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ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to price theory, stressing market structures, distribution, and the organization of economic systems. Offered Fall and Spring.
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ECON 112 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to aggregate economics, stressing the forces that shape overall economic activity and determine economic growth, employment, interest rates, and inflation. Offered Fall and Spring.
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ECON 120 - Economic Methods
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to the statistical tools and mathematical techniques that economists use to analyze the world. The course leads students through the tools needed for study of economics at an intermediate and advanced level. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: MATH 101
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ECON 190 - IDEC Summer Bridge: Economics
Unit(s): 0
The IDEC Summer Bridge - Economics course is a 3 week intensive study course that is designed to prepare students for entry into the IDEC Masters Program. The course covers economic principles, microeconomics, macroeconomics.
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ECON 191 - IDEC Summer Bridge: Math
Unit(s): 0
The IDEC Summer Bridge - Math course is a 3-week intensive study course that is designed to prepare students for entry into the IDEC Masters Program. The course covers essential techniques for economic analysis including linear algebra, general function models, differential calculus, statistics and hypothesis testing.
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ECON 220 - Research Method Int Stud
Unit(s): 4
Quantitative and qualitative research skills with applications to international topics. Applied statistical reasoning; establishing causal relationships; introductory regression analysis; experimental methods; interviewing, focus group, and case study techniques; archival and oral history methods; and data sources for international research projects.
Prerequisite: MATH 101 or MATH 103
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ECON 230 - Environmental Economics
Unit(s): 4
Significant changes to the world environment have been brought on by increasing levels of economic industrialization. This course studies both broad trends at the macro level in the quality of air, water, and land resources as well as the underlying causes of these changes at the micro level. Students will learn to apply basic economic theory to better understand phenomena such as the ‘tragedy of the commons’, environmental pollution and resource degradation, and how we can become better stewards of creation.
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ECON 280 - The Global Economy
Unit(s): 4
This course offers an introduction to the world economy, international trade, and economic development, designed especially for non-economics majors. Foundations of international markets and trade, comparative advantage, foreign investment, international inequality, and the study of international institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization will form key components of the class.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Senior
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ECON 283 - Economies of Asia
Unit(s): 4
This course surveys the economic development/economic growth process, political system, and the current economic issues of the East Asian and Southeast Asian countries including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and India. Students will emerge from the course with a solid understanding of Asian culture, society, and economics.
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ECON 286 - Hist of Econ - Latin Amer
Unit(s): 4
Economic theory and historical accounts are combined in an attempt to understand the various forces that have shaped economic development in Latin America. The first half of the course looks at historic and macroeconomic issues. We will discuss development policies ranging from the import-substituting industrialization policies of the 1950s-1970s, to the market-oriented reforms of the 1980s through the present. The second half of the course will look at microeconomic issues such as poverty, inequality, agriculture, education, and corruption.
Prerequisite: ECON 280 or ECON 111 or ECON 112
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ECON 300 - U.S. Economic History
Unit(s): 4
This course investigates the growth and development of the American economy from colonial times to the present and also examines the most important commentary on contemporary issues of economic and social policy and justice. The curriculum emphasizes America’s role as the first frontier economy to industrialize and its role as the only pre-WWI industrial economy with a frontier, as well as the growth of the giant industrial enterprise and wealth-accumulation over the last hundred years. Students read and discuss John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory, Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom, Ayn Rand’s Capitalism and the Catholic Bishops’ Economic Justice for All because most commentary on contemporary issues of economic and social policy and justice derive from these works.
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ECON 306 - Economies of Modern Europe
Unit(s): 4
European economic, political, and social developments from the Industrial Revolution to modern times. Topics include Europe’s key place in the development of the modern world economy, European industrial stagnation between the World Wars, Europe’s economic miracle after W.W.II, and the recent movement towards European unification. Offered as demand dictates.
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ECON 310 - Foundations of Econ Thought
Unit(s): 4
A course in the history of economic thought, exploring the intellectual foundations of the analysis of economic problems and policies. Offered as demand dictates.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 or ECON 112
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ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Unit(s): 4
Course examines the choices and decisions of consumers and firms in the context of full information, uncertainty, and imperfect information. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 and (concurrent ECON 120 or concurrent MATH 109)
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ECON 311D - Intermediate Microecon Disc
Unit(s): 0
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ECON 312 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Unit(s): 4
Analysis of national income determination; function of money and commercial banking; methods and objectives of fiscal policy. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: concurrent ECON 111 and concurrent ECON 112
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ECON 318 - Game Theory
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to the basic concepts of game theory with emphasis on strategic interaction in the real world. Strategic interaction affects every facet of life; from businesses jockeying for dominance in a marketplace, to politicians vying for re-election, to nations in international conflict. The class studies solution concepts for an array of games from different fields of study. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 and (ECON 120 or MATH 109)
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ECON 320 - Econometrics
Unit(s): 4
This course prepares the student in the use of econometric techniques, such as linear regression, hypothesis testing, and model-building. The focus is on the application of econometrics to applied problems in finance, macroeconomics, development, and international. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 120
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ECON 350 - Money, Banking/Fin Instit
Unit(s): 4
This course investigates the changing role of financial institutions, financial markets, and monetary policy in a modern economy. The focus is on how monetary policy influences macroeconomic variables and financial institutions and markets. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 or ECON 112
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ECON 365 - Behavioral Economics
Unit(s): 2
Behavioral Economics uses insights from psychology to explain human decision-making that deviates from the rational person model assumed in economic theory. The goal is to enhance existing models of how humans make choices individually and in groups in order to better explain economic phenomena.
Prerequisite: ECON 111
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ECON 370 - International Economics
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to the theory and policy of international trade and international economic relations. Course also covers areas of migration, international corporations, and investment. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 or ECON 112
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ECON 372 - Development Economics
Unit(s): 4
Conceptual and statistical tools of economic analysis to address the major economic development challenges of our time, including income growth, poverty and hunger, inequality, education and health, demographic change, and impact evaluation of development policies and programs.
Prerequisite: (ECON 111 and ECON 112)
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ECON 390 - Experimental Courses
Unit(s): 1 to 4
Courses not presently in the catalog which the department offers on an experimental basis.
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ECON 398 - Directed Reading
Unit(s): 1 to 4
The written permission of the instructor and the Chair of Economics is required.
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ECON 415 - Mathematics for Economists
Unit(s): 4
Applications of linear algebra and calculus to equilibrium, dynamic, and optimizing models of economic theory. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 120 or ECON 311
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ECON 416 - Special Topics/Math Econ
Unit(s): 4
Topics may include: Applications of differential equations, phase diagrams analysis, stability analysis, optimal control theory, calculus of variations, applications in probability and statistics to financial economics and the economics of uncertainty, differential games, and dynamic programming in economics. Offered as demand merits.
Prerequisite: ECON 415
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ECON 424 - Internet Data Sources
Unit(s): 4
Understanding how to find and manipulate economic data is an important tool for students who wish to enter the job market. This online course will teach you how to obtain business and financial data on the Internet for the analysis of a wide variety of economic issues. You will learn how to find and utilize statistics measuring GDP, inflation, and unemployment as well as reports on profits and the stock market and a wide range of other issues.
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ECON 425 - Econometrics of Fin Markets
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to the econometric theory and techniques most useful in examining and testing models common in finance and macro-economics. This includes such topics as forecasting prices and returns of financial instruments, testing hypotheses regarding market efficiency and arbitrage, and modeling the time-series nature of financial market data.
Prerequisite: concurrent ECON 311 and ECON 320 and concurrent ECON 312
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ECON 427 - Applied Econometrics Capstone
Unit(s): 4
Introduces more advanced econometrics topics and guides students to synthesize material from their Economics major to research and write a senior thesis. Topics include binary dependent variables, analysis of panel data, instrumental variables estimation, treatment effects estimation, quantile regression, and nonparametric estimation.
Prerequisite: ECON 311 and ECON 312 and ECON 320
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Economics Major
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ECON 451 - Monetary Economics
Unit(s): 4
This course concentrates on the role played by money in influencing macroeconomic variables such as output, interest rates, and inflation. It also investigates the ways in which government can control economic activity through its regulation of the banking system and the supply of money.
Prerequisite: ECON 312 and ECON 350
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ECON 452 - Model Federal Reserve
Unit(s): 2
This course is designed in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and San Francisco State University. Students will study closely on the functions and structure of the Federal Reserve System and its policy making.
Prerequisite: ECON 112
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ECON 455 - Options and Futures
Unit(s): 4
Options, futures and other derivative contracts are widely used to manage risk by businesses and financial institutions. This course provides students with a solid understanding of: i) the economic functions of futures, forwards and options; ii) the operation of futures and options markets; iii) the pricing of futures, options and other derivatives; and iv) basic strategies in trading options. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 120
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ECON 463 - Experimental Economics
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces modern laboratory experimental methods to students with well-developed interests in economics and with an intermediate-level knowledge of microeconomics and statistics. The course will examine experimental techniques in detail and will survey recent applications in fields such as markets, development, choice under certainty and games. Students will use the lessons to conduct original research and set up their own experiment.
Prerequisite: ECON 311
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ECON 465 - Law and Economics
Unit(s): 4
Law and Economics offers undergraduates an understanding of how economic theory provides a framework to analyze legal systems. It will also teach students the fundamental importance of the law in fostering economic growth and development. The economic foundations of both domestic and international institutions will be studied extensively.
Prerequisite: ECON 311
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ECON 471 - International Finance
Unit(s): 4
The world monetary system, international monetary policy, foreign exchange markets and their uses in the fields of international investments and finance. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 312
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ECON 473 - Development Microeconomics
Unit(s): 4
Study of microeconomic behavior in developing countries, especially focusing on development traps, causes and consequences of poverty, economics of corruption, credit and labor issues, and women in development. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 311
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ECON 474 - Development Macroeconomics
Unit(s): 4
This course in development macroeconomics studies economic stabilization and growth policy in low-income countries. Students will learn structural and endogenous growth paradigms, the role of governance and institution-building in economic transformation, and balance sheet dynamics in macroeconomic growth.
Prerequisite: ECON 312
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ECON 476 - Nat Resource Econ & Dev Policy
Unit(s): 4
Natural resources and the environment and their role in economic development are hotly debated issues. For some countries the abundance of natural resources has been a curse, for others it has been a boon. This course will examine the issues surrounding changes in the environment in developing nations during the process of industrialization, trade-offs between economic growth and resource depletion, and sustainable development.
Prerequisite: ECON 311
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ECON 477 - International Political Econ
Unit(s): 4
Study of the economic, political and technological forces that have shaped the post-war international economic system. Topics include the role of multilateral financial institutions, economic regionalism, the North-South gap, relationships between states and markets, economic globalization and its implications, and challenges to sustainable development.
Prerequisite: ECON 312
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ECON 478 - Population & Labor Economics
Unit(s): 4
The uses of economic analysis to understand the problems of population growth and population policy, household formation, immigration, labor market discrimination, and income inequality and poverty.
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ECON 479 - Adv Topics in Int’l Economics
Unit(s): 4
This course focuses on current international economic policy issues, including the on-going global financial crisis, the challenges and opportunities of globalization for developing as well as developed countries, the stress in the current international monetary and trade systems resulting from the rapid development of India and China and the external adjustment problems of the United States, and the evolving role of the IMF.
Prerequisite: ECON 370 and ECON 471
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ECON 600 - U.S. Economic History
Unit(s): 3
The growth and development of the American economy from colonial times to the present. The course emphasizes America’s role as the first frontier economy to industrialize and its role as the only pre-WWI industrial economy with a frontier, as well as the growth of the giant industrial enterprise and wealth-accumulation over the last hundred years.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 601 - Microeconomics: Theory & Appl
Unit(s): 3
Advanced microeconomic theory is presented to analyze behavior of consumers and firms under national and international market conditions. Offered every Fall.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 602 - Macroeconomics: Theory & Appl
Unit(s): 3
Advanced theory in macroeconomics in the context of an open economy. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 615
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 606 - The Economies of Modern Europe
Unit(s): 3
European economic, political, and social developments from the Industrial Revolution to modern times. Topics include Europe’s key place in the development of the modern world economy, European industrial stagnation between the World Wars, Europe’s economic miracle after W.W.II, and the recent movement towards European unification.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 611 - Computation for Economics
Unit(s): 3
Introduction to computational skills used in empirical economic analysis. Basic principles of coding taught in the context of the acquisition, processing, and analysis of economic data. Topics include databases, functions, control structures, data types, strings, data structures, debugging, and version control.
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ECON 615 - Mathematics for Economists
Unit(s): 3
Applications of linear algebra and calculus to equilibrium, dynamic, and optimization models of economic theory. Offered every Fall.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 616 - Sp Topics/Math for Economists
Unit(s): 3
Applications of differential equations, phase diagrams analysis, stability analysis, optimal control theory, calculus of variations, differential games, and dynamic programming in economics. Offered every other Spring.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 620 - Graduate Econometrics
Unit(s): 3
Covers the essential econometric techniques for economic and business forecasting and decision analysis: regression theory and applications, time series analysis, and forecasting. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 615
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 621 - Data Science for Economics
Unit(s): 2
Introduction to data science approaches to empirical economic analysis using R. Reviews the fundamentals of programming and statistical inference. Covers key concepts and tools for data handling and exploratory data analysis. Introduces data visualization and causal inference.
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ECON 622 - Machine Learning for Economics
Unit(s): 2
This course introduces the techniques of machine learning, with a focus on economic applications.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 623 - Field Research Methods
Unit(s): 3
This course is intended to be taken by Master’s students in International and Development Economics in the Spring semester to prepare students for Summer field research. The course covers a variety of topics including sampling methods, field interview techniques, planning an empirical research strategy, ethical issues, importance of the protection of human subjects, and advice for maintaining proper health and safety during field research.
Prerequisite: concurrent ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 624 - Internet Data Sources
Unit(s): 3
Understanding how to find and manipulate economic data is an important tool for students who wish to enter the job market. This online course will teach you how to obtain business and financial data on the Internet for the analysis of a wide variety of economic issues. You will learn how to find and utilize statistics measuring GDP, inflation, and unemployment as well as reports on profits and the stock market and a wide range of other issues.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 625 - Econometrics of Fin Markets
Unit(s): 3
A topics-oriented course exploring econometric issues and techniques specific to financial economics. Previous topics include facts of the Cap-M model and for random walks in financial markets. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 626 - Experiments & Causal Inference
Unit(s): 2
Experiments are commonly used in software and internet businesses to evaluate product changes, marketing strategies, and other decisions. Expertise in applying experiments in this context is valuable skill that this course helps students develop. We cover fundamentals of causality, experimental design, and statistical analysis. In addition we devote special attention to the particular challenges of experiments in a software business environment. We analyze how these challenges relate to the theory of causality and assumptions of statistical approaches. Students learn to build intuition about these problems using simulation and simple online experiments.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 627 - Applied Econometrics
Unit(s): 3
An applied econometrics course where students with a foundation in regression analysis learn to apply more advanced econometric techniques in their analysis of data. Topics covered include selection bias, simultaneity issues, panel data and time series regression.
Prerequisite: ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 628 - Adv Applied Econometrics
Unit(s): 3
Advanced Applied Econometrics covers recent developments in econometrics in the areas of instrumental variable and panel data estimation, discontinuity design, non-parametric estimation, and time series analysis with an emphasis on applications in international and development economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 631 - Data Visualization
Unit(s): 2
This course introduces students to the basics of data visualization. Students learn to generate a variety of standard and custom data representations. In addition, students learn the organizational contexts in which data communication takes place and how to produce visualizations that account for such contexts to maximize impact.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 640 - Institutions Markets Platforms
Unit(s): 2
This course on institutional economics and market design emphasizes the development of new technology-mediated markets. When markets work, both buyer and seller participate willingly and are better off. This course examines the features needed to make markets succeed.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 641 - Micro for Digitized Economy
Unit(s): 3
Advanced applied microeconomic theory with particular attention to models and frameworks applicable to understanding the digital economy, such as game theory, principal-agent theory, mechanism design, market design, industrial organization, auction theory, network theory, pricing theory, and behavioral economics.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 650 - Money, Banking/Fin Institution
Unit(s): 3
Pre- or Corequisite: ECON 601 Microeconomics: Theory/Application. Monetary policy, financial markets and institutions, competition, market efficiency, innovation and institutional changes, properties of various financial instruments, impact on savings, investment, and capital formation. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: concurrent ECON 601
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 651 - Monetary Economics
Unit(s): 3
Pre- or Corequisite: ECON 602 Macroeconomics: Theory/Application. This course emphasizes the institutional structure of banking, government regulation of banking, and government control of the money supply and economic activity. We focus on the needs and processes underlying money and financial markets to understand how and why financial markets and institutions are in a constant state of evolution and the consequences for effective government policies. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: concurrent ECON 602
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 655 - Options & Futures
Unit(s): 3
Options, futures and other derivative contracts are widely used to manage risk by businesses and financial institutions. This course provides students with a solid understanding of 1) the economic functions of futures, forwards and options, 2) the operation of the futures and options markets, 3) the pricing of futures, options and other derivatives, and 4) basic strategies in trading options. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 615
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 656 - Fixed Income and Derivatives
Unit(s): 3
This course is to provide students with a good understanding of the role derivatives play in managing risks in fixed income portfolios. It will also discuss the concepts of value at risk, credit risk and credit derivatives.
Prerequisite: ECON 655
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 663 - Experimental Economics
Unit(s): 3
This course introduces modern laboratory experimental methods to students with well-developed interests in economics and with an intermediate-level knowledge of microeconomics and statistics. The course will examine experimental techniques in detail and will survey recent applications in fields such as markets, development, choice under certainty and games. Students will use the lessons to conduct original research and set up their own experiment.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 665 - Law and Economics
Unit(s): 3
Law and Economics offers master’s students an understanding of how economic theory provides a framework to analyze legal systems. It will also teach students the fundamental importance of the law in fostering economic growth and development. The economic foundations of both domestic and international institutions will be studied extensively.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 670 - International Economics
Unit(s): 3
A comprehensive survey course in the theory of international trade and an economic analysis of international trade policies. Offered every Fall.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 671 - International Finance
Unit(s): 3
Pre- or Corequisite: ECON 602 Macroeconomics: Theory/Application. The world monetary system: foreign exchange markets, risk reduction instruments and international capital markets in the context of open economy macroeconomics. Evaluation of policies, practices, and institutions in the field of international investments and international finance. Offered every Spring.
Prerequisite: ECON 602
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 672 - Economics of Development
Unit(s): 3
Development economics: theoretical and empirical investigations of economic development issues, policies, and strategies. Offered every Fall.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 673 - Development Microeconomics
Unit(s): 3
Advanced economic development theory and investment theory in an applied context, with particular emphasis on current issues and problems. Offered every Spring.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 674 - Development Macroeconomics
Unit(s): 3
The course in development macroeconomics studies economic stabilization and growth policy in low-income countries. Students will learn structural and endogenous growth paradigms, the role of governance and institution-building in economic transformation, and balance sheet dynamics in macroeconomic growth.
Prerequisite: ECON 312 or ECON 602
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 676 - Nat Resource Econ & Dev Policy
Unit(s): 3
Signs of environmental stress and of the depletion and extinction of natural resources abound in developing nations around the world. This course is for graduate students, especially students in the International and Development Economics Master’s program, and will examine the issues surrounding changes in the environment of developing nations during the process of industrialization, trade-offs between economic growth and resource depletion, and issues surrounding sustainable development.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 677 - International Political Econ
Unit(s): 3
In most developing countries today planned development is being abandoned in favor of market-guided strategies. This course provides a political economy analysis of the relationship between government and the economy in developing nations. It examines the various paradigms and debates in the field of international political economy, and with case studies illustrates how domestic and transnational political economic structures have shaped development patterns in diverse third world settings.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 678 - Adv Topics in Development Econ
Unit(s): 3
Modern empirical approaches to development policy analysis, including intra-household resource allocation and gender issues; microeconomic determinants of fertility and population growth; labor markets in developing economies; schooling and education; and health and nutrition.
Prerequisite: ECON 672 or ECON 673 or ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 679 - InternationalEconomics Seminar
Unit(s): 3
This course focuses on current international economic policy issues, including the on-going global financial crisis, the challenges and opportunities of globalization for developing as well as developed countries, the stress in the current international monetary and trade systems resulting from the rapid development of India and China and the external adjustment problems of the United States, and the evolving role of the IMF.
Prerequisite: ECON 670 and ECON 671
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ECON 690 - Development Economics Seminar
Unit(s): 3
A capstone course which emphasizes economic methodology and economic research. All students will carry out and present a research. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite: ECON 620
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 691 - Special Topics in Economics
Unit(s): 3
Covers a variety of areas, the focus depending on the expertise of the instructor. May be repeated for credit each semester that a different topic is covered. Offered intermittently.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 692 - Applied Economics Seminar
Unit(s): 3
Capstone course in which students conduct original empirical research with close faculty guidance.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 696 - Internship
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Project report based on an internship program with a department of a business, industry, or government. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 698 - Directed Reading/Research
Unit(s): 1 to 3
The written permission of the instructor and the dean is required. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ECON 699 - Thesis
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Directed research leading to the presentation of a master’s thesis. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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ETK 602 - Digital Leadership Lab
Unit(s): 3
Digital technologies do not just open up opportunities; they also raise new problems and challenges. In this initial lab course we explore how to efficiently and ethically establish an intentional digital presence within your learning environment and the wider professional community. We also explore how to teach our students similar, age-appropriate skills. Finally, we grapple with the systemic inequities that digital technologies can reveal as well as mediate.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
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ETK 603 - Made to Stick
Unit(s): 3
This course explores research-based practices that hold excellent promise for capturing learner attention, improving retention, and reinforcing integration of knowledge. We explore this area though the lens of digital-learning narratives. We will use the Heath brothers’ six principles: simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, and stories as a spring board to explore the use of digital narratives in education.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 604 - Digital Storytelling Lab
Unit(s): 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the essentials of good educational storytelling in a digital format. You get your hands e-dirty with the essence of audio production: recording, editing, mixing, and sharing. We start by identifying concepts that lend themselves to audio presentations, moving on to storyboarding, and the complete creation process. The course also introduces you to the power of concept maps and visual models. You learn how to combine audio with visual models to create effective integrated learning experiences.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 605 - Multimedia Learning
Unit(s): 3
In Multimedia Learning, we explore the reasoning behind the form and function decisions we make with instructional materials. We answer questions about why some content and presentations “work,” while others fall flat. We are guided in our examination by research- based specifics behind cognitive load theory and the principles of multimedia learning. The research behind these phenomena demonstrate the ways that making simple changes to digital products and presentations can greatly increase student learning. During the course we examine theory, apply our knowledge to analyzing existing learning resources, and finally create new materials of our own.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 606 - Media Lab
Unit(s): 3
We explore the world of visual communication: from still images, to video, to the specialized craft of how-to screencasts. In this course you learn to more deeply apply multimedia learning principles to create effective visual learning experiences. The first part of the course focuses on effective instructional images of all kinds from infographics to the effective use of photographic images. The second part of the course explores how to effectively and efficiently develop video-based learning experiences. You leave the course well-equipped to create flipped or online learning experiences that utilize the best in visual communication techniques.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 607 - Learning Designs
Unit(s): 3
We have all heard the maxim that “good teaching is good teaching.” But how do the precepts of pedagogy change when our classrooms no longer look the way they did twenty years ago? In Learning Designs, we explore how to adapt and apply the best practices of curriculum design to 21st century classrooms. We focus on effective techniques for increasing engagement, designing authentic assessment, sparking meaningful collaboration, and differentiating instruction for 1:1, flipped, blended, and online classes.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 608 - Design Lab
Unit(s): 3
In Learning Designs you developed a proposed blueprint for completely redesigning one course or one in-depth unit. In Design Lab, you now transform your blueprint into a living, breathing, ready-to-deploy curriculum by following the five-step process of Design Thinking used by Stanford’s d.school. This course draws upon the skills honed in your previous lab courses, and provides the opportunity for you to deliberately match your technology repertoire with learning objectives.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 609 - Change the World from Here
Unit(s): 3
As a graduate of the ETK program, you are sure to face challenges that invite you to put your learning into action, and lead with purpose. In this project-based course you collaborate with a small design team on a rich, service-learning project to respond to a real-world educational need for an under-served educational institution or group. We also explore ways in which digital tools and virtual collaboration can enhance project-based and service-based learning experiences outside of the traditional classroom.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 610 - Web Design Lab
Unit(s): 3
In this hands-on culminating course, we focus on how to synthesize all your previous work into one beautiful professional website that you can use as a foundation for your professional presence for years to come. You learn the essentials of web coding that every educator needs to develop nimble, mobile-friendly, responsive websites. Reflection on your website portfolio will help you see how portfolio-based projects can be used and facilitated within the contemporary classroom.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 614 - Navigating the Divide
Unit(s): 3
Like it or not the rapid development of technology has created a series of divides: those with access and those without; those who are comfortable with technology and those who are not; those who enjoy integrating technology into their work and those who are happy with the tools they have always used. Navigating this divide can be both challenging and rewarding. In this course we explore how digital technologies can help solve key pedagogical problems, as well as create opportunities for new effective pedagogical practices. We start the journey of exploring what digital technologies mean for transforming academic environments.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 697 - Directed Study
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Independent, in-depth study of a specific educational topic may be designed to meet the research and practicum interest of the student.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ETK 698 - Special Topics Seminar
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Exploration of one or more selected topics in Digital Technologies for Teaching and Learning
Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
School of Education
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ENGY 604 - Renewable Energy Economics
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the fundamental elements of renewable energy economics as they relate to electricity production and use, energy resource depletion, externalities, demand-side management, sustainability, and economic decision-making by organizations and consumer.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 610 - Quantitative Methods
Unit(s): 4
This course explains and provides practice in a collection of quantitative methods relevant to the energy field, in particular electric power systems, including energy conversions, energy metric modeling, production-cost modeling, constrained optimization, and load-flow modeling.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of Study restricted to Energy Systems Management Major
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 612 - Energy Technologies
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces energy technologies and their role in society while developing basic tools: technical understanding, calculation skills, data sources, and historical knowledge. Students will learn fundamentals of energy science, technology, and environmental aspects of energy.
Prerequisite: ENGY 610
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 624 - Energy Industry Strategy
Unit(s): 2
This course explores how changes in customer expectations, policy, and technology impact industry structure and organizational strategy. It examines customer drivers for policy and business strategy and explores how technology advancements shape the evolving electric system. Topics covered include the role and perspectives of the key actors in the evolving grid: energy services companies, utilities, technology firms, regulatory agencies and advocacy organizations.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Energy Systems Management Major
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 625 - Energy Policy
Unit(s): 2
This course explores how energy policy, both state and federal, have shaped the energy landscape and can support or hinder the transition to a low carbon economy. It examines the various drivers for policy change and it reviews the major U.S. and California policies and regulations shaping the energy landscape with a focus on electricity. Topics covered include the role and perspectives of the key actors in policy making, including utilities, regulatory agencies and advocacy organizations, and frameworks for policy evaluation.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 626 - Electricity Markets
Unit(s): 2
This course provides an in-depth examination of electricity markets, focusing on recent changes in those markets due to evolving regulations, technologies, and financing options.
Prerequisite: ENGY 604 and ENGY 624
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Energy Systems Management Major
College of Arts and Sciences
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ENGY 627 - Renewable Energy Finance
Unit(s): 2
The course covers the foundations of finance and then explores the specific cases of renewable energy and utility finance. It covers debt vs. equity finance, risk, depreciation, tax incentives, tax equity, portfolio management, and project finance.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
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