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Courses

This schedule is indicative; unforeseen changes in staffing or student demands may lead to changes in what is offered in any year. In stating plans of study, students should indicate their preferences with respect to all offerings, however designated, to enable the department to ascertain student demands.

Prerequisites

  • 001 is the entry point to studying economics; it is a prerequisite for all other economics courses.
  • Where one of 011 or 021 is indicated to be a prerequisite, students may consider it advisable to have taken both beforehand.
  • Fall 2018
  • Spring 2019
  • Fall 2019
  • Spring 2020

Fall 2018

  • ECON 001. Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 002C. First-Year Seminar: Health and Health Care: Public Policies and Private Practices.
  • ECON 011. Intermediate Microeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and MATH 015.

  • ECON 022. Financial Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or its equivalent.

  • ECON 031. Introduction to Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 032. Operations Research
    • Eligible for CBL, ENVS
  • ECON 033. Financial Accounting
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 035. Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or STAT 051.

  • ECON 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

    • Eligible for BLST, GSST
  • ECON 075. Health Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 081. Economic Development
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

    • Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC
  • ECON 083. East Asian Economies
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 

    • Eligible for PEAC.
  • ECON 102. Advanced Macroeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011, ECON 021, and multivariable calculus (MATH 033, MATH 034 or MATH 035, or MATH 025 or MATH 026 with permission of the instructor). Recommended: MATH 043 or MATH 044.

  • ECON 122. Financial Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011, ECON 031 or ECON 035, and MATH 025 or higher calculus.

  • ECON 181. Economic Development
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011, ECON 021, and either ECON 031, STAT 011, or  STAT 021.

    • Eligible for ASIA, BLST, PEAC

Spring 2019

  • ECON 001. Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 012. Game Theory and Strategic Behavior
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

    • Eligible for PEAC.
  • ECON 015. Economic Poverty and Inequality
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 021. Intermediate Macroeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and MATH 015.

  • ECON 031. Introduction to Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 033. Financial Accounting
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 044. Urban Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or its equivalent.

  • ECON 091A. Research Seminar in Economics: Community-Based Field Experimental Research
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and  ECON 031 (or its equivalent)

  • ECON 101. Advanced Microeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and multivariable calculus (MATH 033, MATH 034, or MATH 035). Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors.

  • ECON 135. Advanced Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 035 and linear algebra (MATH 027, MATH 028 or MATH 028S).

  • ECON 151. International Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and ECON 021.

    • Eligible for ASIA PEAC

Fall 2019

  • ECON 001. Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 002C. First-Year Seminar: Health and Health Care: Public Policies and Private Practices.
  • ECON 011. Intermediate Microeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and MATH 015.

  • ECON 015. Economic Poverty and Inequality
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 022. Financial Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or its equivalent.

  • ECON 031. Introduction to Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 033. Financial Accounting
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 035. Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or STAT 051.

  • ECON 051. International Trade and Finance
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and ECON 021.

    • Eligible for ASIA PEAC
  • ECON 055. Behavioral Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 061. Industrial Organization
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 

  • ECON 075. Health Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 076. Environmental Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001. Recommended: ECON 011.

    • Eligible for ENVS
  • ECON 083. East Asian Economies
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 

    • Eligible for PEAC.
  • ECON 122. Financial Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011, ECON 031 or ECON 035, and MATH 025 or higher calculus.

  • ECON 155. Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and ECON 031.

  • ECON 176. Environmental Economics
    • Prerequisite:

       ECON 011 and ECON 031 (or its equivalent), and single-variable calculus (MATH 025 or higher).

    • Eligible for ENVS

Spring 2020

  • ECON 001. Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 021. Intermediate Macroeconomics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and MATH 015.

  • ECON 031. Introduction to Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 033. Financial Accounting
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 041. Public Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001. Recommended: ECON 011.

  • ECON 044. Urban Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001 and ECON 031 or its equivalent.

  • ECON 054. Global Capitalism Since 1920
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 001.

  • ECON 091A. Research Seminar in Economics: Community-Based Field Experimental Research
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and  ECON 031 (or its equivalent)

  • ECON 135. Advanced Econometrics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 035 and linear algebra (MATH 027, MATH 028 or MATH 028S).

  • ECON 141. Public Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and ECON 031 (or its equivalent)

  • ECON 151. International Economics
    • Prerequisite:

      ECON 011 and ECON 021.

    • Eligible for ASIA PEAC
  • ECON 162. Antitrust and Market Regulation
    • Prerequisite:

       ECON 011 and ECON 031 (or its equivalent).

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