ECON 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics
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Fall 2025
Examines basic concepts of microeconomics or the behavior and the interactions of individuals, firms and government. Topics include determining economic problems, how consumers and businesses make decisions, how markets work, and how they fail and how government actions affect markets.
ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics
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Spring 2026
Provides an overview of the economy, examining the flows of resources and outputs and the factors determining the levels of income and prices. Explores policy problems of inflation, unemployment and economic growth.
ECON 3080 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
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Fall 2025
Introduces theories of aggregate economic activity including the determination of income, employment, and prices; economic growth; and fluctuations. Macroeconomic policies are explored in both closed and open economy models. ECON 3070 ECON and 3080 may be taken in any order; there is no recommended sequence.
ECON 4605 - Economics of Education
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Spring 2026
Education is at the center of growth and development of a society. How we invest in education, its returns, the role of early childhood education in economic development, problems guaranteeing access to higher education, income mobility, productivity, etc. are all issues addressed in the economics of education. This course offers an opportunity to explore the theory behind human capital, skills, signaling, empirical tools for analysis, and research questions on educational policy and reforms.
