The request to revise ECON undergraduate courses

Date: January 30, 2015
To: Belk College of Business
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: January 16, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2015

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

Catalog Copy

Catalog copy found under COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (ECON):

ECON 1090. Topics in Economics. (1-3) Consideration of topics from the areas of economic theory, economic development, consumer economics, welfare economics, and current economic problems. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

ECON 1101. Economics of Social Issues. (3) Economic issues without emphasis on theoretical models. Contemporary economic issues such as pollution control, healthcare, unemployment, and crime are studied. A student is ineligible to take this course if credit has already been received for either ECON 2101 or ECON 2102, or if they co-enroll in ECON 1101 and ECON 2101 or ECON 2102 during the same term. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ECON 2101. Principles of Economics – Macro. (3) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Scope and methodology of economics as a social science, the measurement of national income, the theory of national income determination, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, and international economics. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Fall Evenings)

ECON 2102. Principles of Economics – Micro. (3) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Pricing mechanism of a market economy, the industrial organization of the U.S. economy, problems of economic concentration, the theory of income distribution, and comparative economic systems. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Spring Evenings)

ECON 3090. Topics in Economics. (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Topics from the areas of economic theory, economic development, consumer economics, welfare economics, and current economic problems. May be repeated for credit.(On demand)

ECON 3105. Industrial Relations. (3) Prerequisite: introductory course in economics or permission of instructor. Systematic analysis of the sociological, economic, and legal forces affecting the work environment. Emphasis on labor unions and employment law. (On demand)

ECON 3106. Labor Economics. (3) Prerequisites: ECON 2101 and 2102