The application of microeconomic principles to business planning and decision- making. Topics include demand estimation, cost analysis, and production planning. Students undertake a research project that integrates their current work experience with their classroom experience at Temple University. Arrangements are made through the Office of Cooperative Education. Treatment of a particular topic in economics at the Honors level.
Topic varies from semester to semester.
Honors courses usually require extra reading and a paper. This course fulfills the advanced writing requirement for economics majors in the College of Liberal Arts and the Fox School of Business and Management. Students are expected to demonstrate through a series of writing assignments that they can use the economic techniques learned in previous courses to analyze current economic policy issues. Special topics in current developments in the field of economics. Consultation with a faculty member and approval of department chairperson.