2005 Summer Courses offered by the Economics Department
Summer Session I: May 16th-June 23rd
Summer Session II: June 27th-August 4th
Economics 100: Principles of Economics
Summer Session 1: M, T, W,TH, 12:20-2:20 PM, John R. Howard Hall 259
Instructor: Cliff Bekar
Introduction to the study of market economies.
Microeconomics including supply and demand, production theory, and market
structure. Macroeconomics including economic growth, inflation and unemployment,
money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy. Government regulation
and policy. Discrimination and poverty, imperfect competition, environmental
problems, international competitiveness.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 055 or equivalent
Economics 103: Statistics
Summer Session I: M, T, W, TH, 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM, John R. Howard
Hall 242
Instructor: Jim Grant
Theory and applications of statistics and probability used in the study
of economics. Descriptive statistics, probability, random variables
and their distributions, statistical inference. Applications of statistical
inference ranging from estimating the mean from a univariate population
to multiple regression analysis.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 055 or equivalent.
Economics 215: Game Theory
Summer Session I: M, T, W, TH, 2:30 - 4:30 PM, John R. Howard
Hall 255
Instructor: Cliff Bekar
The tools of cooperative and noncooperative game theory. Modeling competitive
situations, solution concepts such as Nash
equilibrium and its refinements, signaling games, repeated games under
different informational environments, bargaining models,
issues of cooperation and reputation, evolutionary game theory. Application
to economics and other disciplines. Emphasis on
quantitative modeling and analytical approaches to strategic thinking.
Economics 260: Environmental and Natural Resources in Economics
Summer Session I: M, T, W, TH, 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM, John R. Howard
Hall 259
Instructor: Eban Goodstein
An analysis of environmental and resource problems ranging from hazardous
waste disposal to air pollution, species extinction to global warming,
from an economic perspective. The property-rights basis of pollution
problems, environmental ethics, benefit-cost analysis, regulatory policy,
clean technology, population growth and consumption, sustainable development.
Prerequisitie: Economics 100