Courses Under 6000 LEVEL
ECO 5101, ECO 5201, ECO 5301. Topics (Specific topic will be named in the title). Cannot be used toward an economics major or graduate degree without departmental approval.
ECO 5337. Urban Economics. Analyzes current issues in urban economics from the perspective of economic theory. Prerequisites: ECO 3301 or permission of instructor
or graduate standing.
ECO 5340. Decision Making Under Uncertainty. Provides a basis for the modeling of decision making under conditions of incomplete information. Prerequisites: ECO 3302, calculus and basic statistics probability,
or graduate standing.
ECO 5341. Strategic Behavior: Game Theory and Applications to Economics. This course will use the tools of game theory to examine the elements of strategic behavior of various economic agents, e.g., firms, consumers or government. Prerequisites: ECO 3301 and one term of calculus,
or graduate standing.
ECO 5350. Introductory Econometrics. Discuss the economic analysis of quantitative data and introduces computer analysis. Prerequisites: STAT 2301 or 4340 or MIS 2305; MATH 1309, 1337 or 2337; and ECO 3301 or permission of instructor,
or graduate standing.
ECO 5353. Law and Economics. This course provides a framework for and undertakes the analysis of the economic impact of the law. Prerequisite: ECO 3301 or equivalent,
or graduate standing.
ECO 5355. Political Economics. This course is a study of both methods and applications of political economics models via theoretical and empirical investigation of various topics with emphasis on asymmetric information, income redistribution and fairness, federalism and formation of institutions, and strategic behavior of special interest groups. Prerequisite: ECO 3301 or equivalent, or graduate standing
ECO 5357. Economics of Human Resources. The economics of investment in human resources like education and health. Prerequisites: ECO 3301 and MATH 1309, 1337 or 2337 with ECO 4351 recommended,
or graduate standing.
ECO 5359. Economic Development: Microeconomic Perspectives. A Microeconomic examination of various economic issues faced by developing countries. Topics covered include, among others, intrahousehold resource allocation, rural and urban labor markets, migration, and credit and insurance markets. [Note: Students who have taken ECO 5360 prior to Fall 2007 will not receive credit for this course.] Prerequisites: ECO 3301 or equivalent,
, or graduate standing
ECO 5360. Economic Development: Macroeconomic Perspectives. A Macroeconomic examination of the economic issues faced by developing countries. Topics covered include, among others, population growth, national savings, capital accumulation, human capital formation, government institutions, and international integration. Prerequisites: ECO 3301 and 3302
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5361. Natural Resources and Economic Growth. Natural resource supply and demand, intertemporal allocations and relation to economic growth. Prerequisites: Eco 3301 and 3302; MATH 1309 or equivalent
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5362. Economic Growth: Technological Change and the Political Economy of Development. This course will examine the facts and theories of economic growth; the economics of technological change; and the role of governments and markets in promoting or impeding economic development. Prerequisites: ECO 3301, 3302 and one term of calculus
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5365. Public Finance. Analyzes the financial management of public bodies from local to Federal governments. Prerequisites: ECO 3301, MATH 1309 or 1337, STAT 2301 or MIS 2305. Recommended ECO 3302
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5370. Cost-Benefit Analysis. The economic foundations of modern cost-benefit analysis in government and industry. Prerequisites: ECO 3301 or graduate standing.
ECO 5375. Economic and Business Forecasting. Presentation of methods used by economists to forecast economic and business trends and ways of evaluating the usefulness of these methods. Prerequisites: STAT 2301 or MIS 2305 or equivalent course
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5380. Computing for Economics. Economic analysis with emphasis on the use of programs and computer packages. Topics includes software assessment for use in economics, statistics software applications in economics, matrix language packages, computer algebra and linear program applications. Prerequisites: Undergraduates must have permission from instructor
, or graduate standing.
ECO 5390. Mathematical Finance: Theory and Applications. A Study of selected topics in Finance (such as Capital Asset Pricing, Options and their Valuation, Analytics of Credit Derivatives) that combines theory with actual applications in the financial profession. Prerequisites: ECO 5350 Introductory Econometrics or an equivalent course, ECO 4378 Financial Economics ( Or FINA 4326), ECO 4368 Introduction to Financial Economics (Or FINA 4325)
, or graduate standing.
Economic Theory
ECO 6383. New Approaches to Managerial Economics. Recent developments in information theory, multi-product analysis and principal-agent theory are presented. The purpose of this course is to show how these developments can be usefully applied in management decision making. Prerequisites: ECO 6381 or permission of the director of Graduate Studies.
ECO 6381. Economic Analysis I. Analysis of basic models of the firm under purely competitive markets and monopolistic competition and simple consumer behavior models. The exposition employs basic mathematical tools such as calculus. Credit for this course cannot be applied toward an M.A. with thesis or Ph.D.
ECO 6382. Economic Analysis II. Analysis of basic national income models, and various modifications of these models. Credit for this course cannot be applied toward an M.A. with thesis or Ph.D. Prerequisites: ECO 6381 or permission of instructor.
ECO 6390. Regional Economics. An introduction to the theories of regional economics and to the principle methods of regional analysis including economic base, shift share, input-output, econometric, and time series approaches. Prerequisites: ECO 6381 and 6382
International Economics
ECO 6330. International Economic and Financial Environment. Operations of the foreign exchange markets, balance of payments adjustments, the international equilibrium system, and international aspects of economic policy-making will be included. The course will employ mathematical modeling as appropriate and require some research using methods of quantitative analysis. A student cannot receive credit for both ECO 6330 and 7332. Prerequisites: ECO 6381 and 6382.
ECO 6331. International Trade. Surveys the major theories of world trade. Analyzes the empirical evidence regarding these theories. Develops a framework for the analysis of trade policy instruments such as tariffs, quotas, VERS etc. Prerequisites: ECO 6381
ECO 6333. Trade Policy and the World Trading System. Surveys the major institutions of world trade. Analyzes the political economy of trade policy in major trading countries in conjunction with the rules of world trade as defined by the agreements of the WTO and the agenda of the World Bank and the IMF. Prerequisites: ECO 6331, 6330 or permission of instructor. May be taken concurrently with ECO 6330.
ECO 6339. Topics in International Economics. Examines selected topics in international economics. Applies concepts and tools developed in the core International Trade, Finance and Policy courses to topics that are of current special interest and typically not covered in detail in the core courses. Prerequisites: ECO 6331,6330. May be taken ECO 6333
Development Economics
ECO 6337. Emerging Markets. Applies economic analysis to the particular problems facing newly industrialized countries and countries in transition from centrally planned to market economies. Evaluates the role of the government as well as political and legal institutions for the economic success or failure of emerging markets. Prerequisites: ECO 6331, 6330 and 6333. ECO 6333 may be taken concurrently.
Econometrics
ECO 6352. Applied Econometric Analysis. Applications of econometric methods in various branches of economics. Prerequisites: ECO 5350 or permission of instructor.
Monetary Economics
ECO 6320. Applied Monetary Theory and Policy. Operation of the banking sector, demand for money and control of its supply, economic policy-making by the Federal Reserve and its importance for business decision making at senior levels. A student may not receive credit for both ECO 6320 and ECO 7361 or 7362. Prerequisite: Eco 6381 and 6382.
Independent Studies and Workshops
ECO 6398. Research and Thesis Seminar. M.A. Candidates.