Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to microeconomics. Consumer demand, theory of production, markets and prices, social welfare, and related topics. Credit cannot be given for ECN 101 after completing ECN 301 or ECN 311.

Introduction to macroeconomics. Gross domestic product, unemployment, money, inflation, and related topics. Credit is given for either ECN 102 or ECN 203.  Credit cannot be given for ECN 102 after completing ECN 302.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Foundation of modern Western economic thought. The model economists have built on this foundation as applied to current issues facing individuals and society. Credit is given for either ECN 203 or ECN 102

Nature and causes of inequality, poverty, and discrimination in rural and urban America. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Concepts and tools for the analysis of the behavior of consumers and firms, consumption decisions, market structures, and general equilibrium. Pricing, production, purchasing, and employment policies. Both ECN 301 and 311 cannot be counted toward the major/minor. Credit cannot be given for ECN 301 after completing ECN 311. Quantitative skills requirements of liberal arts core recommended.

National product and income concepts, measurements, and relationships; interrelationships of the major segments of the national economy; forces affecting the general level of economic activity. Quantitative skills requirements of liberal arts core recommended.

Extends tools developed in introductory economics to decision making by firms. Topics: optimal production & pricing; basic game theoretic approaches to modeling non-cooperative behavior; incentives/contract theory; analysis of markets under asymmetric information.

Application of tools developed in introductory economics to current issues facing society including, but not limited to: crime, education, farm policy, alcohol/tobacco/drugs, the environment, health care, poverty/inequality, immigration and discrimination.

This introductory course applies fundamental economic and financial concepts qualitatively to cover aspects of consumer personal finance, including record keeping, banking, saving, borrowing, using credit, investing, insurance, doing taxes, retirement, and end-of-life considerations. Students may not receive credit for both ECN 305 and FIN 378.

Various special topics of economic issues offered as available.

Covers the same topics as covered in ECN 301, but the presentation is more mathematical than ECN 301. Both ECN 301 and 311 cannot be counted towards the major/minor. Credit cannot be given for ECN 301 after completing ECN 311.

Offered only in London. Examines and revises assumptions underlying standard economic theories and models to develop a fuller understanding of human behavior, increase their explanatory power, and enable more accurate predictions from such theories

Offered only in Strasbourg. Economic matters and their evolution since WWII, examining critical issues such as quality of life, sustainable development, and measures of economic performance; how factors such as income, unemployment, inflation and inequality affect societal and personal happiness.

Economic issues examined within a gender sensitive context. Includes the economics of family, the economics of marriage, and labor market discrimination and segregation.

Economic Research in Practice will allow students to explore economic questions of interest through engagement in the early stages of the research process. The course will enhance students¿ ability to integrate economic theory and quantitative research skills to produce economic research using a project-based approach.

Offered regularly through Syracuse Abroad. How healthcare systems work in the world; focusing on European systems and comparing with US model. Study, compare and contrast different models with respect to economy, financing and public policies used by national and local governments.

The world economy is composed of developed and developing economies. This course will help students understand the perspective of economics through emerging markets.

Application of economics concepts to the study of health care, especially the U.S. system. Topics include the nature of the commodity health care; health production functions; markets; financing; behavior of providers; public policy; reform proposals.

Economic analysis of inequality, poverty, and discrimination, as applied to USA. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.

This course provides an overview of major topics in the study of economic development that are relevant to the Latin American context. The course combines a discussion of past and current economic issues in Latin America with economic theories and empirical work on the determinants of income growth and poverty reduction.

Origins and history of European Union integration, integration of trade, financial and monetary policies, the Euro, and EU external trade relations. Offered regularly through SU Abroad.

Offered only in London. Differing perspectives on changing global economy and nature of modern state. Key ideas regarding development through experiences of developing countries in Asia and Africa.

Offered only in Hong Kong. Examines the economic development of China since 1949, including impact of such policies as the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Deng's Open Door commitment, and current strategies.

Offered only in Hong Kong. Economic links binding countries and similar political entities. Topics include development of global trade regime, impacts of globalization, dynamics of financial crisis, rise of transnational corporations.

Non-technical introduction to analysis of international economic issues. Protectionism, the multinational firm, the debt crisis, international macroeconomic policy coordination, and European integration. May not be used to satisfy the economics major upper-division elective requirement.

Offered only in Strasbourg. European economy, with central focus on economic principles underlying decisions to create and extend scope of European Community and on economic policies EU has followed since creation.

Globalization history; trends; trade pattern determinants; gains from trade; protectionism; trade's impact on labor, poverty, environment etc; foreign direct investment; offshoring; trade policy formulation; trade agreements; fair trade; immigration; arguments for and against "leaner" globalization.

The course aims to introduce students to a variety of topics related to development challenges in Africa.

Analysis of structure, conduct, and performance of industry. Experience with antitrust laws and trade regulations. Case studies of specific industries.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

This course surveys a range of topics in the economics of innovations and technology.

Various topics in economic policy and applications.

A choice by one economic agent typically affects other economic agents. This course teaches concepts useful in predicting how agents behave in such strategic situations. The focus is on applications in economics and other areas.

Basic theory and application of probability, statistical inference, and regression analysis for economics majors. Designed to expose the student to the statistical techniques economists use in estimating, testing, and forecasting economic relationships.

Theory of the public sector. Government expenditures, revenue, and debt. Intergovernmental fiscal relations. Government contributions to stabilization and growth. Interaction of public and private sectors.

Economic analysis of state and local government structures. Description and equity-efficiency-yield implications of state and local government tax systems. Determinants and consequences of state and local government expenditures. Fiscal federalism.

Optimal use of exhaustible and renewable resources and pollution. Examines energy sources, environmental amenities and water. Pollution control policies examined include emissions taxes, tradable permits, direct regulation, subsidies, and negotiation. Valuing environmental quality and other non-marketed goods; risk assessment, hedonic pricing and contingent valuation.

Theoretical and empirical analyses of growth, structure, and resource allocation in urban regions. Selected urban problems: housing and housing finance; poverty; transportational neighborhood degradation; and financing local public services.

Analysis of real estate markets & real estate finance. Consideration of land and mortgage markets; public policies; house price movements. Analysis of mortgage instruments; payment streams, mortgage contracts and risk between lenders and borrowers.

Contemporary theories and issues of public policy concerning labor supply and demand, wage determination, disincentive effects of public transfer payments (e.g. welfare), unemployment, human capital, and unions.

Migration is and has been an important phenomenon in the U.S. and throughout the world. This course will provide students with an overview of the different types of migration, important past and current episodes of migration, and policies dealing with migration.

Economic causes and consequences of international trade. Models of trade, gains from trade, tariffs and other controls on trade, and international institutions guiding the trading systems.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Financial instruments and structure: commercial banking organization, operation and control of the banking system. Federal Reserve System. Monetary policy and economic stability.

The course will explore current issues, models, and debates in the international finance and open-economy macroeconomics literature.

The study of economic growth: models, their applications, and empirical evidence across different countries. Emphasis placed on understanding recent advances in the area: particularly, those pertaining to the nexus between growth and labor market.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

First semester in a year-long course for economics undergraduate thesis students who are oriented to professional economics research and guided as they define their thesis projects. Senior economic students only. Permission from Instructor.

Second semester in a year-long course for economics undergraduate thesis students who will present ongoing research, constructively engage the work of other thesis writers, and work in cooperation with a faculty mentor to complete research. Senior economic students only. Permission from Instructor.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to use of basic mathematical techniques in economic analysis.

Various special topics of economics issues offered as available.

Statistical methods applied to economics. Conventional descriptive statistics, conceptual and measurement problems peculiar to economics. Analytical statistics, including time-series analysis, elementary theory of probability and statistical inference, correlation and regression analysis. Nonparametric methods. This course is not suitable for students who have taken six credits of statistics to fulfill their quantitative skills requirement. Quantitative skill requirements of liberal arts core is recommended.

Statistical procedures. Problems of estimating parameters in regression models of economic behavior.

Offered only in Strasbourg. European economy, with central focus on economic principles underlying decisions to create and extend scope of European Community and on economic policies EU has followed since creation.

Monetary, fiscal, and regulatory consequences of mushrooming international financial markets including equities, bonds and other securities, commodity and options contracts, and bank deposits and loans.

Use of economic tools in the analysis of law and legal regulations, including use of economic incentives to analyze evolution of legal institutions and impact of these institutions on economic dynamics.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.