New Courses Added to Fall 2013 Schedule of Classes!

Dear Students,

The Department of Economics has added two new additional 400 level courses to the Fall 2013 schedule of classes. The following sections are now available and in Testudo. As always, be sure to verify what the prerequisites are for each course and only register for courses that you have successfully completed all of the prerequisites for.

ECON424 Computer Methods in Economics

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ECON321, ECON325, and ECON326. Or minimum grade of C- in ECON321, ECON305, and ECON306; and permission of BSOS-Economics department. Restriction: Must be in a major within BSOS-Economics department.

Database development from Internet and other sources, research methods, and statistical analysis in economics using EXCEL and SAS.

Section 0103
MW 11 - 12:15
Instructor: TBA

ECON426 Economics of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Prerequisite: ECON321, ECON325, and ECON326. Restriction: Must be in a major within BSOS-Economics department. Credit only granted for: ECON398A or ECON426. Formerly: ECON398A. Additional information: ECON426 meets the major requirement for Quantitative and Analytic Reasoning.

Study of how to use cost benefit analysis and other similar tools of applied microeconomics to conduct policy analyses. Cost-benefit analysis is an empirical method of identifying an optimal choice from a set of policy alternatives, where optimal is defined in terms of economic efficiency. Real world examples are addressed, so that students understand limitations of the methods and also interactions of economic analysis with political and administrative processes.

Section 0101
MW 6:30 - 7:45
Instructor: TBA