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Courses

The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000; however, all courses are not taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The Course Schedule may also reflect changes that have been made to the courses listed here since this catalog was printed.

A full explanation of course numbers is given in General Information. In brief, the first digit of a course number indicates the semester hour value of the course. The second and third digits indicate the rank of the course: if they are 01 through 19, the course is of lower-division rank; if 20 through 79, of upper-division rank; if 80 through 99, of graduate rank.

Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science: CGS

Upper-Division Course

Topic 1: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Same as Linguistics 373 (Topic 7: Introduction to Cognitive Science) and Philosophy 365 (Topic 2: Introduction to Cognitive Science).

Comparative Literature

Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Comparative Literature: C L

Upper-Division Courses

320. Conference Course in Comparative Literature.
Independent study of literary projects under supervision of professors in comparative literature. Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in literature, of which three hours must be in a classical or foreign language.

323. Topics in Comparative Literature.
Study of masterpieces of world literature; of different literary genres; of the relationship between literature and other disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, and film; and of special topics of a comparative nature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.

Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation. Same as English 379N (Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 372 (Topic 9: Literature of East-West Confrontation), Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic 5: Literature of East-West Confrontation), and Women's Studies 340 (Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation). Novels, poems, and travel accounts of the encounter between East and West that changed literary history in both worlds. Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 1) and Oriental and African Languages and Literatures 372 (Topic 9: Literature of East-West Confrontation) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent.

Topic 2: Literature and Music. Same as English 320M (Topic 1: Literature and Music). Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 2) and English 320M (Topic: Literature and Music: Shakespeare to Stravinsky) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent.

Department of Economics

Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Economics: ECO

Lower-Division Courses

304K. Introduction to Microeconomics.
Analysis of the economic behavior of individual consumers, firms, and workers; special attention to the role of markets. Economics 303 and 304K may not both be counted.

304L. Introduction to Macroeconomics.
Analysis of the economy as a whole (its organization and the basic forces influencing its growth and development); money and banking, national income, public finance, and international linkages. Economics 302 and 304L may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303).

Upper-Division Courses

320K. Microeconomic Theory.
A survey of neoclassical and contemporary theories of the principal determinants of prices and of the role of prices in economic organization. Required of students majoring in economics. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and Mathematics 403L.

320L. Macroeconomic Theory.
Theory of the determination of national income, employment, and the price level, with policy implications. Required of students majoring in economics. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, Economics 320K or consent of instructor, and Mathematics 403L.

321. Public Finance.
Study of appropriate allocations of economic activity between government (federal, state, and local) and the private sector. The workings of social security, welfare, education, pollution control, deregulation, taxation; and proposals for reform. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and three additional semester hours of social science, or consent of instructor.

322. Money and Banking.
The role of money and depository institutions in the economy; introduction to financial and monetary theory and policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 322, Finance 354, 354H. Prerequisite: Economics 320L and three additional semester hours of social science, or consent of instructor.

324. Introduction to Labor Economics.
Study of labor in industrial societies, with emphasis on principles, institutions, and policies for understanding labor and personnel problems. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and three additional semester hours of social science, or consent of instructor.

327. Comparative Economic Systems.
Theories of and practices in the principal types of economic systems. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of social science.

328. Industrial Organization.
The organization of industries and markets: competition, monopoly, and oligopoly; antitrust policy and its alternatives. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and three additional semester hours of social science, or consent of instructor.

329. Economic Statistics.
Methods of statistical analysis and interpretation of quantitative data in the field of economics. Three lecture hours and one hour of microcomputer laboratory work a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 329, Statistics 309, 309H. Required of economics majors. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, six additional semester hours of social science, and Mathematics 403L.

333K. Development Economics.
Introduction to theories of economic development; discussion of leading issues. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of social science.

334K. Urban Economics.
Economic analysis of urban areas; emphasis on the nature of current urban problems--slums, transportation, finance--and an evaluation of current policy. Prerequisite: Economics 320K or consent of instructor.

334L. Regional Economics.
Spatial aspects of economics, including concepts, theories, and policy applications. Economics 334L and 350K (Topic: Regional Economics) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor.

339K. International Economics.
International trade theory, balance of payments, commodity trade, international finance and foreign exchange rates, foreign investments. Economics 339K and International Business 350 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and three additional semester hours of social science, or consent of instructor.

341K. Introduction to Econometrics.
Introduces the student to standard regression procedures of parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in economics. Prerequisite: Economics 329; Mathematics 408C and 408D are recommended.

346K. Russian Economic Development since 1917.
Emphasis on the growth of the planned economy in industry, agriculture, and labor. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor.

350K. Selected Topics in Economics.
Topics may include problems in economic theory, applications, and economic policy. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.

Topic 3: Political Economy of International Crisis. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor.

Topic 4: Advanced Econometrics. Theory of the linear regression model used widely in economic applications, including model specification, least squares and maximum likelihood estimation, hypothesis testing, multicollinearity, dummy variables, heteroskedasticity, and discrete choice models. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and 329, Mathematics 408D, 311, or 340L, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor. Economics 341K or Mathematics 362K is recommended.

Topic 6: Advanced Microeconomic Theory. Modern theory of the consumer and the firm. Topics include an analysis of consumer choice and demand functions, the theory of supply, cost and profit functions, duality theory, consumer surplus, choice under uncertainty, and partial equilibrium analysis. Emphasis on both economic principles and quantitative methods, especially static and dynamic optimization models. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and 329, Mathematics 408D, 311, or 340L, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor.

Topic 7: Applied Economic Analysis. Major issues in applied economics, including relevant theoretical and empirical models. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and 329, Mathematics 408D, 311, or 340L, and six additional semester hours of social science; or consent of instructor. Economics 341K or Mathematics 362K is recommended.

351K. Current Issues in Business Economics.
Newly emerging problems in business and the approaches used for structuring, analyzing, and treating them. Prerequisite: Economics 320K, 320L, 329, and any four courses in the Business Foundations Program.

351L. Business Trends and the Operational Environment in the United States Economy.
The technological basis of the United States economy; conditions, such as regulations, that define the macroenvironment. Economics 350K (Topic 1: Business Trends in the United States Economy) and 351L may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 320K, 320L, 329, and any four courses in the Business Foundations Program.

354K. Introductory Game Theory.
Introduction to the formal study of interdependent decision-making. Applications of game theory include pricing and advertising strategies, labor-management bargaining, and tariff negotiations. Economics 350K (Topic: Game Theory) and 354K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and 329, and Mathematics 403L or 408D.

355. Development Problems and Policies in Latin America.
Same as Latin American Studies 355 (Topic 1: Development Problems and Policies in Latin America). Description of the Latin American economy; business and market organization; problem of growth (involving credit, public finance, trade, investment aspects). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each; or consent of instructor.

357K. Marxist Economics.
An introduction to the Marxian economic theory of capitalism through the study of Karl Marx's Capital, volume I, and of its contemporary relevance. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 357K; Post-Soviet and East European Studies 335 (Topic 1: Marxist Economics); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 1: Marxist Economics). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each; or consent of instructor.

359M. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
Optimal use of exhaustible and renewable resources, including fuels, minerals, fisheries, forests, and water; resource scarcity and economic growth; valuation of nonmarketed environmental amenities; the economics of pollution control instruments, including taxes, permits, direct regulation, and negotiation; environmental quality and international trade; the economics of global climate change; pollution control policy in practice. Economics 350K (Topic: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) and 359M may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Economics 320K and 329, and Mathematics 403L or 408D.

361. Studies in Public Finance.
Studies in the principal problem areas of governmental revenues and expenditures. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, Economics 321 or consent of instructor, and six semester hours of upper-division economics or government.

361N. Informational Society.
The social impact of the current technological changes in electronics, communications, and automation; focus on efficient institutions given the technological possibilities. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each; or consent of instructor.

362M. Mathematics for Economists.
Application of mathematics in economic analysis. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and Mathematics 408D, or consent of instructor.

363C. Computational Economics.
Economics 362M (Topic: Computational Economics) and 363C may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 320K or 320L, and Mathematics 403K; or consent of instructor.

367R. Monetary Economics.
Major issues in the monetary field. Economics 367 and 367R may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Economics 320K and 320L, Economics 322, or consent of instructor.

368. Survey of the History of Economic Thought.
Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each.

372M. Studies in Development Economics.
Introduction to an analysis of the structure, functioning, and problems of underdeveloped economies. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six semester hours of upper-division social science or consent of instructor.

Topic 1: Indian Economic Development. Same as Asian Studies 361 (Topic 7: Indian Economic Development). A variety of themes pertaining to India's attempt to achieve economic development.

Topic 2: Political Economy of Central America. Same as Latin American Studies 355 (Topic 2: Political Economy of Central America). Background of economic problems; analyses of theories of development and underdevelopment; the evolution of contemporary political problems and their relationship to economic development in Central America.

376M. Studies in Labor Economics.
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, Economics 324, and six semester hours of upper-division social science or consent of instructor.

378H. Honors Tutorial Course I.
Supervised individual reading, research, and writing of a substantial paper on a special topic in the field of economics. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, admission to the Economics Honors Program, and consent of the honors adviser.

379C. Individual Conference Course.
Supervised individual study of selected problems in economics. May be repeated for credit. May not be counted toward the twenty-four semester hours in economics required for the major in economics. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor. Students should ordinarily have completed six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and coursework with supervising instructor.

379H. Honors Tutorial Course II.
Supervised individual reading, research, and writing of a substantial paper on a special topic in the field of economics. Prerequisite: Economics 378H.

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