Economic Courses (ECO)
ECO 1150 - Survey of Economics (3)
This course is a study of commerce and economics and their impact on society, technology, and business. This course will cover basic commerce and economics terminology and concepts important to managers.
ECO 2251 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Macroeconomic theory of the national economy with emphasis on income, employment, banking, and public policy.
ECO 2252 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Microeconomic theories of value, production, distribution of income, and basic international economic analysis.
ECO 2253 - Honors Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Macroeconomics theory of the national economy with emphasis on income, employment, banking and public policy for the superior student. Prerequisite: SCOB Honors Student/permission of the Associate Dean.
ECO 2254 - Honors Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Microeconomic theories of value, production, distribution of income, and basic international economic analysis for the superior student. Prerequisite: SCOB Honors Student/permission of the Associate Dean.
ECO 3351 - Honors Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
Study of the variables affecting employment, income, and prices. Monetary theory and theories of fluctuation are reviewed. Policies dealing with economic stabilization are examined. This course is designed for Sorrell Global Scholars honors students. Prerequisite: Sorrell Global Scholars student or permission of Associate Dean; ECO 2251 or ECO 2253.
ECO 3351 - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
Study of the variables affecting employment, income, and prices. Monetary theory and theories of fluctuation are reviewed. Policies dealing with economic stabilization are examined. Prerequisite: ECO 2251.
ECO 3352 - Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
Study of price and distribution theory as it relates to households, firms, and industries. Theories of factor prices and general equilibrium are also examined. Prerequisite: ECO 2252.
ECO 3353 - Money and Banking (3)
Principles of money, credit, and banking including monetary systems, theories, and commercial banking operations related to the Federal Reserve System. Prerequisite: ECO 2251 and ECO 2252.
ECO 3354 - Honors Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
Study of price and distribution theory as it relates to households, firms, and industries. Theories of factor prices and general equilibrium are also examined. Prerequisite: Sorrell Global Scholars student or permission of Associate Dean; ECO 2252 or ECO 2254.
ECO 3355 - Labor Economics (3)
Employment, unionism, labor-management relations and human capital. Prerequisite: ECO 2252.
ECO 3360 - Entrepreneurial Economics (3)
This course presents a wide-ranging overview of the place of entrepreneurship in economic theory, with a special focus on applications to institutions, organizations, strategy, economic development, and related fields. An emphasis on historical pieces on the economics of entrepreneurship as well as modern applications will be studied. Prerequisites: ECO 2251, ECO 2252.
ECO 3361 - Sports Economics (3)
Sports Economics introduces essential core economic concepts and then develops them with examples and applications from the sports industry. The sections are devoted to illustrating prominent areas of economics: industrial organization, public finance, labor economics, and econometrics. Prerequisites: ECO 2251, 2252.
ECO 3362 - Public Choice (3)
Public choice applies economic tools and methodology to the study of public decision-making. The emergence of government, collective choice within government, effects of legislative structures on outcomes, the role of interest groups as compared to that of the median voter, rent-seeking, bureaucracy, regulation, the size and scope of government, and alternative forms of governance. Prerequisites: ECO 2251, 2252.
ECO 3363 - Mathematical Economics (3)
This course develops the mathematical treatment of theory of firm, household behavior, stabilization policy, growth theory, input-output analysis, and linear programming. Prerequisites: ECO 2251, 2252, AND MTH 1125, or 2201.
ECO 3365 - History of Economic Thought (3)
This course surveys the main schools in the history of the development of economic thought. Prerequisite: ECO 2251, 2252.