Apr 30, 2024  
Spring 2020 Catalog 
    
Spring 2020 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Course Descriptions



 

 

Dance

  
  • DNCE 206 - Ballet IIB


    Description:
    Master intermediate level ballet technique and performance concepts. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 106  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 212 - Theatre Dance


    Description:
    Theatre dance forms with beginning period styles of jazz.

    Prerequisites:
    Theatre and Dance major or minor, or Instructor Consent

    2 cr.

  
  • DNCE 214 - Jazz II


    Description:
    Master intermediate level jazz technique and performance skills. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 106  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 215 - Tap II


    Description:
    Master intermediate level tap technique and performance skills. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 115  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 220 - Movement Analysis and Theory


    Description:
    Experience, observe and analyze the language of movement through body, effort, space and shape with application to performance. Introduction to motif writing and skeletal and muscular systems.

    3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 226 - Dance Practicum I


    Description:
    Assigned participation in theatre/dance production. Required for all dept majors. May repeat each course three times for credit.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    0-1 cr.

  
  • DNCE 227 - Dance Workshop


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area (tap, jazz, pointe, partnering, fundamentals of rhythm, et al). May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    1-6 cr.

  
  • DNCE 301 - Composition I


    Description:
    Explore small group forms through studies in time, space, dynamics, and musical forms.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 302 - Composition II


    Description:
    Exploration of solo choreography forms.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 301  

    3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 303 - Modern IIIA


    Description:
    Master advanced level modern dance technique and performance concepts. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 104  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 304 - Modern IIIB


    Description:
    Master advanced level modern dance technique and performance concepts. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 104  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 305 - Ballet IIIA


    Description:
    Master advanced level ballet technique and performance concepts. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    Either DNCE 205  or DNCE 206 , or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 306 - Ballet IIIB


    Description:
    Master advanced level ballet technique and performance concepts. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 205  or DNCE 206  or test out.

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 314 - Jazz III


    Description:
    Master advanced level jazz technique and performance skills. Enroll for 3 cr as part of core. May enroll for 2 cr after core. May repeat for 6 cr max.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 214  or test out

    2-3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 327 - Dance Workshop


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area (tap, jazz, pointe, partnering, fundamentals of rhythm, et al). May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    1-6 cr.

  
  • DNCE 328 - Career Seminar


    Description:
    Survey of career options in dance.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or Instructor Consent

    1 cr.

  
  • DNCE 352 - Dance History


    Description:
    Development of dance in cultural, philosophical and political contexts.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: ART



    3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    You may arrange for independent study on individual or group projects with cons instr and chair. Credit based on scope of the project. Subtitle will designate area.

    1-6 cr.

  
  • DNCE 420 - Teaching Theories and Practices


    Description:
    Introduction to the theories and practices of teaching dance. Observe, demonstrate, and practice teaching various age groups and levels.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing or Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • DNCE 426 - Dance Practicum II


    Description:
    Assigned participation in theatre/dance production. Required for all dept majors. May repeat each course three times for credit.

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    0-1 cr.

  
  • DNCE 428 - Dance Internship


    Description:
    Supervised field experience with a cooperating agency in dance-related field.

    Prerequisites:
    Dance Coordinator Consent

    1-6 cr.

  
  • DNCE 496 - Interdisciplinary Seminar


    Description:
    Advanced seminar experience integrating dance with other academic disciplines, including video dance and multimedia technology. Culminates in final performance or research project.

    Prerequisites:
    DNCE 302 

    3 cr.


Data Analytics: Business

  
  • DAB 340 - Marketing Analytics


    Description:
    Analyze marketplace information to optimize business decisions for competitive advantage; explore the relationships between product, placement, price, and promotion using statistical analysis.

    3 cr.

  
  • DAB 346 - Special Topics


    Description:
    Examine contemporary and emerging topics in data analytics. Subtitle will indicate topic and number of credits. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Varies based upon subtopic. Prerequisite will be determined at time of offering based on subtitle.

    3-4 cr.

  
  • DAB 370 - Data Visualization and Communication


    Description:
    Communicate clearly and effectively about patterns in data; design and implement visual representations of patterns and analysis in order to convey findings, answer questions, drive decisions, and provide persuasive evidence.

    3 cr.

  
  • DAB 397 - Internship


    Description:
    Participate in a supervised training work program that you arrange with your adviser at a cooperating organization. Credit determined by adviser. May repeat for 6 cr. maximum.

    Prerequisites:
    Adviser Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-6 cr.

  
  • DAB 399 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Arrange for independent study with consent of your adviser. Credit determined by adviser. May repeat for 6 cr. maximum.

    Prerequisites:
    Adviser Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-6 cr.

  
  • DAB 440 - Analytics and Decision Making


    Description:
    Study decision-making in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) situations. Emphasis on defining a problem, formulating a suitable model, finding a solution, performing analysis, interpreting results, and sharing findings. Apply a variety of techniques via real-time experimentation with mini-cases and regional mini-projects.

    3 cr.


Data Analytics: Computing

  
  • DAC 101 - Introduction to Data Analytics


    Description:
    Introduction to the concepts of how different fields or functions make use of data analytics, and the stages of analyzing data; learn to interpret data, communicate insights, and leverage data. Introduction to tools and ideas in the data analytics’ toolset.

    3 cr.

  
  • DAC 111 - Programming for Data Analytics


    Description:
    Introduction to a data analytics programming language; practical issues in statistical programming, including programming, reading data, accessing packages, writing functions, debugging, profiling and organizing and commenting code; topics in statistical data analysis will provide working examples.

    Prerequisites:
    CNMT 100  or Instructor Consent

    4 cr.

  
  • DAC 205 - Principles of Data and Modeling


    Description:
    Introduction to the concepts of data and modeling. Perspectives of data as needed by different processes and people are examined; including the interrelationship of data with different modeling techniques. Supervised and unsupervised modeling techniques are examined.

    Prerequisites:
    DAC 101 

    4 cr.

  
  • DAC 299 - Data Analytics Seminar


    Description:
    Provides an overview of the major; career exploration, including resume authoring, career research, networking and engagement in formal presentations of work in the profession. May repeat for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Data Analytics Major

    0-1 cr. pass/fail.

  
  • DAC 310 - Data Mining


    Description:
    Examine descriptive, predictive and proscriptive data mining methods.

    Prerequisites:
    Both CIS 210  and DAC 205 

    4 cr.

  
  • DAC 346 - Special Topics


    Description:
    Examine contemporary and emerging topics in data analytics. Subtitle will indicate topic and number of credits. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Varies based upon subtopic. Prerequisite will be determined at time of offering based on subtitle.

    3-4 cr.

  
  • DAC 397 - Internship


    Description:
    Participate in a supervised training work program that you arrange with your adviser at a cooperating organization. Credit determined by adviser. May repeat for 6 cr. maximum.

    Prerequisites:
    Adviser Consent and Department Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-6 cr.

  
  • DAC 399 - Independent Study


    Description:
    Arrange for independent study with consent of your adviser. Credit determined by adviser. May repeat for 6 cr. maximum.

    Prerequisites:
    Adviser Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-6 cr.

  
  • DAC 480 - Applied Analytics Project


    Description:
    Apply data analytics concepts, principles and practices to a comprehensive real-world project.

    4 cr.


Data Science

  
  • DS 700 - Foundations of Data Science


    Description:
    Introduction to data science and its importance to business decision making. Overview of commonly used data science tools along with spreadsheet, database, statistics, and programming assignments to lay the foundation for data science applications.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 705 - Statistical Methods


    Description:
    Statistical methods and inference procedures will be presented with an emphasis on applications, computer implementation, and interpretation of results. Topics include simple and multiple regression, model selection, correlation, moderation/interaction analysis, logistic regression, chi-square test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Walls test, MANOVA, factor analysis, and canonical correlation analysis.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 710 - Programming for Data Science


    Description:
    Introduction to programming languages and packages used in data science.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 715 - Data Warehousing


    Description:
    Introduction to the concepts and techniques to work with and reason about subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, and nonvolatile collections of data in support of management’s decision-making process.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 730 - Big Data: High Performance Computing


    Description:
    Learn how to process large datasets efficiently. Introduction to non-relational databases. Learn algorithms that allow for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters.

    Prerequisites:
    DS 710 

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 735 - Communicating About Data


    Description:
    Prepares you to master technical, informational and persuasive communication to meet organizational goals. Technical communication topics include a study of the nature, structure and interpretation of data. Informational communication topics include data visualization and design of data for understanding and action. Persuasive communication topics include the study of written, verbal and  nonverbal approaches to influencing decision makers.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 740 - Data Mining


    Description:
    Data mining methods and procedures for diagnostic and predictive analytics. Topics include association rules, clustering algorithms, tools for classification, and ensemble methods. Computer implementation and applications will be emphasized.

    Prerequisites:
    Both DS 705  and DS 710 

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 745 - Visualization and Unstructured Data Analysis


    Description:
    Two aspects of data analytics will be covered: 1. Techniques to generate visualizations appropriate to the audience type, task, and data. 2. Methods and techniques for analyzing unstructured data - including text mining, web text mining and social network analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    DS 700 , DS 705 , DS 710 , and DS 740 

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 760 - Ethics of Data Science


    Description:
    Explore ethical issues related to data science, including privacy, intellectual property, security, and the moral integrity of inferences based on data.

    Prerequisites:
    Either DS 700  or DS 780 

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 775 - Prescriptive Analytics


    Description:
    Procedures and techniques for using data to inform the decision-making process are covered. Topics include optimization, decision analysis, game theory, and simulation. Case studies and applications will be emphasized.

    Prerequisites:
    DS 705 

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 780 - Data Science and Strategic Decision Making


    Description:
    The interaction between data science and strategic decision making. Leveraging data resources for competitive advantage in the marketplace.

    3 cr.

  
  • DS 785 - Capstone


    Description:
    Capstone course; develop and execute a data science project using real-world data and communicate results to a non-technical audience.

    Prerequisites:
    DS 700 , DS 705 , DS 710 , DS 715 , DS 730 , DS 735 , DS 740 , DS 745 , and DS 775 

    3 cr.


Early Childhood Education

  
  • ECED 160 - Special Topics in Child Development Associate Competencies


    Description:
    Twelve 1-credit modules designed to meet the training requirements for the Child Development Associate Credential. Subtitle will designate area. May repeat for credit with different subtitles. Does not count for major in early childhood education.

    Typically Offered:
    Not currently offered

    1 cr. pass/fail

  
  • ECED 262 - Programs for Children and Families


    Description:
    Historical analysis of the development of programs for children and families; roles played by individuals, agencies, and government; current program models and techniques for program evaluation.

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following (or concurrent registration): HD 261 , HD 265 , or PSYC 260  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECED 301 - Kindergarten Methods


    Description:
    Examine the Kindergartner as a whole person with very specific physical, language, socio-economic and cognitive growth and needs, and how such needs can be met in the early childhood classroom.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program

    3 cr.

  
  • ECED 364 - Curriculum and Methods for Young Children


    Description:
    Introduction to curriculum principle/methods for developmentally approp environment for young children in a variety of areas. Includes clinical experience. Available for graduate credit as ECED 564 .

    1-4 cr.

  
  • ECED 366 - Curriculum and Methods for the Emergent Reader-Writer


    Description:
    Introduction to curriculum and methods for implementing a developmentally approp emergent literacy program. Available for graduate credit as ECED 566 .

    2 cr.

  
  • ECED 368 - Curriculum and Methods for Young Children: Art, Creative Dramatics, Creative Movement, Music


    Description:
    Introduction to curriculum and methods for using expressive arts and characteristics of play to enhance development and learning of young children. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs practicum per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program and ECED 262 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECED 372 - Integrating Literature into the Early Childhood Curriculum


    Description:
    Integration of children’s literature across content areas with a variety of learners. Incorporation of literature in home, school, and community environments.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program, and either CSD 266  or EDUC 302 

    1 cr.

  
  • ECED 397 - Supervised Practicum in the Early Childhood Regular Classroom


    Description:
    Group instruction in regular classrooms involving instructional planning, organization, classroom management, and teaching lessons with appropriate media at the early childhood level.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ECED 398 - Student Teaching


    Description:
    Observation and teaching under the guidance of cooperating teachers and university faculty. Subtitle will indicate kindergarten or early childhood.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program

    Variable cr. pass/fail.

  
  • ECED 460 - Home, School, Community Agencies


    Description:
    Theory and philosophy of processes used to establish positive relationships among home, school, and agency personnel. Available for graduate credit as ECED 660 .

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program

    1-4 cr.

  
  • ECED 498 - Intern Teaching


    Description:
    Structured field experiences in approved school programs. Interns are certified by DPI and employed under contract with schools to design, deliver, and assess instructional programs in grades n-k-12.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Education Program; Complete all methods courses and 75% of content courses in appropriate major. Concurrent registration in EDUC 400  may be required.

    Variable cr. pass/fail.

  
  • ECED 564 - Curriculum and Methods for Young Children


    Description:
    Introduction to curriculum principle/methods for developmentally approp environment for young children in a variety of areas. Includes clinical experience. Available for undergraduate credit as ECED 364 .

    1-4 cr.

  
  • ECED 566 - Curriculum and Methods for the Emergent Reader-Writer


    Description:
    Introduction to curriculum and methods for implementing a developmentally approp emergent literacy program. Available for undergraduate credit as ECED 366 .

    2 cr.

  
  • ECED 660 - Home, School, Community Agencies


    Description:
    Theory and philosophy of processes used to establish positive relationships among home, school, and agency personnel. Available for undergraduate credit as ECED 460 .

    1-4 cr.


Economics

  
  • ECON 100 - Introduction to Economics


    Description:
    Survey economic concepts and contemporary economic issues. The role of business, households, and government. Analysis of demand and supply, income distribution, unemployment, inflation, and business cycles. May not substitute ECON 100 for ECON 110  or ECON 111  to satisfy business administration, economics, and accounting major or minor requirements.

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: CCT

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics


    Description:
    Concepts of scarcity and cost; supply and demand; government in the economy; organization and functions of businesses and cooperatives; measurement and determination of national income; unemployment and inflation; money, banking, and financial markets; international trade and finance.

    Prerequisites:
    MATH 95 , MATH 105 , or placement into MATH 107  

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: SS; AAS: CCT

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics


    Description:
    Theory of producer and consumer behavior; pricing and output in competitive vs. monopoly markets; pricing and employment of labor and other resources; problems of government intervention in markets.

    Prerequisites:
    MATH 95 , MATH 105 , or placement into MATH 107  

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: SS; AAS: CCT

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 200 - Principles of Economics


    Description:
    An introductory analysis of economic theory, covering both Micro- and Macroeconomic topics. Microeconomic topics include supply and demand, producer and consumer behavior, pricing and output under different market structures, and other topics. Macroeconomics topics include national income measurement, unemployment and inflation, aggregate supply and demand, fiscal and monetary policies. May substitute ECON 200 for ECON 110  and ECON 111  to partially satisfy business administration, economics, and accounting major or minor requirements.

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following: MATH 109 , MATH 111 , MATH 118 , or equivalent placement score

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 243 - Economic and Business Statistics


    Description:
    Elementary theory, interpretation, and business applications of descriptive statistics; probability; binomial, normal, student t, chi-squared, and F distributions; hypothesis testing; and linear regression and correlation.

    Prerequisites:
    MATH 95 , MATH 105 , or placement into MATH 107  

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: AAS-QL, NW

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 272 - Personal Finance


    Description:
    Economics for the consumer, the art of consumer decision making, issues affecting consumer spending, saving, and investing; the role of cooperatives and other institutions concerned with consumer welfare. May not earn credit in both ECON 272 and HD 372 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: SER

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 299 - Special Work


    Description:
    Premajors in economics may arrange for independent study with cons chair.

    Credit based on scope of project.

  
  • ECON 310 - Introductory Econometrics


    Description:
    Fundamentals of Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Hypothesis testing. Simple and multiple regression analysis. Dummy variables and Basics of Time Series Analysis focusing on applications in Economics.

    Prerequisites:
    Both ECON 110  and ECON 111 , or ECON 200 ; one of the following: MATH 109 , MATH 111 , or MATH 225 ; and either MATH 354  or MATH 255 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 311 - Public Economics


    Description:
    Analysis of government actions and their impact on both efficiency and equity aspects of the economy. Topics include government actions to address market failure, social insurance, public assistance, and taxation.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 315 - Business and Government


    Description:
    Role of government regulation vs. free markets. How government regulates business activity: anti-trust, economic regulations, social regulations, developing regulatory activities. Economic impact of govt regulation.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 317 - Economic Analysis of the Law


    Description:
    Uses microeconomic tools to examine the common law areas of torts, contracts, and property. Shows how court precedents shape economic incentives and thus affect the behavior of individuals. Uses economic logic to evaluate the efficacy of common law rules in achieving social goals.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200 

    3

  
  • ECON 324 - Health Economics


    Description:
    Apply microeconomic theory to analyze behavior of health and health care markets. Includes supply and demand of health care services, private health insurance markets, government provision of health care services and health insurance, and health care policy.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 328 - Poverty, Welfare, Social Insurance


    Description:
    Poverty in the United States; income maintenance programs including social security, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, pension plans, and social assistance; health insurance.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 110  or Instructor Consent

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 330 - Evolution of American Enterprise


    Description:
    Evolution of business systems and development of American economy; historical transformation of firms, markets, and government; institutional sources of economic growth.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 340 - Industrial Organization


    Description:
    Structure and performance of markets; strategic behavior of firms; price discrimination, product differentiation, advertising, entry deterrence, and research and development.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 342 - Ecological Economics


    Description:
    Interactions and integration of economic and ecological systems. Resource use, disposal, and sustainability. Historical trends and forecasts of the relationship between economic and ecological outcomes. Policy design with a focus on steady-state growth distributive justice, and efficiency.

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following: ECON 111 ECON 200 , or NRES 372 

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: ER



    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 345 - Labor Economics


    Description:
    Examine state of modern labor market, theory of worker supply and demand, wage determination in competitive markets, internal labor markets and labor market segmentation, trade unions, discrimination, human capital accumulation as well as public policy related to these topics.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 346 - Collective Bargaining


    Description:
    History and legal framework of collective bargaining; contextual influences on bargaining process; union organization, negotiating strategies, and goals; management organization and bargaining strategies; content of collective bargaining; bargaining process in public and private employment; dispute resolution procedures; current topics.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 110  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 347 - Sports Economics


    Description:
    Uses the sports industry to illustrate topics from a variety of fields in economics. Examines pricing decisions, cooperative behavior, and league formation; models of pay determination, contract incentives, and unions; and stadium financing and community effects.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111   or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 350 - Microeconomic Theory


    Description:
    Analytical tools for under-standing demand, production and cost, impact of market structure on firms’ behavior, pricing of resources, and economic welfare. Analysis of public policies.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200 , and one of the following: MATH 109 , MATH 111 , or MATH 225 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 360 - Money and Financial Markets


    Description:
    Depository institutions; central banking and money creation; price level analysis; interest level determination; interest rate theory; money and capital markets.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 110  or ECON 200 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 361 - Macroeconomic Theory


    Description:
    Determination of levels of national income, output, employment, and prices; national income accounting; theory and measurement of aggregate consumption and investment; government stabilization policy.

    Prerequisites:
    Both ECON 110  and or ECON 200 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 362 - Economic Development


    Description:
    Problems of measuring economic growth; lessons from the past economic growth of today’s industrialized countries and middle-income economies; problems of poverty, inequality, unemployment, and deficiencies in food, clothing, housing, education and health of people in less-developed countries.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 365 - International Economics


    Description:
    Foreign trade, theory and measurement of export and import patterns; foreign exchange markets, balance of payments, tariffs, and the contemporary international monetary system.

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following: ECON 111 , ECON 200 , or NRES 372  

    General Education Designation(s):
    AAS: IK

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 370 - Managerial Economics


    Description:
    Economic analysis of business decision making using regression analysis and forecasting tools; mathematical analysis of production decisions, cost minimization, pricing strategies, consumer demand, and market environment.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200 ; one of the following: MATH 109 MATH 111 , or MATH 225 ; and MATH 255  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 374 - Regional Economic Growth


    Description:
    Factors that promote and/or hinder regional economic and business growth. Geographical distribution of resources and spatial ordering of industrial and commercial activities. Patterns of trade among regional and urban areas; regional business cycles. Patterns of land use and values in regions and urban areas.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 390 - Special Topics in Economics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate topic. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ECON 420 - Economics of Organization


    Description:
    Apply microeconomic and game theoretic principles to analyze business institutions and practices. Examine economic theories of the firm and alternative contractual relationships. Vertical integration (make-or-buy decision), corporate owner-ship, multiproduct firm, relational contracting, franchising. Evaluate economic theories with economic experiments.

    Prerequisites:
    Either ECON 111  or ECON 200  

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 450 - Seminar in Applied Economics


    Description:
    This capstone course offers instruction on the qualitative and quantitative methods of the economics profession. Using topics from the economics discipline, examine a variety of types of professional economic studies, for example, literature reviews, case studies, qualitative research, and quantitative analysis. Prepare for the type of work you will be expected to conduct in the economics profession, the business world, or in graduate school.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 310 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 460 - Economics and Management of Technological Change


    Description:
    Read, present papers and discuss history of technological change, economic/social determinants of direction and rate of change, effects of change on economic structure/growth, and on behavior of firms. Also, technology problems faced by policy makers and firm managers.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111  and 2nd semester junior or senior standing

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 490 - Advanced Topics in Economics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate topic. May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Senior standing and Instructor Consent

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ECON 493 - Internship in China


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in cooperating agency or business in China plus lectures in English.

    Prerequisites:
    Economics major or minor, or Internship Director Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: GA, XL



    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 497 - Internship in Economics


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in a cooperating agency or business. Credit determined by intern director and economics faculty member. May repeat with different experience, but max 3 cr count for major.

    Prerequisites:
    Internship Director Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-15 cr.

  
  • ECON 498 - International Internship


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in an international agency or business located outside the U.S. Credit set by chair and econ faculty.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    General Education Designation(s):

    GEP: XL



    1-12 cr.

  
  • ECON 499 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass or graduate students may arrange for independent study with cons chair. Available for graduate credit as ECON 699 .

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    Credit based on scope of the project.

  
  • ECON 699 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass or graduate students may arrange for independent study with cons chair. Available for undergraduate credit as ECON 499 .

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    Credit based on scope of the project.

  
  • ECON 717 - Economic Education for Elementary and Secondary Teachers


    Description:
    Introduction to basic economic principles and issues; identify resources for economic instruction at elementary and secondary levels; design lessons/activities for integrating economic education across the curriculum. Open to experienced, certified teachers. May not earn credit in both ECON 717 and EDUC 717 .

    3 cr.

 

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