IN ECONOMICS
for all undergraduate
students
Advantages of Modules for You:
1. Helps you to plan your course work to focus on a particular area of concentration.
2. Helps you to take your courses in a sequence that gives you the best possible preparation to do well in subsequent courses.
3. Helps you to find out about sub-fields in economics.
4. Helps you in qualifying for internships for which certification of your concentration of course work in a particular field in economics would be useful, regardless of your major.
5. Helps you in your job search upon graduation by presenting certification of preparation in a particular field of economics to prospective employers.
DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS
MODULE AWARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR MODULES
1. Effective with the Fall Semester, 1996, any undergraduate student who successfully completes the requirements of a module (or modules) and who applies for a module award will receive a certificate for each module completed, signed by the department head and the department’s director of undergraduate studies, identifying the title of the module and attesting that it has been satisfactorily completed.
2. A module will consist of nine credits (i.e., three courses) from among those listed in the module descriptions set forth on the following pages.
3. In all courses taken to complete a module, a grade of “C” or better must be earned.
4. No course may count for more than one module.
5. ECON 400M, 404W, 496 and 499 may be used in a module with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies if the content of that course makes it appropriate for inclusion in a particular module.
6. Should a student be unable to complete a module because a course the student needs is not being offered prior to the student’s graduation, the director of undergraduate studies, after consultation with the student, may authorize the substitution of an available course, depending on course content, so that the student can complete the module. Only one such course substitution per module is permitted. Only courses offered by the economics department may be used to complete the requirements of a module.
DESCRIPTION OF MODULES
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Module Title: HUMAN RESOURCE AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Courses in Module: Econ 315, 323, 423, 424, 428, 432, 445, 463
Description of Module: The courses in this module include courses
that focus on economic analysis of employment, earnings, and the labor market,
and related government policies; the analysis of the impact and influence of
demographic trends; and courses addressing microeconomic issues in public
economics, including government spending and taxation. Also examined in more depth are a number of
applications in such specific areas of microeconomic public policy as
environmental economics, urban economics, and health economics.
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Module Title: MACROECONOMICS, MONEY & BANKING
Courses in Module: Econ 351, 429, 434, 450, 451
Description of Module: The courses in this module provide analysis
of macroeconomic issues including money, credit, and financial intermediation;
measurement and theories of business cycles; the role of monetary and fiscal
policy in economic stabilization; international finance and the world monetary
system; and economic forecasting.
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Module Title: INTERNATIONAL, DEVELOPMENT & TRANSITION
ECONOMICS
Courses in Module: Econ 333,
372, 433, 471
Description of Module: The international economics courses in this
module examine interconnections between the U.S. economy and the rest of the
world, exchange rate determination, trade flows, effects of tariffs and quotas,
political economy of trade restrictions, the world monetary system,
international policy coordination and monetary and fiscal policy in open economies. The economic development courses in this
module examine problems of developing countries, the links between development
and trade, and the transition problems of formerly Soviet-type economies,
including privatization, restructuring and stabilization, relation between the
development of these economies and the development of market economies,
theories of economic growth, capital formation, and policies to promote
economic growth and development.
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Module Title: ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Courses in Module: Econ 342, 402, 443, 444, 497 (Economics of
Antitrust and Regulation), 497 (Competitive Strategy), 497 (Economics of
Sports)
Description of Module: Examination of the behavior of firms in
different market environments, industrial concentration, size and efficiency of
business firms, market structure and performance, decision making and strategic
behavior, anti-trust and regulation issues, analysis of property rights,
contractual arrangements, illegal behavior, and the effect of liability rules
on business behavior.
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Module Title: THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Courses in Module: Econ 405, 490, 497 (Experimental
Economics), 497 (Computational Methods in Economics), 500, 501, 502, 503
Description of Module: Courses in this module examine the theoretical foundations of economics, empirical methods used to analyze economic data and experimental economics. Emphasis is placed on mathematical techniques employed in economic analysis, and the computational and statistical tools used in economic research. Note: Special permission is required for undergraduate students to enroll in 500-level courses. Please see p. 43 of the 2000-2002 Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin for details.
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