Graduate Courses
3 hrs.
An examination of a selected area of concern not intensively covered in
other courses. The focus of the course will be substantive as well as
analytical. Topics may include such areas as poverty, the war industry,
farm problems, misallocation of resources, welfare programs, unemployment,
and others. May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Prerequisites:
ECON
201 and ECON
202, plus 6 additional credit hours of economics or consent of instructor.
ECON 503 Economic Computing
3 hrs.
This course provides students with basic skills needed for gaining access
to economics databases and for using data management programs on personal
and mainframe computers. It provides instruction and lab experience
in transferring files and performing operations widely employed by economists.
Prerequisites: ECON
403 and ECON
406 or permission of instructor.
ECON 504 Mathematics for Economists
3 hrs.
This course presents the mathematical material necessary as background
for the topics covered in granduate-level economics courses. Topics
covered include differential calculus, optimization, comparative statics,
and mathematical programming. These techniques are applied to selected
economic problems. Prerequisites: ECON
201 and ECON
202, MATH 122 or consent of instructor.
3 hrs.
This course concentrates on the main elements of monetary theory and
policy having to do with such problems as promoting economic growth,
maintaining full employment and price stability, influencing the flow
of capital into the various economic sectors with different possible
social goals in mind, and stabilizing international trade and financial
relationships. Prerequisites:ECON
201,
ECON 202, ECON
320 or ECON
406 plus three additional credit hours of intermediate level economics.
3 hrs.
The course will examine the development and utilization of manpower
in the United States, including such topics as labor force components,
contributors to productivity such as education, training, health and
mobility, and issues of manpower policy. Prerequisites: ECON
201 and ECON
202.
3 hrs.
Practices, effects, and issues in state and local expenditure, taxation,
and borrowing, with particular attention to property and sales taxation,
to the financing of education and highways, and to intergovernmental
fiscal relations. Prerequisites: ECON
201 and ECON
202.
3 hrs.
An analysis of the economic factors such as population, resources, innovation,
and capital formation which affect economic growth. Selected underdeveloped
areas will be studied to understand the cultural pattern and economic
reasons for lack of development and the steps necessary to promote economic
progress. Prerequisites: ECON
201 and ECON
202.
1
hr. Seminar series on a topic of current interest featuring invited visiting
economists. Topics will vary and courses may be repeated. Prerequisites:
ECON
201 and ECON
202.
1-3 hrs. An independent program of study for qualified students to be
arranged in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisites: 12 credit
hours of Economics and the consent of instructor and Department Chairperson.
3
hrs. The course examines the relationship between the theory of the firm
and recent developments in the area of operations research. Among the
concepts and tools discussed are game theory, linear programming, capital
budgeting, inventory theory, input-output analysis, price policy, and
cost analysis. This course may not be taken for credit if a student has
received credit for ECON
400.
3
hrs.
Emphasis will be placed on decision-making under conditions of uncertainty.
Topics will include advanced material in linear programming, game theory,
capital budgeting and forecasting. Prerequisite: ECON
600.
3
hrs.
An advanced study in the logic of the pure theory of production; joint
production and joint costs, and introduction to the multiperiodic production
theory. Advanced theory of consumer behavior; aggregation problems in
product supply, factor demand and consumer demand analysis; review of
selected empirical studies on consumer demand analysis; consumer surplus;
problems involving optimization over time and under conditions of uncertainty;
role of savings in consumer demand theory (utility maximization over time).
Prerequisite: MATH 122 or equivalent.
3 hrs.
This course is intended to introduce graduate students to the concepts
of multivariate calculus and mathematical analysis commonly used in the
mathematical analysis of economic problems. Its primary objective is to
teach students the rudiments of mathematical programming as they apply
to economic theory. Thus, students will also be introduced to selected
topics from consumer theory and the theory of the firm. Prerequisites:
MATH 122, MATH 123 or equivalents.
ECON 605 History of Economic Thought
3 hrs.
A survey of the origins and development of economic analysis from the
Ancient Greeks to the present. Focuses upon the development of important
schools of thought, their analytical contributions, and the significant
figures in the history of economics. Prerequisites: ECON
403, ECON
406 or equivalents.
ECON 607 Uncertainty and Information
3 hrs.
Analysis of individual decision making and market equilibria under conditions
where economic agents are unsure about their own situations and/or the
opportunities offered them by market dealings. Topics covered include
expected utility, decisions to produce and acquire information, information
and contract design, and the effect of information in situations of
strategic economic interaction. Prerequisite: ECON
504 or ECON 603.
3 hrs.
Offers the graduate an opportunity to investigate contemporary problems
in economic theory and analysis. Prerequisite: Four hours of advanced
economic theory or consent of instructor. Topics will vary, and course
may be repeated.
3 hrs.
This course is an introduction to human resource economics. Its objective
is to provide students with the theoretical background needed to undertake
studies relating to human resource and labor problems. Thus, this course
will present a general survey of the theory that forms the core of modern
labor economics. Prerequisite: ECON 603 or equivalent.
3 hrs.
This course is the second course in a two course sequence required for
the Ph.D. field in human resource economics. The objective of this course
is to apply theory and quantitative methods to various topic areas in
human resource and labor economics, such as discrimination, employment
and training policies, income distribution, turnover and migration, unions
and collective bargaining, and household production and family decisions.
Prerequisite: ECON 610.
3 hrs.
This course examines collective bargaining developments in local, state,
and federal governments, including bargaining units, negotiations, grievance
procedures, strikes, and dispute settlements. Prerequisites:
ECON 201 and ECON
202 or consent of instructor. Not open to Economics graduate students.
3 hrs.
Economic problems of health and human services will be considered. Alternative
policy solutions are viewed from the economist's point of view. Prerequisites:
ECON
201 and ECON
202 or consent of instructor. Not open to Economics graduate students.
ECON 619 Introduction to Econometrics
3 hrs.
This course is an introduction to econometric models and their use in
economic analysis. The course covers multiple reqression models, the implications
and treatment of serial correlation and heteroskedasticity. Prerequisite:
ECON 622 or equivalent.
ECON 620 Economic Forecasting
3 hrs
This course covers the construction, evaluation, and presentation of econometric
forecasts. Students are taught to model and forecast economic data which
contain trend, seasonal, and cyclical components. Both univariate and
multivariate forecasting techniques are examined. A forecasting project
is required of each student. Prerequisite: ECON
619 or equivalent.
3
hrs.
This course focuses on the theory and practice of testing hypotheses,
statistical estimation theory, the basic theory underlying the linear
model, and introduction to econometric models, and the nature and difficulties
which arise in applying statistical models to economic research problems.
Prerequisites: MATH 122 or equivalent, ECON
402 or equivalent.
3
hrs.
This course is devoted to a study of welfare and public sector economics.
The objective is to acquaint students with the framework used by economists
to analyze and evaluate public policy. Prerequisite: ECON
603 or equivalent.
3 hrs.
Selected topics from public sector economics will be presented. Foremost
among these is benefit-cost analysis. Thus, consumers' surplus, the social
discount rate, and decision making under uncertainty are other topics
that will be covered regularly. The main purpose of this course is to
provide students with the background necessary to conduct research in
public finance. Prerequisites: ECON 624, ECON
665.
3
hrs.
This course will survey the major topics in industrial organization, antitrust
economics, and the economics of regulation. Prerequisite: ECON
603 or equivalent.
3
hrs.
This course will cover selected topics in industrial organization, antitrust
economics, and the economics of regulation. Prerequisites: ECON
650, ECON 665.
3
hrs.
A basic course in economic theory with emphasis on modern theories of
output of the economy as a whole and on the uses of these theories as
guides to policy. Prerequisites: ECON
403 and ECON
406.
3
hrs.
Core ideas in theoretical microeconomics will be introduced. The course
will address a number of standard microeconomic topics, including the
theories of consumption and production, cost and expenditure functions,
market structures, and input demand. Prerequisites: MATH 122, MATH 123
or equivalents.
3
hrs.
This course presents an advanced treatment of consumer and producer theory.
It will be composed of selected topics in microeconomic theory, including
general equilibrium and welfare analysis. Prerequisites: ECON
604, ECON 665.
ECON 670 Advanced Econometrics
3 hrs.
The second course in the Econometrics sequence. A comprehensive survey
of identification, estimation, and hypothesis testing in the context
of simultaneous equations models. Prerequisites: ECON
604, ECON 619.
ECON 671 Advanced Econometrics II
3 hrs.
This is the second course in the advanced econometrics sequence. This
course considers the specification and evaluation of dynamic econometric
models. Both single and multiple time series models are examined. The
issue of nonstationarity and the role of vector autoregressions and
conintegration are emphasized. Prerequisite: ECON
670.
3
hrs.
This course develops a general equilibrium macroeconomic model reflecting
the recent developments in the literature. Prerequisites: MATH 122, MATH
123 or equivalents.
3
hrs.
The second course in the Ph.D. level macro sequence. A rigorous analysis
of macro theory and macro policy issues with an emphasis on empirical
testing. Prerequisites: ECON 604,
ECON 675.
3
hrs.
In this course the interaction of the domestic economy with the international
financial world will be studied. Topics include: Exchange rate determination,
balance of payments, and the international monetary system. Prerequisites:
ECON 622, ECON 662 or equivalents.
3 hrs.
This course examines the reasons for and implications of international
trade. Topics include: Models of international trade, policies used
to influence trade and the welfare effects of international trade polices.
Prerequisite: ECON 603 or equivalent.
3hrs.
In this course the interaction between macroeconomic activity and the
quantity of money in the economy is studied. Both theoretical and empirical
models are examined. Topics include empirical evidence on money and
output, money and tranactions, money and procedures, and interest rates
and monetary policy. Prerequisites: ECON 619
and ECON 676 or equivalent.
ECON 688 Economic Development I
3 hrs.
An intensive examination of a number of selected key topics in development
economics, centering on issues of crucial importance to developing nations.
Examples of such issues are primary products, capital formation, technological
change, inflation, debt servicing, population, etc. Prerequisites: ECON
201 and ECON
202.
3
hrs.
This course will concentrate on analysis of development theory and examine
its relevance to the problems facing extant developing economies. Different
approaches to economic development will be examined using advanced economic
theory and methodology. Prerequisites: ECON 665,
ECON 675, ECON 688.
3
hrs.
A workshop designed to deepen a student's understanding of theoretical
and empirical economics by discussing the research being conducted by
the Department's faculty, economists from other institutions, and Ph.D.
candidate graduate students. Prerequisites: ECON 666,
ECON 670, ECON 676. Topics
will vary and course may be repeated.
1-6
hrs.
2-6
hrs.
2-12
hrs.
1-15
hrs.
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