Concepts are drawn from several fields of economics including microeconomics, macroeconomics, money and banking, labor economics, and international economics. Students will participate in a stock market game, make in-class presentations, conduct internet research, and attend one or more field trips. ECO 305 Money and Banking. 308 Basic Statistics for Economists. Descriptive statistics, probability theory, sampling distributions, estimation theory, tests of hypotheses.
Emphasis is placed on problems encountered in economic research.
309 Intermediate Statistics for Economists. Simple regression and correlation. Multiple regression analysis. Model building, time series analysis and related topics. ECO 310 Labor Economics.