Courses of Interest
Econ 2020-011: Principles of Macroeconomics
Econ 3905: Modes of Learning: Writing & Communication in Econ Instructor: Jane Laird
Econ 5050-001: John Maynard Keynes
Econ 5120 (6120)-001: Labor Law and Collective Bargaining
This course examines the development of labor law, labor market regulations and collective bargaining in the U.S. context. The course will examine the history of the labor movement and the corresponding development of labor law regulating collective bargaining. It will also examine the history and effects of other labor market regulations including child labor law, workplace health and safety regulations, unemployment and worker compensation insurance, wage and hour regulations, immigration patterns and laws, income maintenance programs and other similar regulations and policies. The course will also analyze current practices in collective bargaining including bargaining, grievance procedures and arbitration. The course requires one term paper, a midterm and a final examination. We will also spend one class doing a grievance simulation.
Econ 5140-001: Discrimination in the Labor Markets
Econ 6620-001: Macroeconomics for Master's Students
A course in Applied Macroeconomics for Economics Master's students, Econ. 6620 develops a focus on existing theories of the Macro economy and compares them. It also has an orientation toward applied topics, for example, macroeconomic data and interpretation, forecasting, and other types of applied economic analysis. This is one of the required core courses in the Economics Master's program.
Econ 7006-001: Microeconomic Theory II
This second course in the graduate microeconomics sequence leans heavily on the preceding courses. The approach throughout is that of the neoclassical paradigm. The analysis of the common situations in which the competitive market fails to achieve Pareto efficiency provides a rationale for government intervention. Classic cases are the market power of monopolists and oligopolists, the collective provision of public goods, and the provision of social insurance to correct for information imperfections. Market failure analysis provides the theoretical foundations for intervention; social choice theory provides an analysis of democratic institutions.
Econ 7400-001: Economic History I
Econ 7590-001: Econometrics
This is an applications-oriented course in econometrics that spends about half the course teaching and using basic ordinary least squares linear regression models. Emphasis is given to correct model construction, testing of assumptions and interpreting results. Cross-section and panel data will be emphasized rather than time series data. The second half of the course will focus on models designed to deal with limited dependent variables. Students will be expected to write three term papers each designed like a journal article with a small literature review, a description of the data and model, a presentation and interpretation of results and concluding remarks. This course meets the graduate econometrics requirement and is a good preparation course for the more theoretical two-course econometrics sequence Econometrics I & II, Economics 7800-7801 which uses more linear algebra compared to this course.