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2011 – 2012Course DescriptionsEconomicsECON 110 PRINCIPLES OFMICROECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekThe application of economic reasoningto the decisions of consumers andproducers. Topics include opportunitycost, resource allocation, the price system,the organization of industry, marketfailures, distribution of income, publicsector economics.GenEd: DECON 111 PRINCIPLES OFMACROECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekStudy of the workings of the economy.Topics include national incomeaccounting, business cycles, employmentand unemployment, inflation, economicgrowth, financial institutions, fiscal andmonetary policy, and international trade.GenEd: DECON 203 INTRODUCTION TOSOCIAL BUSINESS (3)Interdisciplinary overview of SocialBusiness models and their applicationto social, economic, technological,cultural, political and environmental issuesboth locally and globally. Introductionto the finance and planning of SocialBusinesses, as well as comparisons totraditional and other alternative businessmodels.Same as BUS 203, SOC 203GenEd: DECON 305 INTRODUCTION TOMICROFINANCE (1)One hour seminar per weekExplores the theory and practice ofmicrofinance as a tool for povertyalleviation and economic development.Key elements of microfinance operationsand challenges will be discussed.Graded Credit/No CreditSame as BUS 305ECON 310 INTERMEDIATEMICROECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110, ECON 111 andMATH 140 or MATH 150Economic analysis of the decisions ofconsumers and producers. Emphasison the theory of consumer behavior,the theory of the firm, price and outputdetermination in various market structures,factor markets and externalities.ECON 311 INTERMEDIATEMACROECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110, ECON 111 andMATH 140 or MATH 150Determinants of levels of national income,employment, and price levels. Analysis ofsecular and cyclical changes in economicactivity, and the effects of monetary andfiscal policies on these changes.ECON 320 MONEY AND BANKING (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110, ECON 111 andMATH 140 or MATH 150Nature and functions of money and itsrelation to prices; the monetary systemof the United States; the functions ofbanks, bank credit, foreign exchange andmonetary control. The impact of monetarypolicy on economic activity.ECON 329 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110, ECON 111 andMATH 140 or MATH 150Development of the tools of marginalanalysis and their application tomanagerial decisions and planning.Topics include demand analysis,production and cost, pricing and outputdecisions under different market structures.Product and factor markets will beanalyzed.ECON 331 NARRATIVES OF THEWORKING CLASS (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the lives of working peopleusing various thematic approaches anddisciplinary methodologies. Materialsinclude literature, film, and case studies.Same as ENGL 331, SOC 331,HIST 331, POLS 331GenEd: C2, D, InterdisciplinaryECON 333 NONPROFITORGANIZATIONS (3)Three hours lecture per weekIssues unique to nonprofit organizationsincluding financial, legal, and political.Same as POLS 333, COMM 333,BUS 333GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 340 BUSINESS AND ECONOMICSIN LITERATURE (3)Three hours lecture per weekExplores the ways in which businessand economics have been representedin American literature. Employs criticalmethodologies from the fields of Business,Economics, and Literary studies.Same as BUS 340, ENGL 340GenEd: C2, D, InterdisciplinaryECON 341 DRUG DISCOVERY ANDDEVELOPMENT (3)Three hours lecture per weekHow are drugs discovered? Whatdetermines the price for a drug? Whatis the difference between a generic andnon-generic drug? These questions willbe examined with an interdisciplinaryapproach. Topics include the isolationof compounds from natural sources, thescreening of compounds for biologicalactivity, structure-activity relationships ofdrugs, computer-assisted drug design,combinatorial chemistry, bioinformatics,the FDA approval process for newdrugs, and the economic and businessaspects of pharmaceutical investment anddevelopment.Same as CHEM 341, BUS 341GenEd: B1, D, InterdisciplinaryECON 342 THE ZOO: CONSERVATION,EDUCATION ANDRECREATION (3)Three hours lecture per weekAn interdisciplinary study of zoos andzoological gardens from scientific,managerial, business, recreational andeducational perspectives. Analyzes howthese perspectives are linked within zoopractices. The course will include anin-depth case study of a local zoo. Fieldtrips to local zoos will be required.Same as BIOL 342, BUS 342,EDUC 342GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 343 CAPITAL THEORY (3)Three hours lecture per weekIntertemporal choice and decision-makingunder uncertainty in our financial lives.Topics include: multi-period consumption,multi-period production, capitalbudgeting, modern portfolio theory andfinancial management.Same as FIN 343GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 344 THE LIBRARY: COLLECTIONS,SERVICES & INSTRUCTION (3)Three hours lecture per weekA study of university, school (K-12),public, and special libraries frombusiness, economic, library science, andeducational perspectives. Analyzes howthese perspectives are linked within librarypractices. A study of local libraries andfield trips.Same as BUS 344, EDUC 344, LIB 344GenEd: D, Interdisciplinary240 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog