Economics
The Economics Department focuses on a range of topics such as international trade, domestic and international financial systems, labor-market analysis, and the study of less-developed economies. The summer course offerings include core theoretical courses as well as more advanced, special interest courses.
For questions about specific courses, contact the department.
Courses
Equivalent to ECON UN1105, the first course for the major in economics. How a market economy determines the relative prices of goods, factors of production, and the allocation of resources; the circumstances under which it does these things efficiently. Why such an economy has fluctuations and how they may be controlled.
Course Number
ECON1105S001Format
In-PersonSession
X Summer SessionPoints
4 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 16:10-17:45Th 16:10-17:45Section/Call Number
001/10077Enrollment
24 of 50Instructor
Jared GroganPrerequisites: ECON UN1105 The course surveys issues of interest in the American economy, including economic measurement, well-being and income distribution, business cycles and recession, the labor and housing markets, saving and wealth, fiscal policy, banking and finance, and topics in central banking. We study historical issues, institutions, measurement, current performance and recent research.
Course Number
ECON2105W001Format
In-PersonSession
Session BPoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 09:00-12:10We 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
001/10078Enrollment
15 of 30Instructor
Daniel Di MartinoPrerequisites: STAT UN1201, ECON UN3211 Intermediate Microeconomics and ECON UN3213 Intermediate Macroeconomics. Equivalent to ECON UN3025. Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, Eurobond, Eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the capital asset pricing model and the efficient markets hypothesis.
Course Number
ECON3025S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 09:00-12:10We 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
001/10079Enrollment
9 of 30Instructor
Tamrat GashawPrerequisites: STAT UN1201, ECON UN3211 Intermediate Microeconomics and ECON UN3213 Intermediate Macroeconomics. Equivalent to ECON UN3025. Institutional nature and economic function of financial markets. Emphasis on both domestic and international markets (debt, stock, foreign exchange, Eurobond, Eurocurrency, futures, options, and others). Principles of security pricing and portfolio management; the capital asset pricing model and the efficient markets hypothesis.
Course Number
ECON3025S002Format
In-PersonSession
Session BPoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 09:00-12:10Th 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
002/10080Enrollment
10 of 30Instructor
A. Vivette AnconaPrerequisites: MATH UN1101 and ECON UN1105 or the equivalent; one term of calculus. Corequisites: MATH UN1201. This course covers the determination of output, employment, inflation and interest rates. Topics include economic growth, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, consumption and savings and national income accounting.
Course Number
ECON3213S001Format
In-PersonSession
X Summer SessionPoints
4 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 10:20-11:55We 10:20-11:55Section/Call Number
001/10081Enrollment
12 of 50Instructor
Rodrigo PachecoPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 or the equivalent. Introduction to the principles of money and banking. The intermediary institutions of the American economy and their historical developments, current issues in monetary and financial reform.
Course Number
ECON3265V001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 13:00-16:10Th 13:00-16:10Section/Call Number
001/10082Enrollment
24 of 30Instructor
Wendy MorrisonPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 or the equivalent. Introduction to the principles of money and banking. The intermediary institutions of the American economy and their historical developments, current issues in monetary and financial reform.
Course Number
ECON3265V002Format
In-PersonSession
Session BPoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 09:00-12:10We 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
002/10083Enrollment
9 of 30Instructor
Thu PhamPrerequisites: STAT UN1201 Intro to Stats w/Calculus, MATH UN1201 Calculus III, and either intermediate micro or macro (UN3211 or UN3213). Equivalent to ECON UN3412. Modern econometric methods, the general linear statistical model and its extensions, simultaneous equations and the identification problem, time series problems, forecasting methods, extensive practice with the analysis of different types of data.
Course Number
ECON3412S001Format
In-PersonSession
X Summer SessionPoints
4 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 10:20-11:55We 10:20-11:55Section/Call Number
001/10084Enrollment
22 of 50Instructor
Seyhan ErdenPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 The study of industrial behavior based on game-theoretic oligopoly models. Topics include pricing models, strategic aspects of business practice, vertical integration, and technological innovation.
Course Number
ECON4251S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session BPoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 09:00-12:10Th 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
001/10219Enrollment
2 of 30Instructor
Sanhitha JugulumThe objective of this course is to develop understanding of how political institutions and behavior shape economic outcomes, and vice versa. Starting from the micro level study of political behavior, we will build up to analyze the internal workings of institutions and ultimately macro level economic and political outcomes. During the course we will cover the following topics
• Limits and potential of markets
• Public goods provision
• Voting
• Redistribution
Course Number
ECON4370W001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 13:00-16:10We 13:00-16:10Section/Call Number
001/10220Enrollment
7 of 30Instructor
Michelle JiangPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. This course examines labor markets through the lens of economics. In broad terms, labor economics is the study of the exchange of labor services for wages—a category that takes in a wide range of topics. Our objective in this course is to lay the foundations for explaining labor market phenomena within an economic framework and subsequently apply this knowledge-structure to a select set of questions. Throughout this process we will discuss empirical research, which will highlight the power (as well as the limitations) of employing economic models to real-world problems. By the end of this course we will have the tools/intuition to adequately formulate and critically contest arguments concerning labor markets.
Course Number
ECON4400S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 09:00-12:10We 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
001/10221Enrollment
7 of 30Instructor
Laura CaronPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4415. Introduction to the systematic treatment of game theory and its applications in economic analysis.
Course Number
ECON4415S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session BPoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 09:00-12:10Th 09:00-12:10Section/Call Number
001/10085Enrollment
12 of 30Instructor
Zikai XuPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Types of market failures and rationales for government intervention in the economy. Benefit-cost analysis and the theory of public goods. Positive and normative aspects of taxation. The U.S. tax structure.
Course Number
ECON4465S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Mo 13:00-16:10We 13:00-16:10Section/Call Number
001/10087Enrollment
8 of 30Instructor
Dafne MurilloPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4500. The theory of international trade, comparative advantage and the factor endowments explanation of trade, analysis of the theory and practice of commercial policy, economic integration. International mobility of capital and labor, the North-South debate.
Course Number
ECON4500S001Format
In-PersonSession
Session APoints
3 ptsSummer 2024
Times/Location
Tu 13:00-16:10Th 13:00-16:10Section/Call Number
001/10088Enrollment
9 of 30Instructor
Thu PhamPrerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.