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ECON 101. Economics Survey 3 credits
Provides the student with a survey of the primary insights of economic
theory, including national income accounting, income determination,
unemployment, inflation, monetary policies. Interconnection between
government, business and individuals including practical applications for
living in a market economy will be explored.
ECON 201. Principles of Macro-Economics 3
credits
Introduction to national income accounting, income determination, unemployment, inflation
and monetary fiscal policy problems of business cycles and economic growth.
ECON 202. Principles of Micro-Economics 3
credits
A study of behavior of individual economic units, such as the household and the firm,
together with various market structures of product and resource markets.
ECON 307. Money, Banking and Financial Institutions 3
credits
Money and financial institutions in structure and movements of general
economic system, monetary theory and growth, and selected domestic and
international monetary economics. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 312. Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 credits
Analysis of factors determining the level of output, employment and the
rate of inflation; study of consumption, investment, money and interest;
analysis of business cycles, stabilization policies and growth models.
Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 313. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 credits
Emphasizes economic efficiency, focusing attention on resource pricing,
employment, how prices function so as to allocate resources among
competing alternatives, and evaluating and criticizing economic controls
of government over prices and production. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 314. History of Economic Thought 3 credits
Survey of economic thought from Plato and Aristotle to present days.
Emphasis on Middle Ages, Mercantilists and Physiocrats, Adam Smith,
Malthus, Ricardo, Mills, Marx, Austrian school and Marshall.
Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 321. Labor Economics 3 credits
Fundamentals of the economy of labor, its impact on industrialized society including
wages, standards of living, unemployment and occupational hazards, social security and
workman’s compensation, labor-management relations and labor legislation.
Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 323. Public Finance 3 credits
Theory of public goods, externalities, distribution of income, fiscal
politics, public expenditure evaluation, efficient pricing, taxation,
welfare, intergovernmental grants. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 325. Urban and Regional Economics 3 credits
Economic theories of the nature and function of cities, with emphasis on
theory of location; theory of urban and regional planning in a market
economy; examination of selected problems such as housing, land-use,
transportation, urban history, regional development and fiscal federalism.
Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 327. Industrial Organization 3 credits
Effect of industrial market structure on market behavior and on economic
efficiency, firm motivation, vertical firm relationships, measuring the
degree of competition, price discrimination, advertising, invention and
innovation. Prerequisite: ECON 202.
ECON 329. Economic Development and Growth 3 credits
Theory of growth and development; agricultural development, costs and
benefits of industrialization, domestic/foreign resources for development,
industrialization and trade policy and development planning.
Prerequisites: ECON 202, 202 and 312 or permission of instructor.
ECON 331. International Economics 3 credits
Theory of international trade, government policy and trade restrictions; foreign exchange
and balance of payments; trade policy and developing countries; regional trade
integration; and the international monetary system. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 335. Environmental Economics 3 credits
Causes, effects and possible cures of air and water pollution problems,
solid waste disposal, resource and land use. The "energy crisis" in light
of basic economic principles and tools, such as transformation curves,
supply and demand pricing, social costs and marginal and cost-benefit
analysis. Local field trips and speakers from industry, government, and
environmental groups. Prerequistes: ECON 201, 202 recommended, but
required only for majors.
ECON 375. Law and Economics 3 credits
Examines law and legal institutions and their effect upon human activity
from the perspective of economics. Introduces students to the economic
approach to law using economic principles, and focuses on how rules
created by law establish implicit prices for different kinds of behavior.
Topics include economic analysis of common law, property rights,
contracts, torts, criminal law and law enforcement institutions, illicit
drug policy, and an introduction to constitutional economics.
Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202.
ECON 399. Topics in Economics 3 credits
Selected topics, announced as offered, covering various themes. Students
may repeat course if it is on a separate topic, not previously studied for
credit. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202
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FNCE 200. Personal Finance 3 credits
This course studies the process of personal financial planning. Emphasis
is on the development of financial plans, the understanding of various
instruments for borrowing and investing and the integration of the
personal financial plans with the finances of the owner-run business.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
FNCE 300. Principles of Finance 3 credits
Today's student wants to learn about all areas of finance rather than just
how the large corporation functions. The course includes coverage of three
main topic areas: markets and institutions, investments, and managerial
finance. While the greatest emphasis of the course is on corporate
topics, the amount of detail has been limited to facilitate coverage of
areas that are of interest to a greater number of students. This broad
approach appeals to major and non-majors alike by allowing students to
better understand financial information for making business and personal
finance decisions. Prerequisites: ACCT 201, 202; ECON 201, 202.
FNCE 301. Financial Valuation in the Corporation 3
credits
This course stresses three critical elements of corporate finance: the
relationship of the corporate form to external funding in markets, the use
of valuation principles to evaluate new investments by the company and the
day-to-day duties that are required in the Treasury function of corporate
finance. Prerequisite: FNCE 300.
FNCE 302. Investments: Security Analysis in a Global
Environment 3 credits
This course is the first course in Investments, focusing on security
analysis. It covers a range of topics related to security selection, with
an emphasis on portfolio selection only where needed. The topics include
coverage of the institutional structure of equity markets, fundamental
methods of security selection, a discussion of whether efficient markets,
technical methods of security selection, and valuation models for equity.
Prerequisite: FNCE 300.
FNCE 316/ECON 316. Real Estate Economics and Finance 3
credits
Analyzing the area of real estate by examining the terms and concepts as
commonly applied within the business environment. Topics include the legal
characteristics of real estate, financing media, location theory,
ownership, contracts and rights. Prerequisite: FNCE 300.
FNCE 401. Financial Polices and Decision-Making 3
credits
This course may be approached as an advanced course in financial valuation
and sources of funds or as a case course, depending on the instructor. In
either case, relevance would be on practical application. The course would
require students to apply valuation and financing methods to realistic
situations and emphasize both the role of financial analysis in strategic
and tactical planning and the interrelationship between functional areas
of the company in performing financial analysis. The end point of the
course will be to expose students to current best practices in the
analysis considered. Prerequisite: FNCE 301.
FNCE 402/ECON 402. Investments, Bond, Fund and Risk
Management 3 credits
This course builds on the security analysis course in three fundamental
areas: valuation and investment in fixed income instruments, issues in the
management of funds (such as fund purposes and active versus passive
management), and the analysis and hedging of risk in all investment
decisions (derivative instruments and arbitrage-based strategies will be
surveyed). Prerequisite: FNCE 302.
FNCE 403/ECON 403. Management of Financial Institutions
3 credits
This course is an in-depth coverage of the issues involved in managing a
financial institution. This course could be focused on some subset of many
relevant issues: the management of the institution from the asset and
liability perspective, the management of the institution from the risk
management perspective, the role of regulation in institutional
management, the impact of market consolidation on bank management, the
impact of multi-function institutions and the special management issues
involved, etc. The courses could have a content or case focus, depending
on the topics covered. Prerequisite: FNCE 300.
FNCE 491. Topics in Corporate Finance 3 credits
This course is designed to have varying topics, depending on the issues
relevant to at the time or the interests of students or faculty. Topics
could range from: off-balance sheet activity, mergers and acquisition,
divestitures/downsizing, corporate diversification (synergistic versus
traditional), corporate government, etc. Corequisite: FNCE 401.
FNCE 492/ECON 492. Topics in Valuation 3 credits
This course is designed to have varying topics, depending on the issues
relevant to at the time or the interests of students or faculty. Topics
could range from: derivative valuation, hedge fund management, hedge fund
management, international valuation and risk, arbitrage-based strategies,
analyst due diligence, institutional trading activity, advanced technical
analysis, etc. Corequisite: FNCE 402.
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