Typically taught in the fall quarter.
Undergraduates in any of the three Economics majors may complete the Honors Program in Economics. Undergraduates hoping to enter the program must apply no later than the spring quarter of their junior year. Students in the Honors Program must complete an honors thesis and the two-quarter Economics Honors Colloquium (ECON H190A-ECON 190BW; satisfies the upper-division writing requirement).
The colloquium H190A introduces students to independent research, helps students choose a topic and plan a research program, and prepares students for thesis writing.
Typically offered in the fall quarter.
ECON 161A. Money and Banking. 4 Units.
Basic elements of money and banking: institutional features and economics of financial markets and, in particular, the U.S. banking system; determinants of interest rates; the Federal Reserve and its role in money supply; effects of money on output and inflation.
Corequisite: ECON 100C or ECON 105C
Prerequisite: (ECON 100A and ECON 100B) or (ECON 105A and ECON 105B) and (ECON 100C or ECON 105C)
Restriction: Business Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Quantitative Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment.
ECON 161D. Advanced Money and Banking. 4 Units.
Studies business cycles in the United States during the last century. The first portion of the course reviews the theoretical models employed to study economic fluctuations and empirical methods used to measure fluctuations.
Prerequisite: ECON 161A and (ECON 100C or ECON 105C)
Restriction: Business Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Quantitative Economics Majors have first consideration for enrollment.
ECON 232. Business Cycles in Historical Perspective. 4 Units.
Investigates business cycles in the United States and worldwide during the last two centuries. Topics include causes and consequences of business fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policy, models of fluctuations, and empirical macroeconomics.
Prerequisite: ECON 210A and ECON 210B and ECON 210C and ECON 210D and ECON 210E and ECON 210F. ECON 210A with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210B with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210C with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210D with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210E with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210F with a grade of B- or better
ECON 234. American Economic History. 4 Units.
Focuses on American economic history from colonization onwards. Topics include the development of legal systems, transport systems, financial markets, industrialization, migration, immigration, technological change, and the consequences of slavery.
Prerequisite: ECON 210A and ECON 210B and ECON 210C and ECON 210D and ECON 210E and ECON 210F. ECON 210A with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210B with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210C with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210D with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210E with a grade of B- or better. ECON 210F with a grade of B- or better