NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Economics

Location: 2103 UH; Phone: (312) 996-2684. For some courses in Economics, priority in enrollment will be given to students whose college or curriculum requires that course. Other students who meet the prerequisites may be accommodated during late registration as space permits.

ECON            120
         Principles of Microeconomics
       3 hours.  Credit is not given for ECON 120 if the student has credit for ECON 130.  

ECON            121
         Principles of Macroeconomics
       3 hours.  Credit is not given for ECON 121 if the student has credit for ECON 130.  

ECON            218
         Microeconomics: Theory and Business Applications
       4 hours.  Credit is not given for ECON 218 if the student has credit for ECON 220. Prerequisite(s): ECON 130, or both ECON 120 and ECON 121; and either MATH 160 or MATH 165 or MATH 180.  

ECON            329
         Industrial Organization
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): ECON 218 or ECON 220.  

ECON            331
         Labor Economics
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): ECON 218 or ECON 220.  

ECON            333
         International Economics
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): ECON 218 or ECON 220 or ECON 221.  

ECON            346
         Econometrics
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): ECON 120 or ECON 121 or ECON 130; and either ECON 270 or IDS 270.  

ECON            371
         Introduction to Urban Real Estate
       3 hours.  Same as FIN 371. Prerequisite(s): ECON 218 or ECON 220.  

ECON            399
         Independent Study in Economics
       1 TO 3 hours.  May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of economics courses at the 300-level or above, overall GPA of at least 3.2 (A=4.0), and consent of a faculty member and the head of the department.  This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the LAS degree and the major.

ECON            436
         Mathematical Economics
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 218 or ECON 220; and either ECON 345 or MATH 165 or MATH 180.  

ECON            499
         Independent Study in Economics
       1 TO 3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and consent of the director of graduate studies and the instructor.  

ECON            520
         Microeconomics for Business Decisions
       4 hours.  Credit is not given for ECON 520 if the student has credit in ECON 501 or ECON 540. Prerequisite(s): MATH 165 or MATH 181 or the equivalent. Restricted to Accounting, Real Estate, and Business Administration (MBA). Not intended for Undergrad - Chicago, and Undergrad Non-Degree Chicago.  

ECON            593
         Internship Program
       0 TO 8 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Completion of the core courses in the degree program in which the student is enrolled and approval of the internship program by the graduate adviser and the Graduate Curriculum Committee.  

ECON            596
         Independent Study
       1 TO 4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  

ECON            598
         Master's Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the chair of the thesis committee.  

ECON            599
         Ph.D. Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the chair of the thesis committee.