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MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS (EC3073)

Studies the economic functions and structures of financial asset markets, financial intermediaries, and money. It also presents the role of the central bank in macroeconomic performance of open economies.

PUBLIC ECONOMICS (EC3076)

Provides the economic rationale for public intervention in markets (public goods, externalities, and distribution), and presents public expenditure issues, such as anti-poverty programs, health care, social security, and revenues, e.g., personal and corporate income taxes, as well as the political economics of public finance.

MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN ECONOMICS (EC3077)

Modern economics analysis is based on mathematics to a great extent.This class is designed to provide students with the appropriate mathematical tools essential for majors in Economics and similar disciplines. Students planning to pursue graduate studies in Economics are highly encouraged to take this course.Major topics include constrained and unconstrained optimization and comparative static analysis. In all cases the necessary mathematics is reviewed and subsequently applied to problems of economic theory and policy.In this course, particular economic models are not the ends, but the means for illustrating the method of applying mathematical techniques to economic theory in general.

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS (EC3086)

Includes an introduction to the linear regression model; a review of elementary statistics; the two-variable regression model in detail; the multiple regression model, its use, and problems arising from violations of its underlying assumptions; and an introduction to simultaneous-equation models.

TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (EC3091)

Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.

INTERNSHIP (EC3098)

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

EDITORSHIP (EC3850)

This course is designed for students involved in editing, writing and producing The Planet and The Peacock. It offers basic instruction and hands-on experience in newspaper and magazine composition. The course will cover everything that comes up in the process of producing a publication, from reporting, writing and editing to page design to working according to a production schedule. A constant concern will be the challenge facing print editors in the Internet age: how to create reader-friendly publications that are informative and attractive enough to appeal despite the draw of the Web. The production of The Planet and The Peacock will be the main work of the course.

TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (EC3910)

TOPICS VARY BY SEMESTER

INTERNSHIP (EC3980)

Internships may be taken for 0 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.