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Spring Semester 2019

 

Economics
Joshua Lewer • Business and Enginee 4136 • 309-677-2299
ECO100Introduction to EconomicsGenEd: SF   Core: SB(3 hours)
Prerequisite: Not open to College of Business majors.
 01 MWF11:00 AM -11:50 AM BR145 Kevin M O'Brien  
 40 MW2:00 PM -3:15 PM BR032 Kevin M O'Brien  
 HONORS SECTION ONLY
ECO221Principles of MicroeconomicsGenEd: SF   Core: SB(3 hours)
 01 TT1:30 PM -2:45 PM WES014 Edward L Sattler  
 02 TT3:00 PM -4:15 PM WES014 Edward L Sattler  
 03 MWF11:00 AM -11:50 AM WES316A Colin Corbett  
 04 MWF1:00 PM -1:50 PM BR132 Colin Corbett  
ECO222Principles of MacroeconomicsGenEd: SF   Core: SB(3 hours)
 01 MWF10:00 AM -10:50 AM WES016 Robert Scott  
 02 MWF11:00 AM -11:50 AM WES016 Robert Scott  
 03 MWF1:00 PM -1:50 PM WES016 Robert Scott  
 04 M6:00 PM -8:40 PM BR210 Lisa Parrish  
ECO300Economics Colloquium for Juniors (1 hour)
Prerequisite: Economics major, junior standing.
 01 Arr     Jannett K Highfill  
ECO333Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECO 100 or 221; ECO 222; junior standing or 42 credit hours and declared economics first major.
 01 TT1:30 PM -2:45 PM CPT016 Joshua Lewer  
ECO335Managerial Economics (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECO 100 or 221; QM 262 or equivalent; junior/senior standing.
 01 TT10:30 AM -11:45 AM WES326 Edward L Sattler  
ECO360The Economics of Healthcare (3 hours)
Prerequisite: Junior/senior standing
 01 MW3:30 PM -4:45 PM BR032 Kevin M O'Brien  
ECO391International TradeCore: GS(3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECO 100 or 221; ECO 222; junior/senior standing.
 01 TT1:30 PM -2:45 PM BR032 Jannett K Highfill  
ECO400Economics Colloquium for Seniors (1 hour)
Prerequisite: economics major; senior standing.
 01 *R* Arr     Joshua Lewer  
ECO434Readings in Economics (1 to 6 hours)
Prerequisite: Approval of the department chair; junior/senior standing.
 01 *R* Arr     Joshua Lewer  
ECO499Senior Seminar in Economics, Part II (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECO 498; senior standing (junior standing with consent of instructor).
 01 *R* Tu5:30 PM -8:00 PM BR026 Jannett K Highfill  
ECO510Global Markets and Sustainability (3 hours)
Prerequisite: Foster College of Business Graduate Student or Consent of Associate Dean.
 01 *R* TT5:30 PM -8:30 PM CPT19 Joshua Lewer  
 Class meets January 24 through March 12;  Last day to add: January 29
 Last day to drop without "W" on transcript: January 31;  Last day to drop with "W" on transcript: February 28
ECO606Microeconomics for Managers (3 hours)
Prerequisite: Foster College of Business Graduate Student or Consent of Associate Dean.
Registration is restricted to the College of Business Graduate students
 01 *R* TT5:30 PM -8:30 PM CPT014 Colin Corbett  
 Class meets January 24 through March 12;  Last day to add: January 29
 Last day to drop without "W" on transcript: January 31;  Last day to drop with "W" on transcript: February 28
 
Nature, scope, and methods of economics; current economic institutions, problems, and policies. Students who have already completed ECO 221 and/or 222 will not receive credit for this course.
Institutions, problems, and policies of the market system and alternative systems: allocation of resources and distribution of income. Not open to students with ECO 100.
Process and determinants of overall economic activity and growth. National income accounting; determination of aggregate income, employment, and the price level; money and banking; government monetary and fiscal policies; international economics.
Student-faculty discussion of books and articles concerning significant economic ideas and issues not examined in depth in other courses.
Integrated approach to the theory of income determination; contemporary growth models; explanations of cyclical fluctuations.
Applying economic theory to the tools of operations research and business analysis: demand, cost, profit, and pricing. Decision theory of the firm.
Health economics applies the tools of economics to issues of the organization, delivery, and financing of healthcare.
Welfare implications of international trade; balance of payments; equilibrium and disequilibrium; external and domestic policy effects on the balance of payments and welfare; international trade and financial cooperation among nations. Cross listed as IB 391.
Continuation of Economics 300, with more difficult and challenging readings.
Individual readings for qualified students under the guidance of a member of the economics staff.
Capstone project where each student completes a senior research thesis under the guidance of an economics faculty member. Student explores an area of economics in which he or she has a particular interest.
Examination of global macroeconomics and its application to the modern business environment, the business cycle and economic policies, major linkages between economies, domestic and international economic indicators, institutions and cultural aspects of business, sustainable development.
Analysis of domestic and international markets, resource allocation, applied strategic thinking and competitive analysis, market structure, impacts on business decision making and on society, ethical issues, role of government regulation in business, pricing strategies, and quantitative decision making tools.
This course meets a General Education requirement.
C1 - English Composition
C2 - English Composition
SP - Speech
MA - Mathematics
WC - Western Civilization
NW - Non-Western Civilization
FA - Fine Arts
HL - Human Values - Literary
HP - Human Values - Philosophical
CD - Cultural Diversity
SF - Social Forces
FS - Fundamental Concepts in Science
TS - Science & Technology in the Contemporary World
This course meets a Core Curriculum requirement.
OC - Communication - Oral Communication
W1 - Communication - Writing 1
W2 - Communication - Writing 2
FA - Fine Arts
GS - Global Perspective - Global Systems
WC - Global Perspective - World Cultures
HU - Humanities
NS - Knowledge and Reasoning in the Natural Sciences
SB - Knowledge and Reasoning in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
MI - Multidisciplinary Integration
QR - Quantitative Reasoning
This section meets a Core Curriculum requirement.
EL - Experiential Learning
IL - Integrative Learning
WI - Writing Intensive
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