Liberal Arts Minors

ECON - Economics

Minor Advisors:
Michael Vernarelli (01-1351, mjvgss@rit.edu)
Jeffrey Wagner (01-1341, mjwgse@rit.edu)

This minor provides a systemic analysis of economic issues through the study of the allocation of scarce resources into production and the distribution of production among the members of society.

Note: This minor is closed to Economic Degree Program (GECN) students.

Prerequisite: 0511-211 Principles of Microeconomics

Required course: 0511-402 Principles of Macroeconomics

Choose three of the following Theory and Policy courses:
0511-440 Urban Economics
0511-441 Economics of Human Resources
0511-442 Contemporary International Economic Problems
0511-443 Current American Macroeconomic Problems
0511-444 Public Finance
0511-445 Survey of Economic Thought
0511-448 Economics of Less Developed Countries
0511-449 Comparative Economic Systems
0511-450 Benefit-Cost Analysis
0511-452 Monetary Analysis and Policy
0511-453 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
0511-454 International Trade and Finance
0511-455 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
0511-456 Industrial Organization
0511-459 Managerial Economics
0511-461 Seminar in Applied Economics
0511-466 Health Care Economics
0511-480 Economic Role of Women
0511-481 Environmental Economics
0511-484 Natural Resource Economics
0511-571 Honors Seminar in Economics

Choose one of the following Quantitative courses:
0511-457 Applied Econometrics (Prerequisites: Intro Calculus and Statistics)
0511-458 Economic Forecasting (Prerequisites: Intro Calculus and Statistics)
0511-460 Mathematical Methods: Economics (Prerequisites: Intro Calculus and Statistics)
0511-464 Game Theory with Economic Applications