Courses in this concentration allow majors to explore the role of economic thinking in policy construction and evaluation. This concentration is designed to give majors a strong grounding in quantitative methods and analysis for an increased technical understanding of policy issues.
Required:
- ECON 3230 Introduction to Econometrics
Two of the following:
Economics
- 3020 Intermediate Macroeconomics
- 3100 Economics of Money and Banking
- 3320 Urban Economics
- 3330 Environment and Natural Resources
- 3810 Economics of Labor
- 3970/3980 Special Studies in Economics
Two of the following:
Economics
- 4230 Econometrics
- 4300 Regulation
- 4500 Health Economics
- 4520 Economics of Public Expenditures
- 4530 Economics of Taxation
- 4600 Inequality and Poverty in Latin America
- 4610 Game Theory
Political Economy
- 4300 Behavioral Economics and Public Policy
- 4400 Law & Economics of the Regulatory State
- 4970/4980 Special Topics in Political Economy
Political Science
- 3240 Public Policy
- 4230 Environmental Politics and Policy
