2013 – 2014 - Barton College

222 Businessexpenditure and income-price models are employed to analyze issues of fiscal policy, inflation,and unemployment. Fall.ECO 220 Application In Economics. 3.A course designed to bridge the material presented in the principles of economics courses and theintermediate theory courses. Contemporary topics are addressed from both the micro and macroeconomics fields, with emphasis on reasoning, analytical skill development, and writing.Prerequisites: ECO 101, 102.ECO 311. Intermediate Microeconomics. 3.Microeconomics studies the behavior of individual units, primarily consumers and business firms,and considers how their decisions are coordinated through interactions in markets. Much of thiscourse deals with the verification of theories to explain a variety of economic phenomena and theuse of theory to evaluate public policies.Prerequisites: ECO 101, 102.ECO 325. Basic Issues in Economics. 3.Contemporary and limited scope topics that enhance the economic education of students. Theparticular topic(s) will be announced by the instructor prior to the beginning of the semester.Prerequisites: ECO 101, 102.Courses of Instruction: FinanceFNC 310. Consumer Finance. 3.Builds useful skills in buying, managing finances, increasing resources, and protecting legal interests.Study of the economy and government as it affects life and the prevailing economic system.FNC 320. Financial Markets and Institutions. 3.A study of domestic and international financial markets, including securities markets, commercialbanks and non-bank financial intermediaries, roles of the U.S. monetary system and FederalReserve in determining interest rates, economic activity and foreign exchange rates.Prerequisite: ECO 102.FNC 330. Managerial Finance. 3.Provides insights and tools to understand the financial goals of the corporation and definesthe environment in which the financial manager makes decisions. Special emphasis is givento investment, financing, and dividend decisions. Other topics include the cost of capital,present value, taxes, ratio analysis, break even analysis, financial planning, and working capitalmanagement. Fall, Spring.Prerequisites: ACC 101 and MTH 120 or 130, or equivalent.