Special topics courses are offered as electives on a cyclical basis and include such subjects as American Economic History, European Economic History, State and Local Finance, Managerial Economics, Urban Economics, and Labor Economics. A complete listing of possible special topics is available in the Economics Department. This course introduces students to the basic methods of econometrics. Topics include a review of statistics, linear model, violations of classical assumptions, hypothesis testing, forecasting, and computer applications. Topics include general linear model, simultaneous equation methods, time series analysis, and applied research techniques.
Special emphasis is placed upon critically evaluating and reporting results.
A study of the progression of economic ideas as they have evolved over time. The importance of the interplay between historical setting and ideas will be demonstrated. Attention is paid to the processes through which a predominantly agricultural society became a service-sector oriented society operating in the world economy. Special attention is given to important historical controversies such as the economics of the American Constitution, slavery, economic imperialism and the causes of the Great Depression. A fundamental exposition of static and dynamic economic analyses by the use of mathematical tools.