The development of macroeconomic theory and its application to government policy toward unemployment, inflation and growth. A first course in statistics with emphasis on regression analysis and its applications in economics and management. One semester of calculus. A first course in statistics with emphasis on regression analysis and its applications in economics and management. A comprehensive study of past and present economic conditions affecting women in the U.S. economy.
Economic theory is used to examine environmental and natural resource problems and policies.
Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. A non-technical course on selected legal and public policy issues related to the economy. Topics vary from term to term but could include such issues as equal employment opportunity, the competitiveness of American industry, government programs to alleviate hardship, and economic constraints on the U.S. role as a world power. Not offered every year. Application of microeconomic analysis to expenditure and revenue decisions in the public sector, including rationale for government expenditures, criteria for revenue generation, analysis of economic effects of major taxes.