Lower-Division

For all interested students as well as prospective economics majors. Examines how markets allocate resources in different kinds of economies. Topics include competitive markets, monopoly, financial markets, income distribution, market failures, the environment, and the role of government.

For all interested students and prospective economics majors. Examines how the overall level of national economic activity is determined, including output, employment, and inflation. Explores the roles of monetary and fiscal policies in stabilizing the economy and promoting growth, with a focus on contemporary policy debates.

Introduces students to fundamental accounting principles and practices. Key topics include reviewing the accounting cycle, preparing basic financial statements, and integrating data analysis tools to interpret and analyze financial statement data. Course improves students' financial literacy skills by illustrating how financial statements are used by external parties such as bankers, creditors, investors, and others who have a desire and/or need to learn more about the financial information of business organizations.

Foundation of accounting course providing students with the concepts, practices, and tools for analyzing, planning, and making managerial accounting decisions for the future with an emphasis on performance measurement using various data analysis tools. Key topics include product and service costing, management decision-making and analysis, planning and controlling processes, CVP analysis, budgeting, variance analysis, and segment reporting.

Designed for non-majors seeking a basic introduction to core economic concepts relevant for social and public policy decision making. Fundamental economic concepts illustrated through their application to a variety of public policy questions.

Introduction to programming in Python with emphasis on commands and workflow useful for data science, especially in economics and other social sciences. Data science applications are interwoven with lessons about basic syntax. Topics of study include variables and operations, containers, Pandas dataframes, conditional statements and conditional slicing of dataframes, loops, advanced string processing, file input/output, functions, and data visualization. This course places less emphasis on object-oriented programming and more emphasis on practical data science applications.

Provides an overview of the role and importance of entrepreneurship in the economy and society; a framework for approaching entrepreneurship and innovation; and exposure to the core competencies required of all entrepreneurs. The course incorporatescase studies and speakers (often actual entrepreneurs) to provide context for the entrepreneurial topics covered in the course.

Climate change has become the problem of today rather than a problem of the future, and it is felt as a personal problem by many young people. ;At the same time, the scale of the problem makes it common to feel resigned, depressed, and powerless. This course is designed to introduce students to accurate facts about climate change and to potential and existing climate solutions and ways students can contribute to these solutions in their personal and professional lives.

Supervised fieldwork experience in an area connected with economics or business. Prerequisite(s): two of the following ECON 100A, ECON 100B, ECON 113. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency and seek internship for approval by agency.

Supervised fieldwork experience, in an area connected with economics or business. Prerequisite(s): two of the following ECON 100A, ECON 100B, ECON 113. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency and seek internship for approval by agency.