DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ECO 530 ECONOMICS PRINCIPLES AND POLICY. An intensive study of microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts; the price system and how it functions under various market structures including perfect competition, pure monopoly, and imperfect market structures including monopolistic competition and oligopoly; resource markets; national income measurement and determination; inflation and unemployment; money and banking; economic stabilization including monetary and fiscal policy; international policy. This course does not apply to the 36-hour graduate credit hour requirement of the MBA degree program or the Master of Science in Finance degree.

*ECO 560 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF STRATEGY. A study of game theoretical tools and their application of important real-world economic phenomena. Topics include: the organization of industry, labor and work-place economics, international trade policies, government and voting strategies, the role of legal institutions in the economy, and bargaining and bidding strategies.

ECO 570 ECONOMIC THEORY. An integration of micro and macro economic theory with special emphasis on how various economic policy choices may impact the national economy and the operation of business firms.

ECO 571 SEMINAR IN MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS. Quantitative tools used in solving business problems. Topics include demand and cost estimation, modeling, and forecasting.

ECO 575 DIRECTED READINGS AND RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS. A directed individual study is made of a selected problem in the field of economics. Prerequisite: Approval of Department Chair and Graduate Coordinator.

ECO 579 SEMINAR IN LABOR ECONOMICS. Selected topics in the field of labor economics or the history of labor organization in the U.S. or foreign countries.

* Subject to action by the Board of Regents, the Texas State University System and/or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.