Semester Requirements
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An economics minor provides a systematic 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. This minor is closed to students majoring in economics.
Prerequisite—Choose one of the following:
ECON-101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON-105 Honors Economics
Required Course:
ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics
Electives
Choose two or three of the following theory and policy courses:
ECON-401 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
ECON-402 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON-405 International Trade and Finance
ECON-406 Global Economic Issues
ECON-407 Industrial Organization
ECON-420 Environmental Economics
ECON-421 Natural Resource Economics
ECON-422 Benefit-Cost Analysis
ECON-430 Managerial Economics
ECON-431 Monetary Analysis and Policy
ECON-440 Urban Economics
ECON-441 Labor Economics
ECON-444 Public Finance
ECON-445 History of Economic Thought
ECON-448 Development Economics
ECON-449 Comparative Economic Systems
ECON-450 Health Care Economics
ECON-451 Economics of Women and the Family
ECON-452 Economics of native America
Choose one or two of the following quantitative courses:
ECON-403 Econometrics I
ECON-404 Mathematical Methods: Economics
ECON-410 Game Theory: Economic Applications
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An economics minor provides a systematic 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. This minor is closed to students enrolled in the economics program.
Prerequisite—Choose one of the following:
0511-211 Principles of Microeconomics
0511-325 Honors Economics
Required Course:
0511-402 Principles of Macroeconomics
Electives*
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
0511-467 Economics of Native America
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
0511-458 Economic Forecasting
0511-460 Mathematical Methods: Economics
0511-464 Game Theory with Economic Applications
* Students should check with an adviser for any courses which may require pre-requisites.