Economics (ECON)
ECON LDEA, LOWER DIVISION ED ABROAD, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
ECON UDEA, UPPER DIVISION ED ABROAD, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
ECON 101, +ECONOMICS FOR A BETTER WORLD, 3 Credits
Examines the economic approach to addressing social problems. Explores the virtues and limits of markets to promote the social good and examines how this economic approach can help to understand and address social problems arising from ascribed differences and inequitable distribution of power, including poverty, discrimination, and climate change.
Attributes: CFDP – Core Ed - Difference, Power & Oppression
ECON 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 201HZ, +*PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Examines how consumers and firms make choices when facing scarce resources, and how those choices are related to government policy and market outcomes, such as prices and output.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ECON 201, ECON 201H, ECON 201Z
Recommended: MTH 111Z or Math Placement - ALEKS with a score of 060
ECON 201Z, +*PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Examines how consumers and firms make choices when facing scarce resources, and how those choices are related to government policy and market outcomes, such as prices and output.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ECON 201, ECON 201H, ECON 201HZ
Recommended: MTH 111Z or Math Placement - ALEKS with a score of 060
Available via Ecampus
ECON 202Z, +*PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Examines the aggregate activity of a market economy, economic growth, inflation, unemployment, and the use of fiscal and monetary policy to address macroeconomic problems.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ECON 202
Recommended: MTH 111Z or Math Placement - ALEKS with a score of 060
Available via Ecampus
ECON 311, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY, 4 Credits
An examination of demand theory, production and cost theory, game theory, behavioral economics, competitive and imperfectly competitive markets, and general equilibrium and welfare economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 314, PRICES, MARKETS AND BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Explains determinants of demand and supply. Analyzes alternative market structures and behavioral economics. Assess impact on social welfare of alternative assumptions regarding market competition, externalities, asymmetric information, behavioral economics. Applies behavioral economics to analysis of public policy. Explains why policies often fail to achieve objectives.
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
ECON 315, INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY, 4 Credits
An examination of macroeconomic aggregates, income determination, aggregate demand and supply. The basic macroeconomic models will be discussed such as Keynesian, Classical, Monetarist, and Neo-Classical.
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-] or ECON 202H [D-])
Available via Ecampus
ECON 323, ECONOMICS OF SPORTS, 4 Credits
Applies economics principles to the analysis of professional and amateur sports. Examines the sports business (league organization; revenue sharing; competitive balance), labor markets in sports (productivity; compensation of players discrimination; amateurism and college sports), and the public policy of sports (financing of franchises and stadiums; anti-trust regulation) and related topics.
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
ECON 329, INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Mathematical methods of economic analysis. Theory of economic structure and optimization developed through calculus and linear algebra, dynamic systems analyzed through integral calculus and difference and differential equations. The mathematical tools are developed in conjunction with their application to economic problems. Some acquaintance with calculus recommended.
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-]) and (MTH 241 [D-] or MTH 251Z [D-] or MTH 251HZ [D-] or MTH 251 [D-] or MTH 251H [D-])
ECON 330, MONEY AND BANKING, 4 Credits
Nature and functions of money; functions and operations of depository institutions; the money market; central banking and monetary policy.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-])
Available via Ecampus
ECON 340, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
An overview of international economics with an emphasis on current events and applications, including classical and modern trade theory and the study of trade and exchange-rate policies.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-])
Available via Ecampus
ECON 350, FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Discusses how various securities meet the needs of different economic agents and the efficiency of financial markets in meeting those needs. Topics include interest rates, valuation, investment risk, trading and market structure, arbitrage, market efficiency, debt markets, equity markets, and financial derivatives.
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-])
Available via Ecampus
ECON 352, *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY, 3 Credits
Provides an overview of the interrelationships between economic activity, the environment, and public policy. Through case studies, discussion groups, readings, and group activities, students learn how economists define and analyze environmental problems and the types of policies they advocate for managing environmental quality. CROSSLISTED as AEC 352/ECON 352.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Prerequisite: AEC 250 with D- or better or AEC 250H with D- or better or ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
Equivalent to: AEC 352
Available via Ecampus
ECON 383, *THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
An economic analysis of discrimination, focusing on labor market inequities for women and minorities. Historical and current trends in pay, education, and employment disparities, economic explanations for such disparities, and econometric evidence for wage and employment discrimination.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with C- or better or ECON 201HZ with C- or better or ECON 201 with C- or better or ECON 201H with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: ECON 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ECON 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ECON 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ECON 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 414, BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Emphasizes economic analysis of the effects of social, cognitive, and emotional factors on individual decision making and their implications for market outcomes and policy making. Topics include time inconsistency, decision making under risk, cognitive dissonance, heuristics, social preferences, and experimental economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 420, GAME THEORY, 4 Credits
Systematically studies strategic interactions among multiple decision makers with applications in economics, politics, sociology, law, computer science, sports, and biology. Topics taught include static, sequential, and repeated games of perfect and imperfect information.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 423, PRE-ECONOMETRICS, 4 Credits
Introduction to probability and statistics with an emphasis on estimation and hypothesis testing. Applications to economic models.
Prerequisite: MTH 241 with D- or better or MTH 241H with D- or better or MTH 251Z with D- or better or MTH 251HZ with D- or better or MTH 251 with D- or better or MTH 251H with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 424, INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS, 4 Credits
Application of statistical techniques, including sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and multiple regression analysis, to economic models. Economic modeling, analysis of economic data, and policy analysis are emphasized.
Prerequisite: (ECON 311 with C or better or ECON 411 with C or better) and (ST 351 [C] or ST 351H [C] or ECON 423 [C])
Available via Ecampus
ECON 425, ECONOMETRICS FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE, 4 Credits
Emphasizes the econometrics behind causal inference and data science. Covers contemporary econometric methods, including random assignment, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity design, differences-in-differences, and synthetic control methods.
Prerequisite: ECON 424 with C or better or ECON 427 with C or better or AEC 446 with C or better or BA 375 with C or better or BA 375H with C or better or BIOE 350 with C or better or IE 355 with C or better or ST 314 with C or better or ST 352 with C or better
ECON 428, ^INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC RESEARCH, 4 Credits
Basic methods of economic research: concepts and models; data sources, collection, and presentation; hypothesis formulation and testing; policy analysis. Written assignments apply methods.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with C- or better or ECON 411 with C- or better
Recommended: Prior completion of WR II
Available via Ecampus
ECON 435, PUBLIC ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Composition and growth of government spending; theory of public expenditure; analysis of public expenditure programs; benefit-cost analysis; theory and practice of taxation; analysis of local, state, and federal taxes; government borrowing and fees; current issues in tax and expenditure policy.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with C- or better or ECON 411 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 439, ^PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Theory of public problems and decision making. Evaluation of public policy strategies, selected public programs and individual public projects considering the full range of efficiency and equity effects. Direct and indirect impacts of policy, strength of implicit incentives, administrative feasibility, and problems of policy implementation.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 440, ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION, 4 Credits
Examines the phenomenon of globalization using economic analysis to explore controversial themes of the globalization debate--offshoring, sweatshops, child labor, environmental standards, intellectual property protection, cultural diversity, economic development, immigration, and governance.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
ECON 441, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE THEORY AND POLICY, 4 Credits
Theories and policies of exchange rate regimes; fixed, floating and managed floats; internal and external trade and capital balances; international capital flows and institutions.
Prerequisite: ECON 315 with D- or better
ECON 455, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 4 Credits
Describes the patterns of income, growth, poverty, and inequality across countries and through history with a focus on low-income countries. Examines definitions of development, theories of economic growth, development metrics, and the forces that have led to the distribution of wealth across the world. Analyzes inequality, population, education, health, trade, sustainability, foreign aid, urbanization and related topics.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: (ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better) and (ECON 202Z [D-] or ECON 202 [D-])
ECON 460, INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION THEORY AND POLICY, 4 Credits
The study of the causes of market structure, the behavior of firms in game theoretic settings, and the welfare implications of competitive and imperfectly competitive markets; United States antitrust and other laws regulating business behavior.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 461, LAW, ECONOMICS, AND REGULATION, 4 Credits
The analysis of the effectiveness of laws and government regulations in fostering economic efficiency and fairness. Topics include the design of laws and policies to promote social welfare and the study of the effectiveness of criminal law, antitrust law, and the government regulation of business in promoting social goals.
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 462, MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
The application of microeconomic theory and quantitative methods to management decisions. Case-oriented course emphasizing actual business decisions.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
ECON 464, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, 4 Credits
Examines history of K-20 education in the United States. Analyzes education decisions and career choices. Assesses impact of funding formulas, major education reforms, teacher experience, unions on student learning outcomes. Analyzes how educational attainment impacts technological change, economic growth and wage gap in the United States.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
ECON 466, ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, 4 Credits
Reviews and analyzes the economics and structure of world markets for various traditional energy (e.g., oil, coal, natural gas), as well as renewable energy (wind, geothermal and solar) with the latter focusing on the Pacific Northwest electrical industry structure and regulatory framework.
Prerequisite: ECON 201Z with D- or better or ECON 201HZ with D- or better or ECON 201 with D- or better or ECON 201H with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 480, LABOR ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY, 4 Credits
Interaction of workers and firms in labor markets, social policy and its effects on labor markets, human capital theory and education policy, discrimination and other sources of wage differentials, immigration, unemployment, inequality.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Recommended: Microeconomics
Available via Ecampus
ECON 491, ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY, 4 Credits
Analyze economic inequality. Describe and measure inequality, historical and current trends in inequality, causes and consequences of inequality, and policy implications.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 with D- or better or ECON 411 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ECON 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
ECON 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ECON 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 514, BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Emphasizes economic analysis of the effects of social, cognitive, and emotional factors on individual decision making and their implications for market outcomes and policy making. Topics include time inconsistency, decision making under risk, cognitive dissonance, heuristics, social preferences, and experimental economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 517 with C or better
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
Available via Ecampus
ECON 517, MICROECONOMIC THEORY FOR MPP, 4 Credits
Familiarizes MPP students who do not have a strong background in microeconomics with the material they will need for their future economics course work.
Recommended: Working knowledge of algebra and geometry.
Available via Ecampus
ECON 520, GAME THEORY, 4 Credits
Systematically studies strategic interactions among multiple decision makers with applications in economics, politics, sociology, law, computer science, sports, and biology. Topics taught include static, sequential, and repeated games of perfect and imperfect information.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
ECON 524, INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS, 4 Credits
Application of statistical techniques, including sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and multiple regression analysis, to economic models. Economic modeling, analysis of economic data, and policy analysis are emphasized.
Recommended: (ECON 311 or ECON 411 or ECON 517) and (ST 351 or ECON 423)
Available via Ecampus
ECON 525, ECONOMETRICS FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE, 4 Credits
Emphasizes the econometrics behind causal inference and data science. Covers contemporary econometric methods, including random assignment, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity design, differences-in-differences, and synthetic control methods.
Prerequisite: ECON 524 with C or better
ECON 535, PUBLIC ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
Composition and growth of government spending; theory of public expenditure; analysis of public expenditure programs; benefit-cost analysis; theory and practice of taxation; analysis of local, state, and federal taxes; government borrowing and fees; current issues in tax and expenditure policy.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
Available via Ecampus
ECON 539, PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Theory of public problems and decision making. Evaluation of public policy strategies, selected public programs and individual public projects considering the full range of efficiency and equity effects. Direct and indirect impacts of policy, strength of implicit incentives, administrative feasibility, and problems of policy implementation.
Recommended: ECON 311 and ECON 435
Available via Ecampus
ECON 540, ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION, 4 Credits
Examines the phenomenon of globalization using economic analysis to explore controversial themes of the globalization debate--offshoring, sweatshops, child labor, environmental standards, intellectual property protection, cultural diversity, economic development, immigration, and governance.
Recommended: ECON 517
ECON 541, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE THEORY AND POLICY, 4 Credits
Theories and policies of exchange rate regimes; fixed, floating and managed floats; internal and external trade and capital balances; international capital flows and institutions.
Recommended: ECON 315
ECON 555, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 4 Credits
Describes the patterns of income, growth, poverty, and inequality across countries and through history with a focus on low-income countries. Examines definitions of development, theories of economic growth, development metrics, and the forces that have led to the distribution of wealth across the world. Analyzes inequality, population, education, health, trade, sustainability, foreign aid, urbanization and related topics.
ECON 560, INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION THEORY AND POLICY, 4 Credits
The study of the causes of market structure, the behavior of firms in game theoretic settings, and the welfare implications of competitive and imperfectly competitive markets; United States antitrust and other laws regulating business behavior.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
Available via Ecampus
ECON 561, LAW, ECONOMICS, AND REGULATION, 4 Credits
The analysis of the effectiveness of laws and government regulations in fostering economic efficiency and fairness. Topics include the design of laws and policies to promote social welfare and the study of the effectiveness of criminal law, antitrust law, and the government regulation of business in promoting social goals.
Recommended: ECON 201Z
ECON 562, MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS, 4 Credits
The application of microeconomic theory and quantitative methods to management decisions. Case-oriented course emphasizing actual business decisions.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411
ECON 564, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, 4 Credits
Examines history of K-20 education in the United States. Analyzes education decisions and career choices. Assesses impact of funding formulas, major education reforms, teacher experience, unions on student learning outcomes. Analyzes how educational attainment impacts technological change, economic growth and wage gap in the United States.
ECON 566, ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, 4 Credits
Reviews and analyzes the economics and structure of world markets for various traditional energy (e.g., oil, coal, natural gas), as well as renewable energy (wind, geothermal and solar) with the latter focusing on the Pacific Northwest electrical industry structure and regulatory framework.
Recommended: ECON 201Z
Available via Ecampus
ECON 580, LABOR ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY, 4 Credits
Interaction of workers and firms in labor markets, social policy and its effects on labor markets, human capital theory and education policy, discrimination and other sources of wage differentials; immigration, unemployment, inequality.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411 or Microeconomics such as ECON 517
Available via Ecampus
ECON 591, ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY, 4 Credits
Analyze economic inequality. Describe and measure inequality, historical and current trends in inequality, causes and consequences of inequality, and policy implications.
Recommended: ECON 517
ECON 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: ECON 311 or ECON 411 or Microeconomics such as ECON 517
Available via Ecampus
ECON 601, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 602, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 603, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ECON 605, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 606, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 607, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ECON 610, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.