USF 1998-99 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 165 - 166
ECO 1000 BASIC ECONOMICS -SS (3)
Survey of Economic principles and issues. Scarcity, choice, markets, prices, the monetary system, unemployment, inflation, international trade and finance. (No credit after completing ECO 2023/2013.
ECO 2013 ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES (MACROECONOMICS) -SS (3)
Introduction to the theory of income determination with emphasis on monetary and fiscal policies. Objectives of full employment, price stability, economic growth, balance of payments stability.
ECO 2023 ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES (MICROECONOMICS) -SS (3)
PR: ECO 2013. Introduction to the theory of price determination. How an economy decides what to produce, how to produce and how to distribute goods and services.
ECO 2935 SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (1-3)
PR: CI. Topics selected by department. May be repeated if topics vary. Not available for credit to upper-level students admitted to the College of Business.
ECO 3100 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3)
PR: ECO 2023. Application of microeconomic theory to problems in business decision making with a special focus on price determination. (May not receive credit for both ECO 3100 and ECO 3101.)
ECO 3101 INTERMEDIATE PRICE THEORY (3)
PR: ECO 2023. The price system and allocation of scarce resources between competing uses. (May not receive credit for both ECO 3100 and ECO 3101.)
ECO 3203 INTERMEDIATE INCOME & MONETARY ANALYSIS (3)
PR: ECO 2013 and ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Determination of income, employment, prices, and interest rates. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply.
ECO 3622 AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY (3)
PR: ECO 2023. Growth and evolution of American economic institutions from Colonial times to the present.
ECO 3703 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS -XMW (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Role of international trade in the U.S. economy. Gains from trade, balance of payments, exchange rate determination, balance of payments stability and international commercial policy.
ECO 4105 ADVANCED PRICE THEORY (3)
PR: Grade of B or better in ECO 3100 or ECO 3101. An advanced survey of special topics in microeconomics: borrowing and saving, decision making under certainty, markets for capital and labor, game theory, production and exchange efficiency, social welfare, and efficiency consequences of market and non-market allocation.
ECO 4201 ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY (3)
PR: Grade of "B" or better in ECO 3203. An advanced survey of special topics in macroeconomics. Develops and contrasts the neoclassical growth, endogenous growth, real business cycle and new Keynesian models. Relevant empirical studies are presented. ECO 4303 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Development of economic thought from Plato to Marshall.
ECO 4323 RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY -XMW (3)
PR: ECO 1000 or ECO 2013 or CI.The Marxist school of thought in economics. Application of Marxist theory to problems of advanced capitalist and socialist societies.
ECO 4401 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS (3)
PR: ECO 2013, QMB 3200, and MAC 2233 or MAC 2230 or CI. Mathematical models of optimizing behavior and economic equilibrium.
ECO 4421 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS (3)
PR: QMB 3200 with grade of "B" or better or CI. Survey of basic econometric techniques. Regression analysis employed to estimate consumption, investment, demand, cost, and production functions. Examines problems of autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity, and specification errors.
ECO 4504 PUBLIC FINANCE (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. The public sector and its contribution to economic welfare. Government expenditures and revenues. Resource allocation, income distribution, stabilization, and economic growth.
ECO 4713 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY RELATIONS (3)
PR: ECO 3203 Advanced analysis of international macroeconomic relationships. Foreign exchange market, international monetary system balance of payments.
ECO 4723 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL POLICIES (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Advanced analysis of international trade theory and commercial policy, international economic integration, multinational enterprise.
ECO 4905 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3)
PR: CI. Specialized independent study determined by the student's needs and interests. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours. (S/U only.)
ECO 4914 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH (1-3)
PR: CI. Individual study contract with instructor and department chairperson required. The research project will be mutually determined by the student and instructor. May be repeated up to 6 hours.
ECO 4935 SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (1-3)
PR: CI. Topics to be selected by the instructor or instructors on pertinent economic issues.
ECP 3201 ECONOMICS OF WOMEN AND WORK -XMW (3)
PR: ECO 1000 or ECO 2013 and 2023. Survey of research on women, men and work in the labor market and the household. Focuses on the economic status of women. Includes historical perspective, examination of the family as an economic unit, changing work roles, gender differences in occupation and earnings.
ECP 3203 LABOR ECONOMICS (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Determinants of wage and employment levels; occupation, industrial and geographical wage differentials, union and public policy effects on labor markets; the economics of discrimination; inflation and unemployment.
ECP 3302 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS -XMW (3)
PR: ECO 2023. An economic analysis of environmental issues. The economics of resource use and pollution control are examined using the concepts of externalities, cost-benefit analysis, public goods, and property rights.
ECP 3413 ECONOMICS OF REGULATION AND ANTITRUST (3)
PR: ECO 2023. Economic analysis of the rationale and performance of government regulation and antitrust policy. Examination of antitrust issues or price fixing, mergers, and monopolization, and issues of regulating electric utilities, airlines, trucking, consumer product safety, product quality, and the environment.
ECP 3530 ECONOMICS OF HEALTH (3)
PR: ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 with a grade of "C" or better. Application of economic methods to health care topics. Demand for medical care, public and private health insurance; physican and hospital supply of medical care; government regulations and national healthcare systems.
ECP 3613 ECONOMICS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT (3)
PR: ECO 1000 or ECO 2013 or ECO 2023. Economic analysis of cities and urban social problems. Poverty, discrimination, housing, transportation, pollution, crime and fiscal considerations.
ECP 4232 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND PUBLIC POLICY (3)
PR: ECO 2023 or CI. Administration of labor management agreements. Impact of the government role in collective bargaining and labor relations.
ECP 4451 LAW AND ECONOMICS (3)
PR: ECO 2023. Advanced analysis of the economic impact of tort, criminal, property and contract law as well as in the formation and adjudication of law.
ECP 4506 ECONOMICS OF CRIME (3)
PR: ECO 3100. Application of economic theory to the analyses of criminal behavior, crime prevention, law enforcement, sanctions and corrections.
ECS 3013 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (3)
PR: ECO 2013 or CI. Economic development in emerging nations.
ECS 4003 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS -XMW (3)
PR: ECO 1000 or ECO 2013 or CI. The major economic systems: traditional, capitalism, democratic socialism, communism and fascism.
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