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”John Maynard Keynes

"The man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics."
 ”Oliver Wendell Holmes

The study of economics helps students develop analytical tools to understand how modern economies allocate scarce resources to produce goods and services and how economic performance is affected by policies, technology, and institutions.
It also provides students with a rigorous way of thinking about individual, business, and household decision-making.
Basic Track
This track of the Economics major provides ideal training for those interested in law, business, journalism, or public policy.
Mathematical Economics Track
This track further prepares students for graduate studies in economics (including YU's own Masters in Quantitative Economics program) and for careers in quantitative fields such as finance and consulting.
The economics minor complements many majors including mathematics, other social sciences, physics, and pre-engineering.
For non-majors, the introductory sequence of microeconomics and macroeconomics is an essential component of a liberal arts education and provides the background for a wide array of electives.
For more information about the Economics Department at Yeshiva College, please contact Professor James Kahn at james.kahn@yu.edu or 212-960-5400 ext.
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Program Information

Courses
Undergraduate Courses
Please see the Schedule of Classes for the current semester's offerings.
ECO 1010 Principles of Economics 
3 credits
Introduction to the principles of micro- and macroeconomics: supply and demand, the behavior of firms and consumers; theory of comparative advantage; how markets work; market failures; policy issues such as taxation regulation, and redistribution of income, general equilibrium, business cycles, inflation, unemployment; national income accounting; monetary and fiscal policy; public debt and social insurance international trade and exchange rates; long-term growth.
(This is a one-semester course that replaced ECO 1031 and ECO 1041 beginning in the Fall, 2015 semester.)
ECO 1101 Intermediate Microeconomics
3 credits
Theory of elasticity; indifference curves and applications; cost of production; output markets; externalities; input markets; linear programming; optimization theory with use of calculus.
Prerequisite: MAT 1412 (may be taken contemporaneously), or Instructor's permission.
ECO 1010 recommended.
ECO 1170 Contemporary Microeconomic Issues
3 credits
Use of economic tools to explore issues of public policy and private decision making.
Topics vary by term but may include uncertainty and information in economics, crime, government regulation of business, education, charity, immigration, contracts, discrimination, medical care, transportation, congestion, geographic location, income distribution.
Prerequisite: ECO 1010, MAT 1412, or Instructor's permission.
ECO 1177 Game Theory
3 credits
Development of models of rational behavior in interactive situations through the theory of non-cooperative, cooperative, and evolutionary games.
Game theory is used for decisions and strategy whenever people interact to strike mutually agreeable deals or to resolve conflicts in such diverse fields as international relations, economics, business, politics, psychology, philosophy, or even evolutionary biology.
Prerequisite: ECO 1101, MAT 1412 or Instructor's permission.
ECO 1201 Intermediate Macroeconomics
3 credits
National income accounting; national income determination models; consumption functions; investment theory; business cycle theory; stabilization policy; LM-IS-BP analysis; aggregate demand and aggregate supply analysis; economic growth and development theories.
Prerequisite: MAT 1412 (may be taken contemporaneously), or Instructor's permission.
ECO 1010 or 1101 recommended.
ECO 1221 Money and Banking
3 credits
Nature of money; organization and functioning of the commercial banking system; description of financial markets and financial institutions; hedging mechanisms, yield curves, Federal Reserve System and financial intermediaries; national income determination models; monetarist-fiscalist debate; LM-IS-BP analysis; role of money in international finance.
Prerequisite: ECO 1010 or Instructor's permission.
ECO 1421 Econometrics
3 credits
Application of regression techniques to the problem of testing and forecasting in economics.
The two variable regression model is fully developed; analysis is extended to consider the multivariate model, functional form issues, dummy variables, and distribution lag models.
Covers problems associated with autocorrelation, multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, and system models.
Prerequisites: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201, STA 1021.
ECO 1501 Public Finance
3 credits
Social balance, personal, and corporate income taxes; sales and property taxes; current economic thought on taxation and public debt, expenditure analysis, energy, transportation, housing, education, pollution control, poverty, and quotas; externalities, public goods, public choice.
Prerequisites: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201
ECO 1701 International Economics
3 credits
The theory of international trade, international finance, commercial policy, balance of payments, the foreign exchange market, competitiveness in the global economy, international macroeconomics, and foreign direct investment.
Emphasis on the determinants and effects of international linkages, including the roles of consumers, firms, and government policies, in the context of the international economic environment.
Prerequisites: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201
ECO 2005 Economics of the Law
3 credits
The relationship of legal institutions and laws to economic efficiency and social goals, such as justice.
Economics of property rights, environmental control, administrative processes, contracts, and liability; public utility and antitrust regulation; individual rights and discrimination.
Prerequisite: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201.
ECO 2201 Labor Economics
3 credits
Labor's place in the American economy; factors affecting supply and demand for labor; wage determination; unionism as a response to labor problems; industrial relations; public policy toward labor.
Prerequisite: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201.
ECO 2531 Health Economics
3 credits
Application of economic tools and concepts to the analysis of the health care field.
Effects of health care on health, hospital behavior, health workforce supply, demand for health care.
Role of demographic changes in health care systems.
Methodology employed by economists to determine the economic losses suffered in cases involving death and disability.
Emphasis on the United States and its current situation.
Comparison with other countries.
Prerequisites: ECO 1010 or 1101 or 1201, or instructor's permission
ECO 2601: Financial Economics
3 credits
This course is an overview of the theory of financial markets from an economic perspective.
The objective is to understand how social interaction in financial markets brings about opportunities for individuals but also risks which go beyond physical or technological uncertainty and create systemic effects on economic and financial variables.
The major conceptual tool that we will use to study these phenomena is the notion of economic equilibrium.
Our analysis of finance uses the modern theory of microeconomics.
It aims at constructing (relatively simple) mathematical models to study the welfare properties of financial markets, and the implications for asset prices.
Prerequisites: ECO 1101, ECO 1201, MAT 1412, or permission of instructor.
ECO 2801 Auctions and Market Design
3 credits
This course aims to introduce classical findings and recent developments in the theory of market design.
The course basically consists of two parts.
The first half covers auctions, first the classical theory of auctions in a stylized environment, followed by observation of what kinds of practical and theoretical difficulties arise and how successfully current attempts deal with these difficulties.
The second part of the course covers matching and related issues.
We start from the matching problem (a.k.a.
the marriage problem) and its solution concept, stable matching.
We then extend the concept of stability to many-to-one and many-to-many matching with contracts.
After reviewing the applications of stable matching, we compare it with alternative approaches, such as top trading cycles.
We discuss applications including medical residency match, school choice, course allocation, and kidney exchange.
The last few classes will be an overview of some recent developments in the theory of market design, mostly in the context of matching.
Prerequisites: ECO 1101 and MAT 1412 or Dept.
permission or consent of instructor 
ECO 3601 Economic Perspectives 
3 credits
Topics are based mainly on symposium themes of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and reflect the most recent work, but may include the following: fiscal policy, revision of LM-IS analysis, advanced consumption theory, regulation of the stock market and hedge funds, organizations and economics, economics and electronic commerce, the economics of higher education, health care reform, state versus private ownership.
Prerequisites: ECO 1011/1041, ECO 1021/1031; and ECO 1201 or 1221.
ECO 4901 Independent Study
ECO 4911 Guided Project
Any of the above courses may be offered from time to time in an Honors version, with an H designation.
Requirements
Students may opt for a Basic or a Mathematical Economics Major Track.
These are both considered under the Economics Department:

Economics Basic Track: 34 Credits
Required Courses, 19 Credits:
ECO 1010, Principles of Economics, 3 Credits
MAT 1412 or 1410, Calculus 1 or Fundamentals of Calculus, 4 Credits
STA 1021, Introduction to Statistics, 3 Credits
ECO 1101, Intermediate Microeconomics (MAT 1412/1410 pre req), 3 Credits
ECO 1201, Intermediate Macroeconomics (MAT 1412/1410 pre req), 3 Credits
ECO 1421, Econometrics (STA 1021 pre req), 3 Credits
Regular Economics Electives, 9 Credits
This may include 6 credits for finance and accounting classes, but no more than 3 for accounting

Advanced Economics Electives, 6 Credits
Advanced economic electives are those with either ECO 1101 or ECO 1201 as pre-requisites

Mathematical Economics Track: 36 Credits
Required Courses, 24 Credits:
MAT 1412, Calculus 1, 4 Credits
MAT 1413, Calculus 2, 4 Credits
MAT 1510, Multivariable Calculus, 4 Credits
ECO 1101, Intermediate Microeconomics (MAT 1412 pre req), 3 Credits 
ECO 1201, Intermediate Macroeconomics (MAT 1412 pre req), 3 Credits
STA 1021/ MAT 2461 Intro Stat/ Prob.Theory, 3 Credits
ECO 1421/ MAT 2462, Econometrics/ Math Stat, 3 Credits
Regular Economics Electives, 6 Credits*
Advanced Economics Electives, 6 Credits*
*Regular electives are courses that do not require ECO 1101 or ECO 1201 as a pre-requisite.
For the math track they may include ECO 1010 or a Finance/Accounting class, but not both.
Advanced electives are those that have ECO 1101 or 1201 as a pre-requisite.
Economics Minor: 19 Credits
Required Courses, 7 Credits
ECO 1010, Principles of Economics, 3 Credits
MAT 1412 or 1410, Calculus 1 or Fundamentals of Calculus, 4 Credits
Regular Economics Electives, 12 Credits 
*STA1021 may count towards the minor only if ECO1421 is also taken.
Note: Courses within any given major or minor require a grade of a C- or better to fulfill its requirement


Faculty
The following list includes faculty who teach at the Beren (B) and/or Wilf (W) campus.
Elias Grivoyannis
Associate Professor of Economics (Wilf Campus only)
Tadashi Hashimoto
Assistant Professor of Economics
James A. Kahn
Henry and Bertha Kressel University Professor of Economics
Ran Shao
Associate Professor of Economics

Resources
Please note: Links to external sites are offered as a convenience to visitors, as a starting point for exploration.
Such sites are neither endorsed nor regulated by Yeshiva University, which accepts no responsibility for their content.
Research
Resources for Economists
From the American Economic Association.
Data & Research
FRED database
IDEAS: Economics and Finance Research
A bibliographic database from the University of Connecticut Department of Economics.
Free Online MIT Course Materials
MIT OpenCourseWare in Economics
Vizala
A free and open database with economic, demographic, societal and market data.
Internships
Internships.com
Graduate Study
Master of Science in Accounting At YUs very own Syms School of Business.
News and Organizations
Economics News
From the New York Times.
American Economics Association
Encourages research, issues publications and supports freedom of economic discussion.
National Association of Business Economics
An association of professionals with an interest in business economics, seeking to use the latest economic data and trends to make sound business decisions.
Students who study in the Yeshiva College English Department gain direct, intimate access to other cultures and time periods, through encounters with works from classical Greece, medieval Europe, and Victorian Britain to U.S. and world literature of the present.
At the same time, students develop both analytically and creatively as writers and thinkers, learning to express themselves with clarity and power.
In engaging us with a range of forms ” poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, film, as well as the genres of the Internet age ” English courses enlarge our vision of the complexity and richness of human achievements and how we might contribute to them ourselves.
These are strengths prized in a wide variety of professions.
As a number of articles in the mainstream press and more specialized publications have recently argued, skills developed in literature and writing courses yield advantages not only in the fields of teaching, publishing, and journalism but also in any profession in which critical thinking, analysis, and the ability to communicate effectively are vital.
YC English majors have gone on to such careers as business, medicine, and law as well as television production, filmmaking, and urban planning.
While at YC, English majors join a community.
From their initial work together in Interpreting Texts, our gateway course, each cohort of majors embarks on a shared intellectual journey that culminates in the Senior Colloquium, a yearlong discussion in which students join with English Department faculty members to learn from each other.
Whether you pursue an English major or minor or our Writing minor, you will come together with faculty and other students over text as a source of lifelong intellectual engagement, and of surprise and wonder.
Please click here for the mission of and goals for the Writing Minor and here for information about our new Media Studies Minor.
Mission Statement
The English Department's mission is to teach the forms, traditions, theories, and practices foundational to contemporary literary studies, as well as the skills and habits of mind necessary for interpreting, analyzing, and creating texts; to develop a disposition, a habit, a way of being in the world of words (Derek Attridge).
In mentoring sophisticated readers of text and of culture ”from classical Greece to medieval Europe to the U.S. of the Internet era; from Victorian Britain to the postcolonial Caribbean ”we seek to enlarge students understanding of themselves and of those who are different from them, to broaden their sense of intellectual citizenship.
And in training them as writers, the Department seeks to develop students creative as well as analytical skills, and their ability to express themselves with clarity and power in a complex modern world.
Student Learning Goals
Hone reasoned and compelling critical analysis skills 
Learn a wide range of literary traditions and forms, and build awareness of the changing contexts of literary production.
Reflect meaningfully upon their own cultural histories and values, as well as the cultures and values of others.
Connect with others effectively through written and verbal communication.
For more information about the English Department at Yeshiva College, please contact Professor Paula Geyh at geyh@yu.edu or 212.960-5400 ext.
At least one literary studies course (numbered 2011 “3999) must focus on the pre-1700 period (Medieval to Early Modern Literature and Culture)
At least one literary studies course (numbered 2011 “3999) must focus on the period between 1700-1900.
Minors
Creative Writing Minor: 15 Total Credits
Required courses:

Five Creative Writing courses (ENG 1300 “1899)
Note: FYWR 1020/H is a prerequisite for ENG Creative Writing courses and does not count towards the minor.
English Minor: 18 Total Credits
Required courses:

ENG 2010, Interpreting Texts
Five ENG courses, of which two of which may be Core ENG courses numbered 1001 “1099, and one may be a Creative Writing course (ENG 1300 “1899).
Note: FYWR 1020/H may be taken during the same semester as ENG 2010 but is a pre-requisite for all other ENG courses.
It does not count towards the 18 credits.
Media Studies Minor: 18 Total Credits
Required courses:

ENG 2010, Interpreting Texts
Six additional ENG credits (one approved Creative Writing course and one approved 2000- or 3000-level media-related course)
One approved three-credit course from another discipline
Two additional approved courses (which may be Core courses)
History at YU
History is not like any other major or discipline.
It is not a skill to be acquired or a problem to be solved.
It is our story, the collective tale of humanity.
We study history to understand how our world came to be what it is, and how we came to be ourselves.
We have learned that there are many ways to interpret a single event, many voices telling the same story through their own words.
Historians rediscover and reanimate these voices and use them to construct narratives by which our present society better understands the past.
Although we recognize there is no single dominant narrative, no absolute truth, we know that history and fable are not synonymous.
As instructors, we instill the same skillset in our students that we use ourselves: critical reasoning, intellectual curiosity, the ability to construct a viable argument from researched sources, and the confidence to defend it successfully in any forum.
These skills have many uses, both inside and outside academia.
Students trained in history are often best poised for careers in the law and public service, or any job that requires an ability to reason and a capacious understanding of the world.
Those who pursue teaching careers, either in secondary or postgraduate education, will leave Yeshiva University with a solid foundation in all core subject areas of history, and the academic training needed to excel in graduate school.
Our department is committed to the intellectual development of every student we teach, regardless of major or career path.
Come and let us share the past with you.
Mission Statement
The Robert Beren Department of History at Yeshiva University seeks to instill each student with a comprehensive understanding of the past, both in its own context and how it informs the present.
Through small, interactive colloquia, instructors introduce students to the complex and often competing narratives of world history, inviting them to examine sources objectively and formulate their own conclusions as to meaning.
Our courses cover a broad range of historical fields, with particular strengths in the history of Jews and Judaism.
Specific topics include: Roman Emperors; Renaissance and Reformation; History of the Book; US Presidents; History of Piracy; Legal History; Modern Russia; Social Movements; History of the Jerusalem Temple; the Talmudic Rabbis; Medieval Jewish History; Jews in the New World; the Jewish Experience in Europe; The Holocaust; and History of Modern Israel.
In moving across chronological divisions and geographic boundaries, the History curriculum is designed to provide foundational knowledge while encouraging independent thought.
Through written work and lively class discussion, students acquire the ability to craft a persuasive argument and present it cogently to their peers.
More importantly, they gain an awareness of the vast richness of the human experience, and their own role as citizens, scholars, and members of the global community.
Advanced students may participate in graduate courses in the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and are invited to consider the joint BA/MA program in Jewish Studies.
Program Student Learning Goals
Understanding how historians gather, interpret and analyze source material and how they construct a narrative from that material.
Demonstrating awareness of the variety of the human experience across space and time.
Creating and communicating their own narratives of historical analysis in clear, concise prose.
For more information about the General History Division, please contact Professor Jeffrey Freedman at freedman@yu.edu 

For more information about the Jewish History Division, contact Professor Joshua Karlip at Karlip@yu.edu.
Program Information

History Major
Thirty-three credits: HIST 1101, 1102, either 3001 or 3002 (capstone course) plus 24 additional HIST credits, of which 6 must be in American History.
Up to 12 credits in Jewish history (in excess of those used to meet the Jewish studies requirement and distribution) may be counted toward the major.
A maximum of 6 AP History credits with a score of 4 or 5 may apply toward the major.
History Minor
Eighteen credits: HIST 1101, 1102, plus 12 additional HIST credits, of which 3 credits must be in American History.
Up to 6 credits in Jewish history (in excess of those used to meet the Jewish studies requirement and distribution) may be counted toward the minor.
A maximum of 3 AP History credits with a score of 4 or 5 may apply toward the minor.
Faculty
The following list includes faculty who teach at the Beren (B) and/or Wilf (W)

Joseph Angel
Professor (B/W)
Selma Botman 
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (B/W)
Douglas R Burgess Jr.
Such enrichment can take place with respect to virtually all fields, but there is no area where the interaction is as intimate and potentially rewarding as in the use of the tools of the academy to enhance one's understanding of the Jewish heritage itself.
This explains the substantial Jewish Studies requirement in the college curriculum, and it also means that the Jewish Studies major or minor should evoke serious interest on the part of any student whose decision to attend YU is rooted in the desire to attain a broad and sophisticated appreciation of Judaism and the Jewish people.
Courses in Bible, Jewish History, and Jewish Philosophy and Thought are taught by members of the Department of Bible, Hebrew, and Near Eastern Studies and the Robert M. Beren Department of History.
A student majoring in Jewish Studies may choose a concentration in any of these disciplines.
Courses in Jewish Studies serve two main sets of stakeholders: the general Yeshiva College student population and majors in Jewish Studies.
Its mission to all Yeshiva College students is to educate them regarding Jewish civilization from biblical times through the present and to develop their appreciation for the contexts in which Judaism arose and developed.
For majors, its mission is to develop their facility with primary and secondary sources and their independent research skills, and thus prepare them to pursue graduate-level degrees in Jewish Studies.
Undergraduates who have completed their core course in a particular discipline (JHI, JTP, BIB) are eligible to request permission to take a course in that discipline at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies.
The Revel course can be counted as elective credit towards the completion of the undergraduate Jewish Studies requirement.
Students must obtain the requisite form from the Office of the Deans and have it signed by the instructor of the Revel course to which they wish to gain admission, the chair of the Yeshiva College Jewish studies department and the associate dean of Yeshiva College.
Students must then submit the form to the dean of Revel for final approval.
Undergraduates who wish to register for a Revel course must be either a Junior with a 3.4 GPA or a Senior with a 3.0 GPA (and a 3.2 in Jewish Studies) and must complete the Request to Take Graduate Course for Undergraduate Credit form.