ECON 400 - Special Topics in Economics

3 Credits

(Fall, Spring, Summer)
Prerequisite(s): To be approved by Department Chair and Instructor. This course will involve a wide spectrum of special topics in economic policy with one selected for each semester in which it is offered. Topics will cover a range of issues of concern to and debated in the society. They will be chosen based on the interests of students in the Business Administration program as a whole and Economics, in particular, and the different instructors’ area of specialization. Examples of such topics include Crises in the Financial Market, The Housing Market, Global Warming, Globalization, Trade Policy, Race and Gender Discrimination, Health Care Policy, Social Security, Regulation versus Deregulation, Environmental Policy, Education Policy, Labor and Industrial Organization, among others