ECO 110 Elements of Economics
Credits: 3.00
Students will develop economic literacy in both
macro economics (business cycles, inflation,
unemployment, etc.) and microeconomics (markets,
competition, poverty, pollution, etc.). Business
majors planning to transfer may not substitute
this course for ECO 121 Macroeconomics or ECO 122
Microeconomics.
This course meets General Education Core Goal 2:
Analytic Skills and Core Goal 9: Behavioral and
Social Sciences
ECO 111 Personal Finance
Credits: 3.00
Students will learn the management of personal
finances, and how to solve personal financial
problems. Topics include saving, borrowing,
purchasing life, health and property insurance,
social security, home buying, buying stocks and
bonds, and estate planning.
ECO 115 Principles of Personal Investing
Credits: 3.00
Students learn both a conceptual and applied
approach to personal investments. Financial
theory is used as a practical guide to
understanding the workings of financial markets.
Topics include the investment risk/return
relationship, debt and equity instruments, sources
of investment information, efficient markets,
managing your portfolio, and investment companies.
ECO 117 Introduction to Environmental Economics
Credits: 3.00
Students will learn how managing natural resources
while maintaining a healthy envionment presents
a significant challenge in a capitalistic economy.
Students will apply economic tools and principles
to environmental policy making. The course
integrates analysis of current econommic policy,
examination of human impact on the planet, ethical
decision-making, and development of sustainable
policy recommendations with the constraint of
scare resources in a market economy. Topics
include water and air pollution,energy, climate
change, national parks, and human health issues.
This course meets General Education Core Goal 9:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Core Goal 11: Civic
Responsibility; Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives
and Diversity; and Core Goal 13: Ethical Reasoning and
Behavior
ECO 121 Macroeconomics
Credits: 3.00
Students are introduced to the basic economic
problem, the study of economics, and the American
capitalist market system. Macroeconomic topics
discussed are the business cycle, inflation,
unemployment, economic growth, and government
policies for stability and growth.
This course meets General Education Core Goal 2:
Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information
Literacy; and Core Goal 9. This course in
combination with ECO 122 meets General Education
Core Goal 11: Civic Responsibility.
ECO 122 Microeconomics
Credits: 3.00
Students are introduced to the American capitalist
market system. Microeconomic topics discussed are
markets, pricing, competition, and resource
allocation both domestically and internationally.
Also discussed are government policies directed at
solving problems in these areas.
This course meets General Education Core Goal 2:
Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information
Literacy; and Core Goal 9. This course in
combination with ECO 121 meets General Education
Core Goal 11: Civic Responsibility.
ECO 130 Economics of Globalization
Credits: 3.00
Students investigate the forces shaping the global
economy including the principles of global
economics that drive international trade
(comparative advantage, tariff/non-tariff
barriers, and trade history), international
finance (balance of trade and exchange rates),
international capital and labor flows, and
world-wide economic development. Also studied
will be the international organizations created to
facilitate global economic integration.
ECO 211 Principles of Finance
Credits: 3.00
Students analyze financial systems, financial
investments, and business finance. Topics include
money, banking and financial markets, Federal
Reserve operations and policy, saving and
investing, interest rate determination, securities
markets, and business financial data and analysis.
The course provides an overview of the field of
finance for those seeking an introduction to the
principles of financial analysis or for the
non-finance business major.
ECO 221 Money and Banking
Credits: 3.00
This course analyzes the American financial
system. Topics discussed are financial markets,
monetary theory and policy, organization and
control of the banking system, bank functions and
operations, and the operation of the Federal
Reserve System.
Last updated: 9/29/11
