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Agricultural and Applied Economics
474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas. (Crosslisted with Econ) II; 3 cr (S-I). Analyzes aggregate growth, income distribution and poverty in lower income economies. Uses microeconomics of imperfect labor, capital and insurance markets to explore why some individuals advance economically as their economies grow and others fall behind. Considers implications of aggregate and micro analysis for national and international economic policy. P: Sr st and two crses in econ.
520 Community Economic Analysis. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl) II; 3 cr (S-I). Economic theory (location and growth) applicable to community economic development; the role of private and public sector in local ecomonic development, and techniques for ecomonic analysis of community. P: Econ 301 or equiv.
History
398 The United States Since 1945. I or II or SS; 3-4 cr (S-I). Political, social, economic, and cultural changes in the U.S. from World War II to the present. P: So st.
929 Labor and Working Class History in the United States. 3 cr. This course is a reading seminar intended to introduce students to key topics, seminal works, and historiographic controversies in U.S. working class and labor history from the post-Civil War period to the present.
Human Development and Family Studies
474 Racial Ethnic Families in the U.S. I, II; 3 cr (e-S-D). The diverMay 18, 2007nited States— African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and American Indian families. The course also covers the wider social context of minority family life, including historical, economic, socio-political, and cultural conditions. P: Jr st.
Public Affairs
881 Benefit-Cost Analysis. (Crosslisted with AAE, Envir St) 3 cr. This course will present the welfare economics underpinnings for evaluating the social benefits and costs of government activities. Issues such as uncertainty, the social discount rate, and welfare weights will be discussed; case studies from the environmental, social policy, and agricultural areas will be studied. P: One yr intro econ or one semester intermed econ or Pub Affr 880.
Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
420 Urban and Regional Economics. (Crosslisted with Econ, Urb R Pl) I; 3 cr (S-A). Nature and structure of urban economies; location of economic activity; economic analysis in an urban framework; principles of urban economic development, housing, transportation, poverty and unemployment and municipal finance. Forecasting of economic activity using census and socioeconomic data. P: Econ 101.
Executive Education
Finance and Accounting For Non-Financial Executives
