy consequences. Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON 202; Senior or Graduate standing.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 412      International Trade And Development
This course emphasizes the global allocation of resources and distribution of income in the analysis of economic development and international trade. Major topics include various theories of economic development, comparative advantage, terms of trade, tarriffs, quotas, economic integration and the use of trade to foster economic development.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 414      Problems In Latin American Development
Analysis of those historical, geographic, political, social and economic factors which have served to impede the development of the Latin American countries and discussion of development planning as it applies to these problems.Prerequisite: ECON 412 or consent of the instructor. On request.
Credits: 3 hours
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