4431 Forecasting of Business Fluctuations. Includes work with actual data. ECO 4504 Public Finance. ECO 3100 or ECO 3101 or permission of instructor. The study of the role of the government in a market economy, the effects of government expenditures, and who pays the different taxes.
Emphasis is placed on current tax and expenditure issues.
ECO 4622 United States Economic Development. A study of American development from colonial times to the present, focusing on the sources of growth and institutional change. Emphasis on the analytical use of theory and statistics. ECO 4905 Individual Work. May be repeated with change of content up to a maximum of 10 credits.