UNDERGRADUATE

ECON 191. Issues in Today's Economy. 3 hours. A practical guide to the economy. Emphasis on such important issues as inflation and unemployment, national defense, taxes and deficits, race and sex discrimination, pollution, welfare, and international problems. Designed for non-business students; cannot be taken for credit by students majoring in economics or students seeking the BBA degree. May count towards a minor in economics for non-business students.

ECON 200. Economics. 3 hours. Economic theory of households and firms. Determination of equilibrium product and factor prices, allocation of resources and distribution of income, with applications to international trade. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

ECON 201. Economics. 3 hours. Basic concepts of economics including the market mechanism, national income accounting and determination, stabilization policies and the problems of economic growth and development. If a student intends to take both ECON 200 Economics and ECON 201 Economics, then it is recommended, but not required, that the student take ECON 200 Economics before ECON 201 Economics. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

ECON 326. Business Finance. 3 hours. The financial structure of business organization, capital structure, and methods of raising fixed or working capital, questions of financial policy, such as dividend policies and the conservation of surplus; comparative balance sheets and income expense statements. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ACCTG 202 Managerial Accounting and junior standing.

ECON 330. Money and Banking. 3 hours. The banking system of the United States with special emphasis upon the Federal Reserve System. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, and junior standing.

ECON 418. Intermediate Microeconomics. 3 hours. Consumption, production, pricing, resource allocation, and distribution. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, MATH 153 Introduction to Analytic Processes or MATH 150 Calculus I, a "C" in MATH 113 College Algebra, and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 419. Intermediate Macroeconomics. 3 hours. Determination of national income, employment and the price level; policies to reduce unemployment and/or inflation. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 435. Public Finance. 3 hours. Public expenditures, public revenues, credits, and taxation. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 465. Collective Bargaining. 3 hours. Collective bargaining philosophy; bargaining strategies; formulation and administration of labor-management contracts; impact of collective bargaining on the firm, industry, and economy. May be taken for honors. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, and junior standing.

ECON 468. Labor Economics. 3 hours. Labor market supply and demand; labor-market institutions; and labor-market policies: full employment, anti-inflation, income maintenance, and manpower. Prerequisite: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 480. Public Policies Toward Business. 3 hours. Government treatment of economic problems of private enterprise, monopoly, and competition. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics, and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 610. Commercial Banking I. 3 hours. Organization and operation of the commercial banking system; commercial bank management; relationships with competing financial institutions. Prerequisites: ECON 326 Business Finance, ECON 330 Money and Banking, and junior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 620. Real Estate Principles. 3 hours. A survey of real estate principles and investment including real estate markets, financing, leverage, valuation, and appraisal of housing and investment property. Home ownership and real estate investment for personal benefit are emphasized. Prerequisites: ECON 326 Business Finance, MGMKT 420 Business Statistics, and junior standing or permission of instructor. May be taken for honors.

ECON 621. Investments. 3 hours. Functions and operations of security markets: problems of planning and managing investing programs for various types of investors. Prerequisite: ECON 326 Business Finance or permission of instructor. May be taken for honors.

ECON 623. Financial Institutions and Markets. 3 hours. Policies, actions and corporate strategies of financial institutions: banks, insurance agencies, mutual funds and other financial intermediaries. Prerequisite: ECON 326 Business Finance or permission of instructor. May be taken for honors.

ECON 624. Security Analysis and Portfolio Management. 3 hours. Analysis and appraisal of investment securities which treats topics of financial theory in context of recent research and periodical literature which relates to modern portfolio theory. Prerequisites: ECON 326 Business Finance, ECON 621 Investments, or permission of instructor.

ECON 627. Advanced Business Finance. 3 hours. Analysis of financial problems, policies, planning and decision making. Financing current operations, long-term financing and special financial problems. Prerequisites: ECON 326 Business Finance, MGMKT 420 Business Statistics, or permission of instructor. May be taken for honors.

ECON 630. Business Cycles and Forecasting. 3 hours. Characteristics of the business cycle; analysis of underlying causes; critical examination of leading theories; evaluation of proposed remedies; and economic forecasting. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics and ECON 201 Economics. May be taken for honors.

ECON 631. Seminar in Financial Management. 3 hours. This is a capstone course in finance--one which culminates the course work for the major. Emphasis will be placed on the integration and application of concepts from financial management, investments/security and portfolio management, and institutions/banking, via case studies and computer-based models. Prerequisites: ECON 627 Advanced Business Finance, ECON 621 Investments, ECON 623 Financial Institutions and Markets, or permission of instructor. May be taken for honors.

ECON 634. Commercial Banking II. 3 hours. Sound principles and policies in commercial bank management with emphasis on reserves, loans, investments, service and the changing environment which banks face in this decade and beyond. Prerequisites: ECON 326 Business Finance, ECON 330 Money and Banking, and junior standing; ECON 610 Commercial Banking I recommended. May be taken for honors.

ECON 640. International Trade. 3 hours. Theory of trade, payment mechanisms, exchange and trade controls, and international cooperation. Prerequisites: ECON 200 Economics, ECON 201 Economics. May be taken for honors.

ECON 665. Seminar in Applied Economics. 3 hours. This is a capstone course in economic--one which crowns or completes the course work for the major. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the tools and concepts of microeconomics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics. Prerequisites: ECON 418 Intermediate Microeconomics, ECON 419 Intermediate Macroeconomics, and senior standing. May be taken for honors.

ECON 693. Topics in Economics (____). 3 hours. Study of a specific topic to economics. Specific subject area will be identified each time the course is offered. May be repeated if topic is different. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

GRADUATE

ECON 802. Managerial Finance. 3 hours. Financial analysis from the management viewpoint. Theory of financial management, financial policies, institutional structure, and analysis of business finance problems. Waiver: Three hours business finance and three hours of business policy.

ECON 805. Economic Analysis. 3 hours. Microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts. Demand, production, cost, theory of the firm and markets, national income determination, and macroeconomic policy. Waiver: ECON 418 Intermediate Microeconomics and ECON 419 Intermediate Macroeconomics. Prerequisite: MATH 150 Calculus I or MATH 153 Introduction to Analytic Processes.

ECON 892. Readings in Economics. 1-3 hours. Directed readings in selected areas of economics. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ECON 927. Seminar in Economics (____). 3 hours. Comprehensive reading and research in various fields of economics. May be repeated if subject matter is different. Prerequisites: ECON 418 Intermediate Microeconomics and ECON 419 Intermediate Macroeconomics or ECON 805 Economic Analysis.

ECON 936. Financial Strategy. 3 hours. Financial management of the firm, emphasizing financial planning, capital budgeting and cost of capital. Case method. Prerequisite: ECON 802 Managerial Finance. or waiver.