ECON 4100. Mathematical Economics. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 2101 and 2102 and MATH 1120 or 1141. Both microeconomic and macroeconomic problems are analyzed with quantitative techniques. Emphasis is given to the study of methods for mathematically formulating economic relationships including the tools used for finding maximums, minimums and limits to single, recursive and simultaneous economic relationships. Not available for credit in the M.S. program in Economics. (Alternate years)

ECON 4102. Economics for School Teachers. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: permission of the instructor for students not majoring in education. Emphasis on economic concepts and issues that lend themselves to grades K-12 classroom presentation. Includes the development, meaning and functioning of institutions that characterize the U.S. economy. Not accepted for graduate credit in the M.B.A. program or M.S. in Economics program. (Fall, Spring)

ECON 4105. Negotiations and Bargaining Strategy. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 2102 and 3105. Theories of negotiation strategy. Emphasis on the negotiation of collective bargaining contracts. Topics include the use of arbitration, mediation, conciliation and fact-finding boards to resolve disputes. (On demand)

ECON 4112. Econometrics II. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3112 or consent of instructor. Tools of analysis are more extensive and of a greater depth than those studied in ECON 3112. Regression and correlation techniques are applied to economic and business problems derived from government and business environments. Not available for credit in the M.S. program in Economics. (Alternate years)

ECON 4116. Public Sector Economics. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3122. Revenue and expenditure problems of governmental units, intergovernmental financial relationships and the impact of federal fiscal policy upon the American economy. (On demand)

ECON 4117. Business and Economic Forecasting. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3112. Analysis of fluctuations in economic activity, including production, employment, prices and industry sales. Topics include forecasting methods, business cycle theories, historical record, industry and sales forecasting. Not available for credit in the M.S. program in Economics. (On demand)

ECON 4135. Economics of Development. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 2102. Theories of economic growth and development applied to varying economic and social systems. Current theoretical models and their relevance to efficient allocation of resources to both the developed and the developing nations. (On demand)

ECON 4150. Urban and Regional Economics. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 2102. Spatial and economic organization of cities and regional areas and their special economic problems. Topics include economic growth, urban location and land use, poverty, housing, public finance and urban transportation. (On demand)

ECON 4160. Economics of Transportation. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 2102. Analysis of transportation systems. Topics include the historical development of various modes, costs and rate-making, regulation and national transportation policy. (On demand)

ECON 4171. Economics of International Trade. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3122. Theory of international trade including determination of international trade patterns, welfare implications of international trade, economic integration, and effects of tariffs and quotas. (Fall)

ECON 4172. Economics of International Finance. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3123. Survey of international monetary theory. Topics include exchange rate determination, balance of payments and adjustment, international liquidity, capital movements, international financial organizations and monetary reform proposals. (Spring)

ECON 4177. History of Economic Thought. (W) (3) (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 2101 and 2102. History of economics as a science and the evolution of theories of value, distribution and employment. Review of the works of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, Thorstein Veblen, and John Maynard Keynes. (Spring)

ECON 4180. Industrial Organization and Public Policy. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 3122. An examination of monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly and questions of public policy in dealing with problems created by industrial concentration. (Fall, Summer)

ECON 4181. Energy and Environmental Economics. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 2102. Economic issues of both energy and environment. Energy issues include the historical development of energy resources, supply and demand considerations and projections of the future energy balance. Environmental issues are externalities, common property resources and government regulation. Policy considerations include environmental standards, pollution charges and property rights. Cost-benefit analysis and microeconomic theory are applied. (On demand)

ECON 4182. Public Utilities. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 2102. Economic issues of public utilities, with emphasis on the theory and methods of ratemaking and regulation. (On demand)

ECON 4449. Work-Study Program in Economics. (3-6 or 3-6G hours credit, by determination of Department of Economics.) Prerequisites: ECON 2101 and 2102 and permission of the Department of Economics. Prior to enrollment, plans for the student's work assignments in this course must be completed. Assignments in government, utilities, banking and other paid employment must utilize the techniques and principles learned in core requirements in economics. Work assignments require faculty contact with the student and employer to insure satisfactory performance by the student. A maximum of three hours can be used to meet upper-level economics elective requirements. Not available for credit in the M.S. program in Economics. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ECON 6001. Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Advanced treatment of selected issues in macroeconomics. (On demand)

ECON 6002. Advanced Topics in Microeconomics. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Advanced treatment of selected issues in microeconomics. (On demand)

ECON 6090. Topics in Economics. (1-3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Topics from various areas of economics. Credit hours will vary with the topic offered. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

ECON 6100. Graduate Mathematical Economics. (3G) Economic problems are analyzed with quantitative techniques. Topics covered include the study of economic growth models, utility maximization, homogeneous functions, dynamic systems, applications of linear programming, and constrained optimization. (On demand)

ECON 6112. Graduate Econometrics. (3G) Advanced study of the theory and application of statistics as it relates to economic problems. Topics include: identification and estimation of simultaneous systems of equations, seasonal adjustment, autocorrelated disturbances, maximum likelihood estimation. (Fall)

ECON 6120. Economics of Futures and Options Markets. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6202. Analysis of futures and options markets. Topics include: theory and application of rational expectations to commodity futures and options, theory and application of economics under uncertainty, statistical behavior of commodity futures and options prices, hedging, regulation of commodity futures markets, and analysis of the success and failure of commodity futures contracts. (On demand)

ECON 6201. Advanced Macroeconomic Theory. (3G) Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program. Theories of aggregate income determination, inflation, unemployment, interest rates and economic growth; macro-economic consumption and investment behavior; the business cycle. (Fall)

ECON 6202. Advanced Microeconomic Theory. (3G) Prerequisite: admission to graduate program. Theories of the firm, of the consumer, and of resource owners; determination of prices under different market structures; general equilibrium analysis and welfare economics. (Fall)

ECON 6218. Advanced Business and Economic Forecasting. (3G) Prerequisite: ECON 6112. Develops forecasting techniques used in business decision making and techniques used in forecasting macroeconomic variables. Topics include: estimation, identification and prediction using ARMAX, state space and Box-Jenkins models; spectral analysis; linear filtering. (Spring)

ECON 6235. Monetary and Financial Theory. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, and either ECON 6201 or 6202. Theory and empirical tests of money supply, money demand, and financial markets; portfolio theory with special attention to portfolio choices of banks; term structure of interest rates; dynamic models of money and economic activity. (Spring, Summer)

ECON 6240. Economics of International Finance. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Open economy macroeconomics, international transmission of inflation and unemployment, internal and external balance; balance of payments and international payments mechanisms; determination of exchange rates and effects of hedging and speculation. (Spring, Summer)

ECON 6241. Economics of International Trade. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Examines the causes and consequences of trade using Ricardian and neoclassical models. Considers extensions, modifications and empirical tests of these models. Analysis of tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions, export subsidies and trends in current trade policy. (On demand)

ECON 6250. Advanced Urban and Regional Economics. (3G) Prerequisite: admission to graduate program. Applications of microeconomic theory to problems of cities, metropolitan areas and regions; methods in regional analysis, location theory, land-use planning, measurement of economic activity; transportation, housing, poverty, and growth issues. (On demand)

ECON 6260. Managerial Decision Making. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Decision making by firms; demand and production functions, relation between cost and production functions; risk analysis. (Spring, Summer)

ECON 6800. Directed Study in Economics. (1-3G) Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. program in Economics. Independent study of a theoretical and/or a policy problem in a special area of economics. Topics of the investigation may originate from the student or from the faculty member supervising the study. May be repeated for up to 6 hours of credit with the approval of the Graduate Coordinator. (On demand)

ECON 6901. Research Methods for Economists I. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201 and 6202. Research programs in economics; problem identification; interpretation of statistical results, bibliographic search, data sources and collection, selection of statistical technique, preparation of reports and proposals. (Spring)

ECON 6902. Research Methods for Economists II. (3G) Prerequisites: ECON 6112, 6201, 6202 and 6901. Critique of economic research and reports, presentation of econometric results and reports. The student will develop a research project, perform statistical tests, and present the results orally and in a major research paper. (Summer)

ECON 6999. Graduate Thesis Research. (0-6G) Individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a thesis. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)