Academic
Catalog August 2009 - August 2010 Undergraduate
and Graduate
Some courses may not be offered every year. Check with the college or department office for current information about when specific courses are offered.
For course syllabi, see the departmental website.
ECO 201 QUANTITATIVE METHODS (3)
Basic business statistics including a review of descriptive measures, selected discrete probability distributions, selected continuous probability distributions, and statistical inference; statistical decision making, correlation, and regression. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: MAT 119 and Prerequisite or Corequisite: CIS 120 or CIS 120H
ECO 284 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS: MICRO (3)
Overview of a market economy; analysis of supply and demand; using graphical techniques; consumer behavior; production and costs; determination of prices in various product and resource markets; international economics. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: MAT 114 or Math Placement Test Results (ACT 22+; Accuplacer 60+; PLACE 55+; SATI 520+) SPW
ECO 284H PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS: MICRO-HONORS (3)
Overview of a market economy; analysis of supply and demand; using graphical techniques; consumer behavior; production and costs; determination of prices in various product and resource markets; international economics. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (MAT 114 or Math Placement Test Results (ACT 22+; Accuplacer 60+; PLACE 55+; SATI 520+)) and Honors Student Group SPW
ECO 285 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS: MACRO (3)
Measurement of national economic variables; determination of output, income, employment, and price levels through aggregate supply and demand analysis and related graphical techniques; business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: MAT 114 or Math Placement Test Results (ACT 22+; Accuplacer 60+; PLACE 55+; SATI 520+) SPW
ECO 321 INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS STATISTICS (3)
Further training in quantitative analysis and business problems; probability, unrestricted and stratified sampling, statistical estimation, statistical decision making, test of hypotheses, analysis of variance, single and multiple regression and nonparametric statistics. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Business Major Status Milestone or SBS Economics-Extended Major (BS)
ECO 325 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS (3)
Issues, theories, and policies, including cultural, social, and ethical issues; theories of externalities, property rights, optimal depletion rates and sustainable development; and policy and regulation of environmental economic activity. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 328 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENERGY (3)
The issues, theory, and public policy of energy economics; the cultural, social, and ethical issues of energy economics; history of various forms of human energy conversion and the potential future forms of energy conversion. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Junior Status or higher
ECO 356 REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS (3)
Theory of regional economics; techniques for analyzing historical and potential growth patterns; problems associated with rapid urbanization; public and private programs designed to alleviate these problems. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 384 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS THEORY (3)
Nature of economic analysis; theories of demand, production, and supply; price and output determination; and resource utilization. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (CIS 120 or CIS 120H) and (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 385 INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS THEORY (3)
Measurement of economic activity; classical, Keynesian, neo-Keynesian, and monetarist theories of income and employment; fiscal and monetary policy; economic growth and fluctuations; international trade. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (CIS 120 or CIS 120H) and (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 399 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3)
In-depth study of an aspects, concept, or problem. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
ECO 408 FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE (1-12)
Individualized supervised field experience in an appropriate agency or organization. No repeat limit. Pass-fail only. Course fee required.
ECO 420 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (3)
Application of market theory to industrial organization. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 425 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESERVATION (3)
Problems of economic development of Indian reservations and possible solutions. Historical, legal, and social problems; political, structural, economic, and cultural solutions. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 445 PUBLIC FINANCE (3)
Theories of government financing, studies of taxation and expenditures, government debt, and intergovernmental fiscal relations. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 446 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS FORECASTING (3)
Regression, indicator methods, and time-series methods applied to industry and macroeconomic forecasting problems. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (CIS 120 or CIS 120H) and ECO 285 and (BA 201 or ECO 201) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 464 LABOR ECONOMICS (3)
Economic theory applied to the operation of the labor market; theory of and evidence for labor supply and demand and their interaction; the economics of unions; examines real wages and the wage structure. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and Junior Status or higher
ECO 466 LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP (1-12)
Supervised internship in the Arizona Legislature during spring term. Students are selected on a competitive basis, and you must apply during the fall term. (To be eligible, you must be a candidate for a bachelor's degree, have completed all lower-division requirements, and have attained senior status at the end of the fall term preceding the internship.) Course enrollment is handled by the associate provost for academic administration after the legislature has made its final selection. Pass-fail only. Department consent required.
ECO 473 MONEY AND BANKING (3)
History and functions of money and banking institutions; financial markets and interest rates; monetary theory and policy; and international finance. Prerequisite: ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 480 POLITICAL ECONOMY (3)
Examines and assesses classical liberal, modern liberal, and socialist systems of political economy. Prerequisite: Junior Status or higher
ECO 483 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (3)
Political-economic comparison of contemporary capitalist economies in Europe, Asia, and North America with the evolving soviet model in eastern Europe, Russia, and the noncapitalist systems in China, Cuba, and elsewhere. Co-convenes with ECO 583. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 484 DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT (3)
Historical development of the study of economics, beginning with mercantilism and including classical, Marxian, Austrian, institutional, Keynesian, neo-Keynesian, and new classical schools of thought. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 486 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (3)
Applies economic theory to international trade and finance, theories of exchange rate determination, the international monetary system, exchange rate regimes, international cooperation, and macroeconomic policies in an open economy setting. Co-convenes with ECO 586. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (ECO 284 or ECO 284H) and ECO 285 and Junior Status or higher
ECO 497 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-6)
Individualized approach to selected topics by guided reading and critical evaluation. Pass-fail only. Department consent.
ECO 498C SENIOR SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS (3)
Senior-level research course designed to give you research experience in your major field. This course serves as the capstone for the B.S. in economics only. Prerequisite: ECO 384 and Senior Status or higher and Prerequisite or Corequisite: ECO 385 CAP
ECO 499 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS (1-3)
Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area. Letter grade only. No repeat limit.