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ECON 347 THE UNIVERSITY (3)Three hours lecture per weekA study of institutions of higher educationfrom multiple perspectives including, butnot limited to education, teaching andlearning, scholarly and creative activities,community service, management, andpublic policy. Includes case studies ofcolleges and universities in the region andmay include field trips to these institutions.Same as BUS 347, EDUC 347GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 349 HISTORY OF BUSINESSAND ECONOMICS INNORTH AMERICA (3)Three hours of lecture per weekExamines the growth and developmentof the economies of North America sincecolonial times. Addresses social, ethical,economic and management issuesduring the development of Canada, theUnited States, and Mexico. Analyzes thebusiness principles underlying the growthand development of the economies.Same as HIST 349, BUS 349GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 362 ENVIRONMENTALECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110 and ECON 111Economic analysis of environmentalproblems and policy. Market failuresdue to externalities, public goods,and common property resources areexamined. Private (market) and public(government) solutions to environmentalproblems are examined.ECON 370 THE WORLD ECONOMY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: ECON 111Theory, practice, and institutions of theinternational economy. Topics includeinternational trade and investment,balance of payments, foreign exchangerates, international institutions in the globaleconomy, and international economicpolicy.ECON 411 ECONOMICS OFENTREPRENEURSHIP (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 110 and ECON 111Application of economic concepts toentrepreneurial strategies and decisions.Analysis of entrepreneurial activities asrelated to production, markets, innovation,risk, and the macroeconomy.ECON 415 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (3)Three hours of lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329A theoretical and empirical examinationof the structure, conduct and performanceof industries. Topics include marketstructures, games and strategy, andpricing strategy.ECON 425 LABOR ECONOMICS (3)Three hours of lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329An examination of the employment oflabor as a factor of production. Topicsinclude employment, wage rates, unionsand collective bargaining, and laborlegislation.ECON 435 THE MUSIC MUSEUM (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Junior standingAn interdisciplinary study of musicmuseums from the perspectives of musichistory, appreciation and production,business, economics and education.Analyzes how these disciplines are linkedwithin music museum practices. Includesan in-depth study of a local musicmuseum.Same as BUS 435, EDUC 435,PAMU 435GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 444 VALUES AND VALUABLES (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ANTH 102 or ECON 110Examination of the intimate linkagesbetween the creation of cultural valuesand the perception of economic valuethrough the analysis of production andexchange in various cultural contexts.Synthesis of the debates in the field ofeconomic anthropology and applicationto pre-historic, modern, Western and non-Western societies.Same as ANTH 444GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 448 GLOBALIZATION ANDDEVELOPMENT (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: SOC 100Examines empirical and theoretical issuesof globalization from a sociologicalperspective, to understanding how theforces of globalization affect economic,political and cultural systems of bothdeveloped and developing nations.Same as SOC 448, BUS 448GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryECON 450 PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS (3)Three hours of lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329The economic role of governmentwith an emphasis on the allocationand distribution effects of governmentexpenditures and taxation.ECON 455 URBAN AND REGIONALECONOMICS (3)Three hours of lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329Economic analysis of urban and regionalproblems including the formation ofcities, urban finance and services,growth, land use, transportation, incomedistribution, pollution, congestion, andlaw enforcement.ECON 464 NATURAL RESOURCEECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329Microeconomics and capital theoryapplied to problems of conserving andmanaging natural resources. Analysisof public policies affecting renewableand nonrenewable resources includingprice controls, taxation and leasing.Representative topics include: forestry,fishery, energy, water and mineraleconomics.ECON 471 INTERNATIONAL TRADE (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 310 or ECON 329The theory of international trade, effects oftariff and non-tariff barriers, and conductof commercial policy. Topics includetheories of comparative advantage, gainsfrom trade, distribution effects of trade,international factor movements and traderestrictions, the political economy of tradeand industrial policy.ECON 472 INTERNATIONALMACROECONOMICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ECON 311 or ECON 320Macroeconomic analysis of the openeconomy, the impact of stabilizationpolicies in a global economy, the roleof the balance of payments, and theinternational monetary system. Topicsinclude balance of payments accounts,spot-forward exchange rates, interestrate arbitrage, purchasing-powerparity, exchange rate determinationand macroeconomic policy in an openeconomy.Course Descriptions2011 – 2012www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog241