Economics Courses

Courses for Economics
Economics (Subject Code: ECON)
401.  Intermed Micro Thry.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 210, MATH 115, 116, 121, 156, 176, 185, 186, 215, 285, 295, or 296; (C or better)  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 101 and 102  (4 credits)
402.  Intermed Macro Thry.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 210 or MATH 115 or 116 or 121 or 156 or 176 or 185 or 186 or 215 or 285 or 295 or 296; (C or better)  Advisory pre-requisite: It is strongly recommended that students take ECON 401 before 402  (4 credits)
403.  Adv Economic Theory.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
407.  Behavioral Economics.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 206, 250, 280, or 426; or ECON 451  (3 credits)
408.  Experiments in Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 251 and (STATS 250 or STATS 280 or STATS 206/DATASCI 101 or STATS 426 or ECON 451 or ECON 453); (C- or better)  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 251, or 452, or 454 are strongly recommended. They can also be taken concurrently with ECON 408. Some basic multivariate calculus may be used in this class.  (4 credits)
409.  Game Theory.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: MATH 215  (4 credits)
411.  Monetary&Fin Theory.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 402 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 250, or ECON 451, or ECON 453, or ECON 251, or ECON 452, or ECON 454  (3 credits)
412.  Topics in Macroecon.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 402 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 to 4 credits)
414.  Growth Theory.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 and 402 (C- or better) or Graduate  (4 credits)
418.  Business Cycles.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 402 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
420.  Topics in Labor Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better)  (3 to 4 credits)
421.  Labor Economics I.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
422.  Personnel Economics.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
423.  Econ Social Policy.  Required pre-requisite: [[ECON 401; (C- or better)] and (ECON 404 or 405)]] or Graduate  (3 credits)
425/POLSCI 425.  U S Inequality.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401  Advisory pre-requisite: POLSCI 111  (3 credits)
427.  Crime, Econ, Pub Pol.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 250, or ECON 249, or STATS 426, or ECON 451.  (3 credits)
429.  Migration Ec & Pol.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 250 or ECON 451  (3 to 4 credits)
430.  Business Abroad.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (4 credits)
431.  Ind Organ & Perform.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
432.  Gov Reg of Industry.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 to 4 credits)
434.  Corporate Finance.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 404 or 405.  (3 credits)
435.  Financial Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 250 or ECON 451  (4 credits)
437.  Energy Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
438.  Ec Hlth Serv.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
441.  Inter Trade Theory.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
442.  Interntl Finance.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 402 (C- or better) or Graduate  (4 credits)
444.  European Economy.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (4 credits)
445.  Econ Peop Rep China.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
446.  Economics of Japan.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
451.  Inter Stat&Metrics I.  Required pre-requisite: MATH 116 or 156 or 176 or 186 or 215 or 255 or 256 or 285; (C- or better)  (4 credits)
452.  IntermStat&MetricsII.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 451 or 453 or STATS 426; (C- or better)  (4 credits)
453.  Adv Stat&Metrics I.  Required pre-requisite: [(MATH 215 or 255 or 285; C- or better) and MATH 217; C- or better] or Graduate Standing  (3 to 4 credits)
454.  Adv Stat&Metrics II.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 453; C-> or Graduate Standing  (3 to 4 credits)
456.  The Russian Economy.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
457.  Finance Econometrics.  Required pre-requisite: [ECON 401 & 454; (C or better)] or Graduate Standing  Advisory pre-requisite: Students may request permission of instructor if they are taking ECON 454 concurrently or if they took ECON 452 instead of ECON 454.  (3 credits)
461.  Econ Development I.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 to 4 credits)
462.  Econ Development II.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 360 or 461  (3 credits)
466.  Econ of Population.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
467.  Econ Devel Mid East.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
471/EAS 571.  Environ Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
472/EAS 583.  Interm N R Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: EAS 570 or PI  (3 credits)
481.  Govern Expenditures.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
482.  Govt Revenues.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
483/POLSCI 482.  Pos Pol Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
485.  Law & Economics.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
486.  Law & Econ I I.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
487.  Urban Economics.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
490.  MicroEcon Topics.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  Advisory pre-requisite: STATS 250, or ECON 249, or STATS 426, or ECON 451. Students are not permitted to elect the same topic multiple times.  (3 to 4 credits)
491.  Hist Amer Econ.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
492.  Capitalisms.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better)  (4 credits)
493.  Euro Econ Hist.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
494.  Ec Hist Topic.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 to 4 credits)
496.  Hist Econ Thought.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 401 (C- or better) or Graduate  (3 credits)
499.  Individual Research.  Advisory pre-requisite: Written permission of staff member supervising research, and permission of the Economics concentration advisor.  (1 to 4 credits)
500.  Quantitative Methods.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (4 credits)
501.  Microecon Thry.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401  (4 credits)
502.  Appl Macroeconomics.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 402 or permission of instructor and Graduate standing.  (4 credits)
503.  Statistics MAE I.  Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor  (4 credits)
504.  Econometr MAE II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 503  (4 credits)
530/PUBPOL 530.  Econ-Regulatn.  Advisory pre-requisite: Microeconomics; calculus for social scientists. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
540/PUBPOL 540.  Intl Econ Policy.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON,Permission of instructor  (3 credits)
541/PUBPOL 541.  Intl Trade Policy.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing. This course presumes a prior knowledge of intermediate economics.  (3 credits)
561/PUBPOL 561.  Econ Dev Policy.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 540 or PUBPOL 540, PUBPOL 555, and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
572/PUBPOL 572.  Policy Models.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 571 and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
573/PUBPOL 573.  Bene Cost Anly.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 555 and permission of instructor.  (3 to 4 credits)
574/PUBPOL 574.  Forecast&Model.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 571 or permission of instructor and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
584/PUBPOL 584.  Econ Publ Educ.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401 or equivalent or permission of instructor and Graduate standing.  (2 to 3 credits)
588/PUBPOL 588.  Urban Publ Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 555. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
595.  Econ Policy Analysis.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 502; (B or better)  (1.5 credits)
596.  Writing & Presenting.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 504; (B or better)  (1.5 credits)
598.  MAE Internship.  (1 credits)
599.  Special Tutorial.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (1 to 3 credits)
600.  Math-Economists.  Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor and graduate standing. Highly recommended for students taking ECON 601/602 and required for all PhD students in ECON.  (2 credits)
601.  Microecon Theory I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (1.5 credits)
602.  Microecon Theory II.  Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
603.  Microecon Theory III.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, Permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
604.  Microecon Theory IV.  Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
605.  Macroecon Theory I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
607.  Macroecon Theory II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
608.  Adv Theory II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601, 603, 605, and 653. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
610.  Stoch Dyn Opt in Ec.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON,ECON 600 - 604, 603 and 604 can be taken concurrently or permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
611.  Stabilization Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 602 and 604; 611. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
612.  Stabilization Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 611. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
613.  Adv Topc Math for Ec.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, 601-604 or permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
617.  Game Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, 601, 602, 603, and 604  (1.5 to 3 credits)
618.  Advanced Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate Standing.  (3 credits)
619.  Adv Theory I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, Permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
620.  Adv Theory II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, Permission of instructor  (1.5 credits)
621.  Labor Economics I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601, 603, 673, 674; and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
622.  Labor Economics II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601, 603, 673, 674; and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
631.  Industr Org&Pub Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601 and 603, and graduate standing  (3 credits)
632.  Industr Org&Pub Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601, 603 and graduate standing  (3 credits)
641.  Inter Trade Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601, 603, and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
642.  Internatl Finance.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 605, 607, and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
651.  Emp Asset Pricing.  (3 credits)
657.  Hist Econ Thot I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401-402 and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
658.  Hist Econ Thot II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401-402 and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
659.  Econ of Transition.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401-402 and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
661/EAS 668.  Adv N R Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Intermediate economic theory  (3 credits)
662/EAS 669.  Environmental Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 501 or 603, and 653, or equivalent  (3 credits)
663/HISTORY 622.  Topc Wrld Ec Hist I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401, Intermediate economic theory/statistics  (3 credits)
664/HISTORY 623.  Topc Wrld Ec Hist II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 401, Intermediate economic theory/statistics  (3 credits)
665.  Ec Dev&Transition I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 671, and 672  (1.5 to 3 credits)
666.  Econ Dev&Transitn II.  (1 to 3 credits)
667.  Econ of Pop Growth.  (1.5 credits)
669.  Economy of Japan.  Advisory pre-requisite: Econ. 501, 502, and 571, or equivalent. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
671/STATS 505.  Econometric Anlys I.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
672.  Econometric Anl II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 671.  (3 credits)
675.  Appl Microeconometr.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 671 and 672  (3 credits)
676.  Appl Macroeconometr.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 671 and 672; Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
677.  Appl Micro eMetric II.  Required pre-requisite: ECON 671 and 672  (3 credits)
678.  Adv Econometrics I.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, 671, and 672 or STATS 610 or 611  (3 credits)
679.  Adv Econometrics II.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 600, 671, and 672 or STATS 610 or 611  (3 credits)
683.  Gov Expenditures.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
684.  Government Revenues.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 601. Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
695.  Intro Research I.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
696.  Intro Research I I.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
700.  Research.  Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of Graduate advisor. Graduate standing.  (1 to 6 credits)
739/PUBPOL 747.  Intl Econ Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON/ PUBPOL 540  (1.5 credits)
741/LAW 741/SW 741/SI 605/PUBHLTH 741/EDUC 717/EAS 731/PUBPOL 710/HS 741.  Interdisc Prob Solv.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate/Professional Standing  (1 to 3 credits)
745.  Economics of China.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
751.  Computational Econ.  (1.5 credits)
752.  AdvMathMethDynModel.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing; ECON 600 or permission of instructor.  (1.5 credits)
753.  Struc Estimat Method.  (1.5 credits)
771/PUBPOL 771.  Tax&Fed Issues.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
772/PUBPOL 772.  Intnatl Econ Pol.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON,Permission of instructor  (3 credits)
773/PUBPOL 773.  Canada Ec Iss.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
777/PUBPOL 777.  St&Loc Pub Fin.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 555; Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
811.  Sem In Monetary Thry.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
812.  Sem Monetary Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
821.  Sem In Labor Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
822.  Seminar in Labor.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
825/HISTORY 825/POLSCI 825/SOC 825/ANTHRCUL 825/CHIN 825.  Chinese Hist.  Advisory pre-requisite: Knowledge of Chinese or Japanese.  (2 to 3 credits)
831.  Applied Micro.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
832.  Applied Micro.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
835.  Sem Nat Res Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
836.  Sem Nat Res Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
841.  Sem-Internatl Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
842.  Sem-Internatl Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
851.  Adv Econ Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
852.  Sem-Adv Econ Theory.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
859.  Sem Comp Econ Dev.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
860.  Sem Comp Econ Dev.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
863.  Sem in Econ History.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor  (3 credits)
864.  Economic History.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
865.  Econ Development.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
866.  Econ Development.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
875.  Quantitative Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: ECON 673, 674; and Graduate standing.  (3 credits)
876.  Quantitative Econ.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (3 credits)
881.  Public Finance.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
882.  Public Finance.  Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.  (2 credits)
899/SOC 899.  Responsible Cond Res.  (0.65 credits)
990.  Diss-Precand.  Advisory pre-requisite: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate. Graduate standing.  (1 to 8 credits)
995.  Diss-Cand.  Required pre-requisite: Candidate  (4 or 8 credits)
998.  Doc Prog Intern.  (1 credits)