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Master of Arts Research Papers

Final Presentations

Economics Department
University of New Hampshire
May 16, 2008


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BS Economics

The B.S. degree differs from the B.A. degree in that it requires more quantitative and data analysis courses but does not require a foreign language. It provides more structure and direction than the B.A. degree and is more professionally focused.

B.S. economics majors must complete nine courses in economics with a grade of at least C- (1.67) in each course and an average grade of 2.3 or better in the major courses. These courses must include ECON 605, 611, 726, and 775. In addition, majors must complete MATH 424A, ADMN 403, 410, 420, 502, and 503.


ECON 605W

Course Title: 
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
See description for ECON 605. Writing intensive.

ECON 611

Course Title: 
Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
Macroeconomic measurement, theory, and public policy determination. Prereq: ECON 401 and 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 401
ECON 402

ECON 605

Course Title: 
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
Minimum Credits: 
4
Analysis of supply and demand. Determination of prices, production, and the distribution of income in noncompetitive situations and in the purely competitive model. General equilibrium. Prereq: ECON 402.

Course Prerequisites: 
ECON 402

ECON 402

Course Title: 
Principles of Economics (Micro)
Minimum Credits: 
4
Functions of the component units of the economy and their interrelations. Units of analysis are the individual consumer, the firm, and the industry. Theory of consumer demand and elasticity, supply and costs of production, theory of the firm under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition, demand for and allocation of economic resources, general equilibrium, and basic principles and institutions of international trade. Not open to students who have had EREC 411. No credit for students who have had ECN 412.

ECON 401

Course Title: 
Principles of Economics (Macro)
Minimum Credits: 
4
Basic functions of the United States economy viewed as a whole; policies designed to affect its performance. Economic scarcity, supply and demand, the causes of unemployment and inflation, the nature of money and monetary policy, the impact of government taxation and spending, the federal debt, and international money matters. No credit for students who have had ECN 411.

ADMN 420

Course Title: 
Business Statistics
Minimum Credits: 
4
Introductory coverage of statistical methods for managerial decision-making: probability, descriptive and inferential statistics, and regression. Quantitative techniques common to many introductory statistics courses are covered, but the emphasis is on understanding concepts such as uncertainty, inferences from sample data, and model formulation, and on utilizing these techniques as aids in decision-making. No credit for students who have had ADM 430; BIOL 528; EREC 525; HHS 540; MATH 644; PYSC 402; SOC 502. Prereq: ADMN 403; MATH 420 or 424A.

Course Prerequisites: 
ADMN 403
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