Economics (ECON)

Formerly ECON 1A. Macroeconomics is concerned with the economy as a whole and large market segments. The instructional emphasis is on macroeconomic policy. This course examines the functioning of a mixed enterprise system. Topics will include the economic role of government, determination of national income, the banking system, and Federal Reserve policy. The attention is focused on such problems as the level of unemployment, the rate of inflation, balance of payments, the nation’s total output of goods and services, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policies.

Formerly ECON 1AH. Macroeconomics is concerned with the economy as a whole and large market segments. The instructional emphasis is on macroeconomic policy. This course examines the functioning of a mixed enterprise system. Topics will include the economic role of government, determination of national income, the banking system, and Federal Reserve policy. The attention is focused on such problems as the level of unemployment, the rate of inflation, balance of payments, the nation’s total output of goods and services, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policies.

Formerly ECON 1B. This course examines the behaviors of individual households and firms in a mixed enterprise capitalist system. The class will include topics of price theory, distribution, resource allocation, foreign trade and comparative economic systems. Microeconomics is concerned with specific economic units or parts that make up an economic system and the relationship between these parts. The emphasis is placed on understanding the behavior of individual firms and households, and the ways in which they interact.

Formerly ECON 1BH. This course examines the behaviors of individual households and firms in a mixed enterprise capitalist system. The class will include topics of price theory, distribution, resource allocation, foreign trade and comparative economic systems. Microeconomics is concerned with specific economic units or parts that make up an economic system and the relationship between these parts. The emphasis is placed on understanding the behavior of individual firms and households, and the ways in which they interact.

This course is a survey of economic principles, both micro and macro. This course is designed to provide non-economics and non-business majors a foundation in economics.

This course offers an economic analysis of contemporary questions including environmental, institutional, and multicultural issues. The class will determine the role of economies, as a social science, assisting in understanding causes, effects, and possible policies for current problems. The instructional emphasis is on the relationship of basic tools of economic analysis and their application to current economic problems.

This course examines the location and organization of international economic activities from an economic, cultural, political, and environmental perspective. Topics covered by a faculty team drawn from economics and geography include the spatial distribution of resources and production, global flows of information, capital and labor, and regional inequalities such as income distribution, poverty, discrimination and standard of living. This class is recommended for students in business, social science and liberal arts with an interest in global and international issues, including regional and social inequalities, marketing and international trade, and tourism. This course is not open to students registered in or with credit in GEOG 5.