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Concentrations
Economics Concentration
22 credits
| COURSE | CREDITS | COURSE DESCRIPTION/PRE-REQUISITES | TYPICALLY OFFERED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Econ S 101 | 3 | [SSCI] Fundamentals of Microeconomics 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 101, MATH 103 (or higher) or concurrent enrollment, MGTOP 215, STAT 205, STAT 212 or concurrent enrollment, or a minimum ALEKS score of 40%. Enrollment not allowed if credit for ECONS 198 with a C or higher and ECONS 102. Theory and policy of human responses to scarcity; how this affects business competition, international trade, industrial organization, investment, and income distribution. | Fall, Spring, Summer (Summer- Global) |
| Econ S 102 | 3 | [SSCI] Fundamentals of Macroeconomics 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 101, MATH 103 (or higher) or concurrent enrollment, MGTOP 215, STAT 205, STAT 212 or concurrent enrollment, or a minimum ALEKS score of 40%. Enrollment not allowed if credit earned for ECONS 198 with a C or higher and ECONS 101. Theory and policy related to unemployment, inflation, foreign trade, government spending, taxation, and banking. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Econ S 301 | 4 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory with Calculus 4 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101 or 198; MATH 171 with a C or better, or MATH 202 with a C or better. Calculus-based intermediate microeconomic theory for majors in the School of Economic Sciences. | Fall, Spring |
| Econ S 302 | 3 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 102 or 198; MATH 171 with a C or better, or MATH 202 with a C or better. Income, employment, and inflation theory with policy implications. Recommended preparation: ECONS 101 as required background. | Fall, Spring |
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| Econ S 311 | 3 | [M] Introductory Econometrics 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101, 102, or 198; STAT 212, 360, or MGTOP 215; MATH 171 with a C or better, or MATH 202 with a C or better. Methods of empirical analysis in the context of economic analysis and forecasting problems. | Fall, Spring |
| ECON 321 | 3 | Economics of Sports in America 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101 or 198. Economic aspects of American sports; fan demand; advertising; team output decisions; league/conference organization; government and sports. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| ECON 323 | 3 | Labor Economics 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101 or 198. Functioning of labor markets; introduction to collective bargaining and labor law. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| ECON 324 | 3 | [M] The Economics of Health Care 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101 or 198. The economics of allocating, financing and delivering medical care services. | Fall |
| ECON 327 | 3 | International Trade and Finance 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 101 or 198; ECONS 102 or 198. Analysis and description of international trade flows; commercial policy; multinational firms, foreign exchange markets; open economy macroeconomics; international monetary systems. (Crosslisted course offered as ECONS 327, I BUS 470). | Fall, Spring (Summer Global) |
| ECON 424 | 3 | Strategy and Game Theory 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301. Strategic behavior of firms, consumers, and political parties in everyday interaction. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students. | Spring |
| ECON 425 | 3 | Industrial Organization 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301 or 305. Economic theories of firm behavior and the influence of market industry parameters; buyer/seller concentration, information asymmetries, product differentiation, and entry conditions. | Fall, Spring |
| ECON 426 | 3 | Transportation Economics and Supply Chain Analysis 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301 or 305; ECONS 311. In-depth analysis and application in transport economics, modeling, and policy evaluation across all transportation modes. | Fall |
| ECON 451 | 3 | Advanced Food Economics and Marketing 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301, 305, or 351; ECONS 311. Institutions, practices, policies, problems, and empirical analysis of food economics and marketing. | Spring |
| ECON 452 | 3 | [M] Advanced Business Management Economics 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301 or 305; MATH 171 or 202; MGTOP 215 or STAT 212. Topics in business management economics and strategy, from demand and supply to bargaining, contracting, pricing strategies, and market structure. Recommended preparation: ECONS 350 or ECONS 352 as required background. | Fall |
| ECON 490 | 3 | [CAPS] [M] Economics Capstone 3 Course Prerequisite: ECONS 301 or 305; ECONS 302; ECONS 311; average of these courses needs to be a 2.0 GPA or better. Integration of economic theory and field courses; assessment. | Fall, Spring |
| STAT 443 | 3 | Applied Probability 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 172 or MATH 182; MATH 220, MATH 225, or MATH 230. Axioms of probability theory; random variables; expectation; generating function; law of large numbers; central limit theorem; Markov chains. | Fall |