Upper Level Electives
Upper Level Electives
(Note that as of Fall 2016 all upper level electives have 400-level numbers. Credit will still be given for upper level electives taken prior to Fall 2016 that had a 300-level number. Several upper level electives that were previously 400-level have also been given new, also 400-level, numbers. In either case, credit will only be given for either the course with the pre-Fall 2016 number or the course with the new number. Specifics are noted for each course individually whose number has changed. A full concordance of all courses whose numbers have changed, with the old and new number, is available here .)
01:220:481 Economics of Uncertainty (3)
- Course Code: 01:220:481
- Credits: 3
- Minor: Minor in Quantitative Economics
- Certificate: Certificate in Economic Theory, Certificate in Financial Economics
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Measurement of risk, attitudes toward risk, decision making under uncertainty, Bayesian decision theory, applications to asset markets. Prerequisites: 01:220:320; 01:960:211 or 285; 01:640:136 or 152.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:405.
01:220:480 Behavioral and Experimental Economics (3)
- Course Code: 01:220:480
- Credits: 3
- Minor: Minor in Quantitative Economics
- Certificate: Certificate in Economic Theory
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Critical examination of the behavioral critique of economic theory; Methodological questions about the nature of knowledge and discovery in economics, and the role of observation and econometric methods, including analysis of data from controlled experiments, in evaluating existing theory. Prerequisites: 01:220:320, 01:220:322, 01:640:136 or 01:640: 152. Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:404.
01:220:477 Economics of Population (3)
- Course Code: 01:220:477
- Credits: 3
- Course Type: Upper Level Elective for Major
- Certificate: Certificate in Global Economics
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Theoretical and empirical study of the interrelations between population change and economic change in developed as well as less-developed countries. Prerequisites: 01:220:320, 321, and 322. (Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:377)
01:220:463 Economics of Taxation (3)
- Course Code: 01:220:463
- Credits: 3
- Course Type: Upper Level Elective for Major
- Certificate: Certificate in Public Policy Economics, Minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Structure of U.S. tax system. Effects on the allocation of resources and economic growth; distribution of the burden of taxation across income groups. Prerequisites: 01:220:320 and 322. (Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:363)
01:220:460 Public Economics (3)
- Course Code: 01:220:460
- Credits: 3
- Course Type: Upper Level Elective for Major
- Certificate: Certificate in Public Policy Economics, Minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Rationale for the public sector; public expenditure theory; economics of political process; expenditure structure and growth; incidence and incentives of specific taxes; fiscal incidence; stabilization. Prerequisites: 01:220:320 and 322. (Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:360)