Courses introduce students to a core body of economic knowledge and to research skills.
In addition to exposing students to this core, the structure and content of our courses enable students to develop particular skills that will help them use this knowledge to think analytically and creatively about the complex economic issues facing our global economy. The content of our curriculum is tiered. In introductory courses students learn the basic principles of economics. In intermediate courses students develop their understanding of microeconomic, macroeconomic, and econometric theory. The advanced courses give students an opportunity to study in depth a particular field of economics through application of the requisite basic skills, theoretical and empirical background.