Undergraduate Courses
All courses offered by the Economics Department are listed here. Click on the course number to see the course listing in the UA schedule of classes:
ECON 195A -- Economics (1 unit)
Description: Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed to give students insight into the concepts and practices which typify different academic disciplines, and introduce students to the methods and standards of the discipline for discovering new knowledge, the values which characterize the field of study, advances in the field, impact on society, and career opportunities. This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): open to freshmen only.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed to give students insight into the concepts and practices which typify different academic disciplines, and introduce students to the methods and standards of the discipline for discovering new knowledge, the values which characterize the field of study, advances in the field, impact on society, and career opportunities. This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): open to freshmen only.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 200 -- Basic Economic Issues (3 units)
Description: National and international economic issues. An introduction to economic analysis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 201A, ECON 201B, or ECON 210.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: National and international economic issues. An introduction to economic analysis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 201A, ECON 201B, or ECON 210.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 201A -- Principles of Economics (3 units)
Description: Nature of economics, price theory for the product market, factor prices, international economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200 or ECON 210.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Nature of economics, price theory for the product market, factor prices, international economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200 or ECON 210.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 201B -- Principles of Economics (3 units)
Description: Introduction to the theory of national income and employment, money and banking, economic growth and stabilization.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 201A, not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200 or ECON 210.
Special exam: course may be taken by special exam for credit (not for grade).
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Introduction to the theory of national income and employment, money and banking, economic growth and stabilization.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 201A, not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200 or ECON 210.
Special exam: course may be taken by special exam for credit (not for grade).
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 210 -- Survey of Economics (3 units)
Description: Introduction to micro- and macro-economic theory and the application of theory to situations involving individuals, society, and institutions.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): 6 units of calculus, two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200, ECON 201A or ECON 201B.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Introduction to micro- and macro-economic theory and the application of theory to situations involving individuals, society, and institutions.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): 6 units of calculus, two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Not available to students who have completed or are enrolled in ECON 200, ECON 201A or ECON 201B.
Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 217 -- Resources and Environmental Economics (3 units)
Description: Relationship between man and use of natural resources and environmental systems, with emphasis on the economic implications of alternative environmental, energy and land-use policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 201A.
Identical to: AREC 217; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Relationship between man and use of natural resources and environmental systems, with emphasis on the economic implications of alternative environmental, energy and land-use policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 201A.
Identical to: AREC 217; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 225 -- Contemporary Economic Problems (3 units)
Description: Analysis of various problems such as poverty, crime, discrimination, and unemployment facing individuals, institutions, and society using various methodologies of economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A-ECON 201B. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed any upper-division economics class.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Analysis of various problems such as poverty, crime, discrimination, and unemployment facing individuals, institutions, and society using various methodologies of economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A-ECON 201B. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed any upper-division economics class.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 276 -- Statistical Inference in Management (3 units)
Description: This is a first course in business statistics, with an emphasis on techniques for data analysis and inference in management. Students are assumed to be familiar with basic descriptive statistics, probability theory, and probability distributions. Presentation of technical material is combined with hands-on analysis of data to aid managerial decision making. Meeting will be a mix of lecture and problem-solving. There are two objectives for the course. First, to develop a conceptual understanding of statistics and the role of data analysis in management. Second, to master the mechanics of applied statistics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): MIS 111; MATH 115A; MATH 115B.
Identical to: MAP 276; MAP is home department.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: This is a first course in business statistics, with an emphasis on techniques for data analysis and inference in management. Students are assumed to be familiar with basic descriptive statistics, probability theory, and probability distributions. Presentation of technical material is combined with hands-on analysis of data to aid managerial decision making. Meeting will be a mix of lecture and problem-solving. There are two objectives for the course. First, to develop a conceptual understanding of statistics and the role of data analysis in management. Second, to master the mechanics of applied statistics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): MIS 111; MATH 115A; MATH 115B.
Identical to: MAP 276; MAP is home department.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 291 -- Preceptorship (1-4 units)
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 299 -- Independent Study (2-4 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 299H -- Honors Independent Study (1-3 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 300 -- Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions (3 units)
Description: Examination of industrial structure; theory of prices under varying market conditions; applications to business problems.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A-ECON 201B. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Examination of industrial structure; theory of prices under varying market conditions; applications to business problems.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A-ECON 201B. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 313 -- Economics of Futures Markets (3 units)
Description: Commodity and financial futures market participants, evolution, functions, performance, price determination, and regulation with hedging and speculative applications of futures and futures-options contracts.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 201A.
Identical to: AREC 313; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Commodity and financial futures market participants, evolution, functions, performance, price determination, and regulation with hedging and speculative applications of futures and futures-options contracts.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 201A.
Identical to: AREC 313; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 330 -- Macroeconomic Institutions and Policy (3 units)
Description: The study of how the macroeconomy is affected by institutions, technology and other forces, and governmental policy.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 332. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: The study of how the macroeconomy is affected by institutions, technology and other forces, and governmental policy.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 332. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 332 -- Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 units)
Description: Analysis of output, employment, interest rates, and the price level; the effects of these on changes in monetary and fiscal variables.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B; MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 113. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 330.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Analysis of output, employment, interest rates, and the price level; the effects of these on changes in monetary and fiscal variables.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B; MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 113. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 330.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 339 -- Economic Statistics (3 units)
Description: Application and interpretation of statistical measures to problems in economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 113. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: AREC 339, ECON 376, MAP 376, MKTG 376.
Identical to: AREC 339; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Application and interpretation of statistical measures to problems in economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 113. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: AREC 339, ECON 376, MAP 376, MKTG 376.
Identical to: AREC 339; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 340 -- International Economics and Policy (3 units)
Description: Normative and positive aspects of international trade and international monetary economics, with attention drawn to government policy as it relates to international commercial relations. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 442 or ECON 443.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B, not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 442 or ECON 443.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Normative and positive aspects of international trade and international monetary economics, with attention drawn to government policy as it relates to international commercial relations. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 442 or ECON 443.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B, not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 442 or ECON 443.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 361 -- Intermediate Microeconomics (3 units)
Description: Determination of prices and quantities in product and factor markets.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B; MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 113. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 330.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Determination of prices and quantities in product and factor markets.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B; MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 113. Not available to students who are enrolled in or have completed ECON 330.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 371 -- Economic Development (3 units)
Description: Analysis of the economic development process of newly developing nations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Analysis of the economic development process of newly developing nations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 377 -- Economics of Environmental Resource Conservation (3 units)
Description: Application of economic concepts to the management of environmental resources. Interdependence between environmental quality and economic activities is examined through discussion of property rights, economic incentives, externalities, and the design of sustainable environmental policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s): open to majors only.
Identical to: AREC 377; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Application of economic concepts to the management of environmental resources. Interdependence between environmental quality and economic activities is examined through discussion of property rights, economic incentives, externalities, and the design of sustainable environmental policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s): open to majors only.
Identical to: AREC 377; AREC is home department.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 382 -- Labor and Public Policy (3 units)
Description: Economic and legal analysis of the issues and problems arising out of executive, legislative, and judicial efforts to define the rights, duties, and responsibilities of labor and management in the field of industrial relations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Economic and legal analysis of the issues and problems arising out of executive, legislative, and judicial efforts to define the rights, duties, and responsibilities of labor and management in the field of industrial relations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B. Open only to students who meet the requirements for Advanced Standing in the Eller College of Management.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 383 -- Labor Arbitration (3 units)
Description: The place and function of arbitration in the field of labor management relations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: The place and function of arbitration in the field of labor management relations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 386 -- Collective Bargaining (3 units)
Description: Law of collective bargaining; negotiating and administering the contract; public policy.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Law of collective bargaining; negotiating and administering the contract; public policy.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 200 or ECON 210 or ECON 201A - ECON 201B.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 391 -- Preceptorship (1-3 units)
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 393 -- Internship (1-3 units)
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 396H -- Honors Proseminar (3 units)
Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 399 -- Independent Study (1-3 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 399H -- Honors Independent Study (1-3 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 405 -- Comparative Economic Systems (3 units)
Description: Analysis of economic policy in market (capitalist) economies and of economic ideology and planning in command economies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Analysis of economic policy in market (capitalist) economies and of economic ideology and planning in command economies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 406 -- Introduction to Experimental Economics (3 units)
Description: Lab experimental studies of economic behavior; applications to monopoly, bilateral bargaining, and competitive markets under various exchange rules; speculation, voting processes, public goods.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 210 or ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Typical structure: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Lab experimental studies of economic behavior; applications to monopoly, bilateral bargaining, and competitive markets under various exchange rules; speculation, voting processes, public goods.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 210 or ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Typical structure: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 407 -- Economics of Strategy (3 units)
Description: The microeconomics of strategy; the economics of imperfect information and uncertainty, externalities and public goods, and imperfect competition.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 507.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: The microeconomics of strategy; the economics of imperfect information and uncertainty, externalities and public goods, and imperfect competition.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 507.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 411 -- Microeconomic Theory and Behavior (3 units)
Description: Microeconomic theory with an emphasis on the use of experimental laboratory and field methods for testing the behavioral implications of the theory.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; MATH 129.
May be convened with: ECON 511.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Microeconomic theory with an emphasis on the use of experimental laboratory and field methods for testing the behavioral implications of the theory.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; MATH 129.
May be convened with: ECON 511.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 418 -- Introduction to Econometrics (3 units)
Description: Statistical methods in estimating and testing economic models; single and simultaneous equation estimation, identification, forecasting, and problems caused by violating classical regression model assumptions.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339.
May be convened with: ECON 518.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Statistical methods in estimating and testing economic models; single and simultaneous equation estimation, identification, forecasting, and problems caused by violating classical regression model assumptions.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339.
May be convened with: ECON 518.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 421 -- Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3 units)
Description: Comparative statics, stability, classical optimization, the Kuhn-Tucker theory, calculus of variations, linear algebra, game theory, and application of these techniques in economic analysis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 129, six upper-division units of economics.
May be convened with: ECON 521.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Comparative statics, stability, classical optimization, the Kuhn-Tucker theory, calculus of variations, linear algebra, game theory, and application of these techniques in economic analysis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 129, six upper-division units of economics.
May be convened with: ECON 521.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 422 -- Introduction to Health Economics (3 units)
Description: Applies microeconomic theory, industrial organization and public finance to efficiency and equity problems in the acute and chronic health-care sectors and explores solutions to these problems at an introductory level.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; PA 321.
Identical to: PA 422; PA is home department.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Applies microeconomic theory, industrial organization and public finance to efficiency and equity problems in the acute and chronic health-care sectors and explores solutions to these problems at an introductory level.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; PA 321.
Identical to: PA 422; PA is home department.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 425 -- Topics in the Economic History of the United States (3 units)
Description: Examines the economic history and development of the United States, including roles of legal and cultural institutions, changes in output mix, government regulation, income distribution, monetary policy, and demographic factors.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 525.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Examines the economic history and development of the United States, including roles of legal and cultural institutions, changes in output mix, government regulation, income distribution, monetary policy, and demographic factors.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 525.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 430 -- Monetary Economics (3 units)
Description: Analysis of the role of money and monetary policy in the macroeconomic process.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Analysis of the role of money and monetary policy in the macroeconomic process.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 431 -- Games and Decisions (3 units)
Description: Introduction to decision theory and game theory and their application to various economic situations under conditions of complete and incomplete information.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 531.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Introduction to decision theory and game theory and their application to various economic situations under conditions of complete and incomplete information.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 531.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 432 -- Macroeconomic Dynamics (3 units)
Description: The macroeconomic dynamics of investment, consumption, money demand, and economic growth.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 332 and ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: The macroeconomic dynamics of investment, consumption, money demand, and economic growth.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 332 and ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 435 -- Public Sector Economics (3 units)
Description: The influence of governmental revenue and expenditure decisions on resource allocation, income distribution, and aggregate economic performance.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 535.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: The influence of governmental revenue and expenditure decisions on resource allocation, income distribution, and aggregate economic performance.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 535.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 438 -- Law and Economics (3 units)
Description: The economic analysis of legal rules and institutions. The economics of the common law, constitutional law, and the legal process.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361 or ECON 500.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: The economic analysis of legal rules and institutions. The economics of the common law, constitutional law, and the legal process.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361 or ECON 500.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 442 -- International Macroeconomics (3 units)
Description: Analysis of exchange rates, balance of payments, and macroeconomic/financial interdependencies among nations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330.
May be convened with: ECON 542.
Usually offered: Fall, Summer.
Description: Analysis of exchange rates, balance of payments, and macroeconomic/financial interdependencies among nations.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330.
May be convened with: ECON 542.
Usually offered: Fall, Summer.
ECON 443 -- International Trade Theory (3 units)
Description: General equilibrium analysis of product and input markets of international trade, tariffs, commercial policy, and growth and the welfare aspects of each.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 543.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: General equilibrium analysis of product and input markets of international trade, tariffs, commercial policy, and growth and the welfare aspects of each.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 543.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 444 -- International Financial Management (3 units)
Description: Evaluation of international risk exposure and financial management of the multinational firm.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330, FIN 311.
Identical to: FIN 444.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Evaluation of international risk exposure and financial management of the multinational firm.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 330, FIN 311.
Identical to: FIN 444.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 452 -- Information Economics and the Internet (3 units)
Description: This course will use concepts and tools from microeconomics to analyze and help students understand the internet, electronic commerce, and other facets of information technology.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300, ECON 361.
May be repeated: for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: This course will use concepts and tools from microeconomics to analyze and help students understand the internet, electronic commerce, and other facets of information technology.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300, ECON 361.
May be repeated: for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 453 -- Quantitative Methods for Economic Strategy (3 units)
Description: Forecasting techniques used in business and government; assembly, interpretation and use of economic data; analysis of business conditions; examination of related environmental factors; construction of actual sales or revenue forecasts.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Forecasting techniques used in business and government; assembly, interpretation and use of economic data; analysis of business conditions; examination of related environmental factors; construction of actual sales or revenue forecasts.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 460 -- Industrial Organization (3 units)
Description: Structure, conduct, and performance of American industry; governmental institutions and policies affecting business.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; ECON 339.
May be convened with: ECON 560.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Structure, conduct, and performance of American industry; governmental institutions and policies affecting business.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361; ECON 339.
May be convened with: ECON 560.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 461 -- Economics of Regulated Industries (3 units)
Description: Economic analysis of the regulated sector of the American economy, including communications, transportation and energy industries; impact of existing and alternative public policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 561.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Economic analysis of the regulated sector of the American economy, including communications, transportation and energy industries; impact of existing and alternative public policies.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 300 or ECON 361.
May be convened with: ECON 561.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 479 -- Communication in Economics (1 unit)
Description: Develops written communication skills applied to topics in economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing; 6 units of Economics.
May be repeated: for a total of 3 units of credit.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Develops written communication skills applied to topics in economics.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing; 6 units of Economics.
May be repeated: for a total of 3 units of credit.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 481 -- Economics of Wage Determination (3 units)
Description: Applications of economic theory and empirical methods to labor supply and demand, investment in human capital, minimum wages, union effects on relative wages, and labor market discrimination.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339; ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Applications of economic theory and empirical methods to labor supply and demand, investment in human capital, minimum wages, union effects on relative wages, and labor market discrimination.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339; ECON 361.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 482 -- Labor and the Economy (3 units)
Description: Macro aspects of labor economics: unemployment causes and cures; unemployment and inflation; distribution of income.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339; ECON 361.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Macro aspects of labor economics: unemployment causes and cures; unemployment and inflation; distribution of income.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 339; ECON 361.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 487 -- New Venture Development and Industry Analysis (4 units)
Description: Integration of marketing, production and management functions. Pro forma statements. Development of venture capital.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 311, ECON 330, MKTG 361. Open to entrepreneurship students only.
Identical to: MAP 487.
Usually offered: Fall.
Description: Integration of marketing, production and management functions. Pro forma statements. Development of venture capital.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 311, ECON 330, MKTG 361. Open to entrepreneurship students only.
Identical to: MAP 487.
Usually offered: Fall.
ECON 491 -- Preceptorship (1-3 units)
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 493 -- Internship (3 units)
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 493L -- Legislative Internship (1-12 units)
Description: Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Spring.
Description: Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Spring.
ECON 498 -- Senior Capstone (1-3 units)
Description: A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 498H -- Honors Thesis (3 units)
Description: An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
ECON 499 -- Independent Study (1-5 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 499H -- Honors Independent Study (1-3 units)
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
Description: Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required: Students will be assessed a $20 per unit fee when registering for this course for Winter or any Summer Session.
May be repeated: an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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