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List of Courses

Economics

  • ECO 120 Survey of Economics (3 Cr.)

    Presents a broad overview of economic theory, history, development and application. Introduces terms, definitions, policies and philosophies of market economies. Provides some comparison with other economic systems. Includes some degree of exposure to microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts. Prerequisites: Reading and Algebra 1 required. Lecture 3 hours per week.

  • ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 Cr.)

    Introduces macroeconomics including the study of Keynesian, classical, monetarist principles and theories, the study of national economic growth, inflation, recession, unemployment, financial markets, money and banking, the role of government spending and taxation, along with international trade and investments. Prerequisites: Reading and Algebra 1 required  Lecture 3 hours per week.

  • ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics (3 Cr.)

    Introduces the basic concepts of microeconomics. Explores the free market concepts with coverage of economic models and graphs, scarcity and choices, supply and demand, elasticities, marginal benefits and costs, profits, and production and distribution. Reading prerequisite required. Lecture 3 hours per week.

  • ECO 245 Contemporary Economic Issues (3 Cr.)

    Presents major contemporary economic issues of the day. May focus on issues such as energy, the environment, the farmer, the national debt, taxes, international trade, consumerism and economic trends. Emphasizes proper analysis of economic problems and formulation of corrective policy. Develops the student's critical faculties by exposure to opinions of eminent economists and may offer open classroom debate. Prerequisite: ECO 201. Reading prerequisite required. Lecture 3 hours per week.