INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

3 CR. (3L)

This course is a survey of economics. It is designed as a beginning economics class. The course covers economics theories, supply and demand, national income accounting, money and banking, market structures and contemporary economic issues.

ECO 201

PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: CIS 110, ENG 090, REA 090, MAT 060, or equivalent assessment test scores or Department Chair approval. Focuses on the study of the American economy, stressing the interrelationships among household, business, and government sectors. Explores saving and investment decisions, unemployment, inflation, national income accounting, taxing and spending policies, the limits of the market and government, public choice theory, the Federal Reserve System, money and banking, and international trade. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-SS1

ECO 202

PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: CIS 110, ENG 090, REA 090, MAT 060, or equivalent assessment test scores or Department Chair approval. Focuses on the consumer, the firm, the nature of cost, and how these relate to the economy as a whole. Analyzes economic models of the consumer, perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. Explores economic issues including market power, population growth, positive and negative externalities, income distribution, international economic interdependence.

ECO 245

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: CIS 110, ENG 090, REA 090, and MAT 090. Introduces students to contemporary environmental issues and policies meant to reduce environmental degradation.  Includes market failures, analytical tools, government pollution reduction policies for air, water, and natural environments and their effectiveness.