Courses

The 18-credit economics minor is composed of four required economics courses. In addition, you must take a minimum of two additional 400-level ECON courses to complete the requirements for the minor. A grade of "C" or better is required in all courses that you take to fulfill requirements for the minor.

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Course List - Undergraduate Minor in Economics

Prescribed Courses (12 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy	ECON 102	Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution.	3 credits
Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy	ECON 104	National income measurement; aggregate economic models; money and income; policy problems.	3 credits
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis	ECON 302	Allocation of resources and distribution of income within various market structures, with emphasis on analytical tools. Prerequisite: ECON 102	3 credits
Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis	ECON 304	Analysis of forces that determine the level of aggregate economic activity. Prerequisite: ECON 104	3 credits

Supporting Courses and Related Areas (6 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Decision Making and Strategy in Economics	ECON 402	Development and application of the tools for decision making under uncertainty and for game theoretic analysis of economic problems.	3 credits
Economics of Public Expenditures	ECON 425	Analytic and policy aspects of public expenditure decisions; applications from areas of contemporary public interest. Prerequisite: ECON 302 or ECON 323	3 credits
Environmental Economics	ECON 428	Environmental pollution, the market economy, and optimal resource allocation; alternative control procedures; levels of environmental protection and public policy.	3 credits
Advanced International Trade Theory and Policy	ECON 433	Causes/consequences of trade; effects of tariffs and quotas; strategic trade policy; political economy of trade restrictions and other topics.	3 credits
International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics	ECON 434	Trade balance movements, exchange rate determination; monetary and fiscal policies in open economies; international policy coordination; the world monetary system. Prerequisite: ECON 304 or ECON 333	3 credits
Growth and Development	ECON 471	Problems of capital formation, institutional considerations, theories of economic growth. Prerequisite: ECON 302 or ECON 304, or ECON 372	3 credits

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