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  • ECON 305G: International Economics GI

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010 and University Advanced Standing. Covers theoretical and practical concepts of international trade and finance. Reviews empirical tests of basic international trade theories. Uses international trade and finance databases for the analysis of trade patterns, balance of payments, exchange rates and global capital markets. Includes coverage of cultural and intercultural relationships that exist within an economic context..
    ShareECON 305G - International Economics GI
    General Education Course

  • ECON 3060: Money and Banking

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 2020 and University Advanced Standing. Covers the concept of money, its historical development, and its role in the economy. Covers the U.S banking system with a focus on the Federal Reserve Bank. Examines the Federal Reserve Bank balance sheet and the different tools for conducting monetary policy. Provides the opportunity for students to collect data from the Federal Reserve Bank and test the relationships between money, banking, and macroeconomics theory.
    ShareECON 3060 - Money and Banking

  • ECON 3070: Behavioral Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010 and University Advanced Standing. Provides an introduction to Behavioral Economics. Contrasts the assumptions of the neoclassical economic theories with theories based on psychology, sociology, and related disciplines. Reviews the leading models in heuristics and biases in decision making. Uses case studies for the understanding of real-world scenarios in economics and business.
    ShareECON 3070 - Behavioral Economics

  • ECON 3370: Economic Modeling and Data Analytics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 2240 with a B- or better; ECON 2020; University Advanced Standing. Covers at an intermediate level some of the most important quantitative tools used in Economics and Data Analytics. Explains how to build, solve and estimate theoretical models of real-world situations. Applies optimization techniques and machine learning methods to economic and business problems. Uses lectures, class discussions, and a variety of in-class activities to promote engaged learning.
    ShareECON 3370 - Economic Modeling and Data Analytics

  • ECON 3400: Health Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 3370 and University Advanced Standing. Introduces healthcare economics and provides an overview of the structure and operations of health care systems in the United States. Introduces dynamic developments in the healthcare industry and changes in health policy. Reviews the roles of private and government insurance, physician, hospital, and patient relationships, the impacts of pharmaceutical providers, long-term care, and related issues. Includes the application of alternative economic models associated with healthcare provision and the identification of data required to measure and evaluate healthcare processes.
    ShareECON 3400 - Health Economics

  • ECON 3470: Principles of Applied Econometrics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 3370 and University Advanced Standing. Provides an opportunity to use mathematical and statistical skills in real-world applications of econometrics. Examines the foundations of econometrics through well-known examples. Develops analytical skills by using data inputs and working through a series of projects students might encounter in future professional experience.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
    ShareECON 3470 - Principles of Applied Econometrics

  • ECON 3810: Labor Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Matriculation into the Woodbury School of Business and University Advanced Standing. Provides an analysis of the theory and practice of labor markets. Defines the factors that influence the demand and supply of labor in a modern economy. Develops the concepts for a theory of human capital. Reviews factors such as wage determination, occupational differences, problems of gender, labor turnover, discrimination, impacts of education and training, impacts of labor unions, immigration, changes in technology, and other related issues.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
    ShareECON 3810 - Labor Economics

  • ECON 3820: Economic Development

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 2020, MGMT 2400, and University Advanced Standing. Describes economic development models. Reviews economic growth theories, poverty, inequality, the role of institutions, human capital, and structural transformation. Uses existing databases for the empirical analysis of economic development policies.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
    ShareECON 3820 - Economic Development

  • ECON 3830: History of Economic Thought

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Matriculation into the Woodbury School of Business and University Advanced Standing. Traces the evolution of formal economic theory primarily beginning with Adam Smith, the first classical economic theorist. Studies other classical writers including Ricardo and Malthus as well as Marx's criticisms. Studies neoclassical analysis through Marshall and the critiques of the Austrian school. Reviews the modern theorists including Keynes and the development of macroeconomics, the development of empirical and mathematical economic theories, monetarism, and other post-Keynesian analysis.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
    ShareECON 3830 - History of Economic Thought

  • ECON 4010: Advanced Microeconomics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 3010 and University Advanced Standing. Advanced course in microeconomics for economics majors. Addresses the issues related to modern economic theories of imperfect competition, the market of factors of production, cost analysis, the distribution of income, general equilibrium, and welfare economics.
    ShareECON 4010 - Advanced Microeconomics