Course Offerings for Fall 2019 & Previous Syllabi
Below is the most recent version available of a syllabus from the professor who will teach the course in Fall 2019. These are not the official syllabi for Fall 2019.
If there isn't a syllabus available for a class from the professor teaching it, the syllabus from a previous professor will be provided or a course description written by the Fall 2019 instructor. These courses are marked with a “*”.
If a course is not listed on this website you should assume that we do not plan to offer it this Fall. However, if there are any changes to what we offer this page will be updated immediately. Updates can be made to course offerings before course registration begins on April 8th, so please check this site again before then.
We will be offering one new course this Fall: Economics, Sustainability and the Environment (ECON 3559). Scroll down to learn more!
(Released March 15, 2019. Last updated March 15, 2019.)
ECON 2010 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
Ken Elzinga - Fall 2018 Syllabus
Marc Santugini - Spring 2019 Syllabus
ECON 2020 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Carter Doyle - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 2060 American Economic History
Mark Thomas - Fall 2014 Syllabus
ECON 3010 Intermediate Microeconomics
Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and CALC II (MATH 1220, MATH 1320, APMA 1110, MATH 2310, MATH 2315 or APMA 2120).
David Mills - Fall 2018 Syllabus
Marc Santugini - Fall 2017 Syllabus
ECON 3020 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Prerequisites: ECON 2020 and ECON 3010 or 3110.
Maria Westerfield - Spring 2019 Syllabus
ECON 3030 Money and Banking
Prerequisites: ECON 2020.
Carter Doyle - Spring 2019 Syllabus
ECON 3050 Economics of Welfare Reform
Prerequisites: ECON 2010.
Ed Olsen - Spring 2017 Syllabus
ECON 3110 Mathematical Microeconomics
Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and one of the following: MATH 1220, MATH 1320, APMA 1110, MATH 2310, MATH 2315 or APMA 2120.
Maxim Engers - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 3330 Public Choice
Prerequisites: ECON 2010.
Lee Coppock - Fall 2018 Syllabus
*NEW CLASS! ECON 3559 Economics, Sustainability and the Environment
Prerequisites: ECON 2010.
Bill Shoebe-
This course covers the origins of environmental problems and ideas about how to solve them, the allocation of exhaustible resources over time, valuing ecosystem services, and managing renewable resource such as water, fisheries, forests, etc. We will look at how sustainability concepts are treated in economics and how economics can help achieve sustainable development.
ECON 3720 Introduction to Econometrics
Prerequisites: STAT 2120 or STAT 3120 or APMA 3110 or APMA 3120.
Jonathan Colmer - Fall 2018 Syllabus
Leland Farmer - Fall 2018 Syllabus
Ronald Michener - Spring 2019 Syllabus
ECON 4010 Game Theory
Prerequisites: Econ 3010 or 3110 and STAT 2120 or equivalent.
Maxim Engers - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4020 Auction Theory and Practice
Prerequisites: Econ 3010 or 3110 and STAT 2120 or equivalent
Gaurab Aryal - Spring 2016 Syllabus
ECON 4150 Economics of Labor
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110 and ECON 3720 or 4720.
William Johnson - Spring 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4190 Industrial Organization
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110.
Federico Ciliberto - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4200 Antitrust Policy
Prerequisites: ECON 2010.
Anthony Swisher - Fall 2017 Syllabus
ECON 4210 International Trade: Theory and Policy
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110, and ECON 3720 or 4720 or STAT 3220.
John McLaren - Fall 2017 Syllabus
ECON 4220 International Finance and Macroeconomics
Prerequisite: ECON 3020.
Eric Van Wincoop - Spring 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4310 Economics of the Public Sector
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110
Lee Lockwood - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4320 Economics of Urban Areas
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and ECON 3720.
William Johnson - Spring 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4340 Theory of Financial Markets
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, ECON 3030, and STAT 2120 or equivalent.
Ed Burton- Fall 2016 Syllabus
ECON 4350 Corporate Finance
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110
Christopher (Dylan) McGee
ECON 4390 Economic Theory of Advertising
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and STAT 2120 or equivalent..
Simon Anderson - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4420 Macroeconomic Policy
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110 and ECON 3020.
Eric Leeper -
This course takes a microeconomic approach to macroeconomic policies, with special emphasis on monetary and fiscal policies and their impacts on inflation and economic activity. Focus is on the connections among theory, institutional design, and actual data, including historical episodes.
ECON 4440 Economic Inequality
Prerequisite: Econ 3010 or 3110, and ECON 3720 or 4720
James Harrigan - Fall 2017 Syllabus
ECON 4610 Economic Development
Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and ECON 3720 (or 4720 or STAT 3220 or equivalent). ECON 2020 and ECON 3010/3110 are helpful but not required.
ECON 4720 Econometric Methods
Prerequisites: ECON 3720 or STAT 3120 or STAT 3220 or APMA 3110 or APMA 3120; and MATH 3350 or MATH 3351 or APMA 3080.
Lidia Kosenkova - Fall 2018 Syllabus
ECON 4810 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 and ECON 3020.
Denis Nekipelov -
ECON 4820 Experimental Economics
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110 and a course in statistics, or instructor permission
Charlie Holt - Fall 2018 Syllabus
*ECON 4990 Distinguished Majors Seminar
Prerequisites: Econ 3010 or 3110; and either ECON 3720 or ECON 4720, and instructor permission.