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ECON 6355 - Economic Development of Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Economic and social problems of raising standards of living in Asia. Discussion issues include economic growth, growth and the environment, income disparities, the role of trade and foreign investment, and the accompanying political and social changes.
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ECON 6366 - Advanced Economic Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Classical microeconomic concepts and models including topics in industrial organization.
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ECON 6368 - International Economics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
International trade and capital flows, with a focus on transition countries and emerging markets.
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ECON 6372 - Issues in Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor
Contemporary issues in microeconomic theory, including various modeling techniques.
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ECON 6376 - Economics of Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor
Study of the main macroeconomic processes of the European Union. European trading policy, including common market creation and development. Other macroeconomic issues such as European budget, unemployment, and EURO currency will be analyzed
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ECON 6390 - Workshop Research Methods I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Economics research mthods covers how to devise a research agenda and mthodology, find research sources and tools, and how to carry out research.
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ECON 6391 - Master’s Internship Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: , , and consent of instructor.
Work with practicing economists in selected private industry, federal, state and local government offices.
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ECON 6393 - Master’s Research Project Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: Consent of program director.
Work under the guidance of faculty economists on selected research project(s).
Note: Practicum
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ECON 6394 - Tpcs-Eco of Socl Issue Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Note: Practicum
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ECON 6395 - Wkshp Res Method II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ECON 6397 - Topics in Eco Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Selected Topics
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ECON 6398 - Res & Readings-Eco Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
Student may elect to receive either S/ U or letter grade. Individually directed readings or research in a particular field of economics.
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ECON 6399 - Masters Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Consent of program director.
Faculty-guided applied research project.
May be repeated for credit.
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ECON 6465 - Econometrics Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Statistical tools needed to understand and execute empirical economic research. Topics include linear regression, instrumental variables estimation, limited dependent variable models and panel data methods. Emphasis will be on applying econometrics to real-world problems.
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ECON 6475 - Macroeconomic Analysis Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Advanced treatment of the core topics in macroeconomics with applications. Topics include business cycles, inflation, unemployment, growth, alternative exchange rate regimes, and fiscal and monetary policy.
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ECON 6485 - Microeconomic Analysis Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Fundamentals of market and individual choice analysis emphasizing empirical analysis in a business setting. Analysis of domestic and international markets and individual choice, including the theoretical study of the relationships within and between individuals, organizations, and the international economy.
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ECON 6691 - Master’s Internship Credit Hours: 6.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisite: , , and consent of instructor.
Work with practicing economists in selected private industry, federal, state and local government offices.
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ECON 6693 - Master’s Research Project Credit Hours: 6.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisite: Consent of program director.
Work under the guidance of faculty economists on selected research project(s).
Note: Practicum
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ECON 6699 - Masters Thesis Credit Hours: 6.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Consent of program director.
Faculty-guided applied research project.
May be repeated for credit.
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ECON 7190 - Research & Readings - Economic Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of department chair
Student may elect to receive either S/U or letter grade. Individually directed readings or research in a particular field of economics.
May be repeated for credit
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ECON 7290 - Research & Readings - Economic Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of department chair
Student may elect to receive either S/U or letter grade. Individually directed readings or research in a particular field of economics.
May be repeated for credit
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ECON 7300 - Seminar Curr Econ Res Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Current topics in economic research presented in seminar format.
May be repeated with consent of instructor.
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ECON 7301 - Seminar in Microeconomic Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Current topics in microeconomic research presented in seminar format.
May be repeated for credit.
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ECON 7302 - Seminar in Macroeconomic Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Current topics in macroeconomic research presented in seminar format.
May be repeated for credit.
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ECON 7330 - Quantitative Economic Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Economics or consent of instructor
Statistical basis for applied economic analysis, which includes discrete and continuous distributions, point estimation, test of hypothesis, methods of estimation and properties of estimators.
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ECON 7331 - Econometrics I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 6331 and MATH 2331 or consent of instructor.
Regression analysis and the general linear model. Topics covered include ordinary least squares, heteroskedasticity, autoregression, distributed lags, and generalized least squares.
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ECON 7335 - Applied Econometrics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7331 or consent of instructor
Econometric techniques for applied microeconomic research. Topics include randomized experiments, matching techniques, fixed effects models, differences-in-differences, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity designs.
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ECON 7340 - Economic Growth and Development I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7344 and ECON 7331 or consent of instructor.
Long-run economic growth from pre-industrial agricultural economies to modern industrial capitalism. Topics include technology acquisition, accumulation of capital, demographic transition, institutional and geographic factors in development and income distribution.
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ECON 7341 - Microeconomic Theory I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Economics or consent of instructor
Contemporary microeconomic theory of decision and allocation in a market economy. Topics include theories of the consumer, the firm, and competitive markets under complete and incomplete information.
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ECON 7342 - Microeconomic Theory II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Microeconomic Theory I.
Continuation of Microeconomic Theory I. Continuation of Microeconomic Theory I. Topics include market structure, centralized and decentralized decisions, alternative allocation mechanisms, contracts, capital theory, general equilibrium, unemployment, and money.
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ECON 7343 - Macroeconomic Theory I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Economics or consent of instructor
Analytic tools of contemporary macroeconomics, including static analysis of classical and Keynesian models and the aggregate behavior of consumers, investors, and asset holders.
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ECON 7344 - Macroeconomic Theory II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Macroeconomic Theory I.
Continuation of Macroeconomic Theory I. Topics include dynamic analysis, long run growth, stochastic macroeconomics, and theories of expectations. Emphasis on recent literature in macroeconomic theory.
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ECON 7349 - Game Theory and Economic Behav Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 6342 or consent of instructor.
Modeling and analysis of strategic situations. Topics include cooperative game theory, simultaneous-move games and Nash equilibrium, sequential-move games and subgame perfect equilibrium, and applications.
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ECON 7350 - Economic Growth & Develop II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: ECON 7350 - Economic Growth and International Development
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
Advanced macroeconomics course on long-run economic growth and international development. Study of the interaction between factor flows, trade, capital markets and the growth process. Topics include property right institutions, corporate governance and government regulation. The course is intended for second- and third-year Ph.D. students in the Economics department.
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ECON 7351 - Develop Econ:Microecon Issues Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
Examines the micro foundations of economic development, including education, health, the family, land, credit, risk and institutions. Teaches econometric tools that have been used by researchers to identify causal relationships, including panel data, instrumental variables, randomized experiments and natural experiments.
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ECON 7355 - International Finance and Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: and or consent of instructor.
International finance and open economy macroeconomics. Review of theoretical and empirical literature. Includes writing referee reports for peer reviewed journal articles, seminar presentations and development of critical analytical skills. The course is intended for second- and third-year Ph.D. students in the Economics department.
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ECON 7365 - Labor Economics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ; recommended, or consent of instructor.
Topics include: labor demand, labor supply, and human capital.
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ECON 7366 - Econometrics, Food & Health Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7341 , ECON 7342 , and ECON 7331 or consent of instructor
Quantitative analysis of the determinants of health. Traditional concepts of health economics will be presented along with empirical literature that utilizes natural and randomized experiments to identify health outcomes.
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ECON 7372 - Economics of Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ; recommended, or consent of instructor.
Topics include models of education, estimation of return to schooling, education production function and issues in school finance.
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ECON 7376 - Industrial Organization Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
This course examines how industries are organized and how that affects their economic performance. Topics include the modern business firm and its vertical relations, market structure and the marketing strategies it can encourage including innovation, with attention to network industries and their problems of compatibility and standardization.
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ECON 7377 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: and .
Selected topics in the incidence and effects of government revenues, expenditures, and debt.
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ECON 7378 - State and Urban Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7341 or consent of instructor
Analysis of government tax and expenditure at the state and local level, with consideration of underlying determinants of local public sector budgets.
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ECON 7379 - Public Economics & Individual Behavior Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7341 or consent of instructor
Impacts of government policies emphasizing the effects on individual behavior. Topics include education, Social Security, health insurance, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and welfare.
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ECON 7380 - Macro Modeling & Forecasting Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7331 and .
Univariate and multivariate time series, unit roots and structural change, heteroskedasticity, co-integration, panels, and out-of-sample forecasting and predictability.
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ECON 7384 - Political Economy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7341 and 7342 or consent of instructor
Modern political economy theory and empiric. Topics include voting, running for office, lobbying, and the implications of these behaviors for economic policies and institutions. Applications include democratization, campaign finance policy, and corruption
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ECON 7385 - Monetary Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7342 and ECON 7344 .
Stabilization policy, rational expectations, and the Phillips curve, the IS curve, Phillips curve, and Taylor rule model. Monetary policy evaluation with Taylor rules and real-time data, and monetary policy and the financial crisis.
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ECON 7387 - Eco Anlysis-Urbn Areas Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Markets for housing and sites, determinants of land use patterns. Topics include demand, rent and density gradients, racial discrimination, land use regulation, transportation access.
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ECON 7388 - International Monetary Economics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: ECON 7398 - International Monetary Economics.
Prerequisite: ECON 7342 and ECON 7344 .
The foreign exchange market, models of money, prices, and exchange rates, fixed and flexible exchange rates, out-of-sample nominal exchange rate predictability, and purchasing power parity.
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ECON 7390 - Research & Readings - Economic Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: approval of department chair
Student may elect to receive either S/U or letter grade. Individually directed readings or research in a particular field of economics.
May be repeated for credit
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ECON 7393 - Time Series Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
Focuses on the theory and application of univariate time series methods. Topics covered include both stationary and nonstationary time series, with an emphasis on inference in nonstationary processes, e.g. unit root tests.
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ECON 7394 - Time Series Analysis II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
Time series theory with applications. Topics include state space models, Kalman filter, models of Markov switching, state space models with Markov switching, trend/cycle decompositions, Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, structural change, and median-unbiased estimation.
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ECON 7395 - Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ECON 8198 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Note: 1-3 credit hours per semester, or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
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ECON 8199 - Dissertation Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ECON 8298 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Note: 1 to 3 credit hours per semester, or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
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ECON 8331 - Econometrics II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: .
Estimation methods in single-equation and simultaneous equations models. Topics include missing observations, errors in variables, and limited dependent variables.
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ECON 8333 - Econometrics III Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 8331 or consent of instructor
Econometric theory with applications. Asymptotic distribution theory, identification of simultaneous equation systems, estimation of systems of equations, specification and diagnostic testing, and the estimation of fixed random effects panel data models.
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ECON 8342 - Microecon Theory III Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: .
Concentration on recent journal literature in microeconomic theory.
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ECON 8344 - Macroecon Theory III Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: .
Concentration on recent journal literature in macroeconomic theory.
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ECON 8346 - Dynamic Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7342 , 7344, and 7331 or consent of instructor
Applied research methods with applications in macroeconomics. Topics include generalized method of moments, vector autoregression, and introduction to dynamic programming. Recent literature in applied macroeconomics will be reviewed
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ECON 8361 - Workshop Research Methods III Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: , and ECON 7331 or consent of instructor.
Data sources, specification analysis, and other aspects of empirical research in economics.
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ECON 8362 - Workshop Research Methods IV Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: , and or consent of instructor.
Formulation, execution, and presentation of a research paper in economics.
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ECON 8363 - Workshop in Research Methods V Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: , , and or consent of instructor.
Formulation, execution, and presentation of a research paper in economics for advanced students.
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ECON 8365 - Labor Economics II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ECON 7365 , Continuation of ECON 7365 .
Topics include wage differentials, persistence in inequality and social mobility, the driving forces behind inequality, and unemployment.
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ECON 8396 - International Trade Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: .
Causes and consequences of international trade, theories and comparative advantage, theory and measurement of tariffs, capital movements, and multinational corporations.
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ECON 8398 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Note: 1 to 3 credit hours per semester, or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
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ECON 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ECON 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 6.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ECON 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 9.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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EDUC 6302 - Context of Teaching Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 12
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Educational Research |
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EDRS 8380 - Rsch Mthds in Educ Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: admission to doctoral program; PHLS 7322 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Consideration of various inquiry strategies. Attention to formulating problem statements and hypotheses, devising appropriate research designs, acquiring and summarizing data, appreciating probabilistic thinking.
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EDRS 8381 - Rsch Mthds in Educ Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: admission to doctoral program; PHLS 7322 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Consideration of various inquiry strategies. Attention to formulating problem statements and hypotheses, devising appropriate research designs, acquiring and summarizing data, appreciating probabilistic thinking.
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EDRS 8382 - Statistical Analyses in Eductn Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: EDRS 8381 .
Basic descriptive and inferential statistical analyses and their application in educational research.
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EDRS 8383 - Action Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies |
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ELCS 6199 - Thesis Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ELCS 6301 - Leadership for Equity in Diverse Schools Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
This course is designed to provide aspiring school leaders with a research-based understanding of the competencies necessary for entry-level administrative positions. Specifically, this course will provide participants with the pragmatic and theoretical foundations necessary to better understand social justice leadership in today’s public schools. The course will provide educational leaders with an understanding of how to address economic, social, and political injustices in a way that promote academic achievement for all students.
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ELCS 6302 - Data-Informed Decision Making for School Leaders Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
This course is designed to provide aspiring school leaders with a research-based understanding of data-informed decision making for educational leaders. Specifically, this course will expose aspiring leaders to the pragmatic and theoretical foundations necessary to: frame critically-oriented data questions, interpret data, and design participatory action research projects within a school building. With internship hours embedded, this course will cover issues pertaining to the application of data-informed decision making procedures for generating, analyzing, and interpreting educational data to ensure equitable learning opportunities for all children.
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ELCS 6303 - Technology Trends in Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
An investigation of current trends surrounding the use of technology in the school and classroom. The class examines technology applications, online curricula, and remediation systems that can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of instruction.
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ELCS 6304 - Law & Policy for School Leaders Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Sources of educational policy development, legal authority, liability, and legal principles involved in operating school systems will be studied. Court cases, current policy issues, and legal controversies will be referenced.
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ELCS 6310 - Strategic Engagement of School/Community Stakeholders Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
This course is designed to provide aspiring school leaders with a research-based understanding of community/stakeholder engagement for educational leaders. Specifically, this course will expose aspiring leaders to the pragmatic and theoretical foundations necessary to: build authentic partnerships with student caregivers; build authentic partnerships with a diverse range of community stakeholders; and, develop partnerships via the collaborative creation of goals and objectives. Development of administrative competence through laboratory experiences using the class to simulate an organization. Emphasis on interpersonal and group relations, using instrumented and clinical procedures.
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ELCS 6320 - Instructional Supervision Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ELCS 6301 and ELCS 6302 , and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
This course is designed to provide aspiring school leaders with a research-based understanding of best practices in terms of instructional leadership in today’s schools. Specifically, this course will provide aspiring leaders with the pragmatic and theoretical foundations necessary to: observe, analyze, evaluate, and provide instructional assistance/coaching. With internship hours embedded, this course will cover issues pertaining to: effective methods of instructional observation, the development of a culturally competent school curriculum, adult development theory, and the data-informed decision making necessary to design/choose instruction-specific professional development.
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ELCS 6321 - Instruct Supervision II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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ELCS 6322 - Org & Admin Stud. Support Serv Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Comprehensive introduction to the role of college student personnel services in higher education.
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ELCS 6327 - Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurement Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
A survey of research based approaches to educational measurement and assessment to include measurement and scaling, reliability and validity, and traditional and alternatives assessment methods.
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ELCS 6330 - Finance and Budgeting Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
Examines school budget development; purchasing and disbursement systems; and school accounting systems.
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ELCS 6332 - Student Develop/Student Affair Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
The college student affairs profession is emphasized through the historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological development of its student service functions.
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ELCS 6334 - Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Evaluation of program efficiency, effectiveness and impact as well as the assessment of learning in and out of the classroom higher education settings.
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ELCS 6336 - The Two-Year College Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Demographic and educational diversity of today’s college students coupled with an understanding of various socio-economic barriers to education and identification of those institutional practices that increase feelings of student inclusion.
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ELCS 6338 - American Higher Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
This course provides students with a broad overview of the history and philosophy of higher education, with particular emphasis on the emergence and development of higher education in America.
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ELCS 6340 - Learning and Education Sciences Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
An introduction to the learning process; principles considered include acquisition and transfer, retention, motivation, and mediation and the relation to the school environment.
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ELCS 6342 - Critical Issues in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
This course is designed to be an introductory examination of some of the recurrent significant issues in postsecondary education.
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ELCS 6346 - Student Persistence in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
The impact of various factors on student persistence and how these factors may be used to decrease attrition rates.
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ELCS 6350 - School Leadership Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ELCS 6301 , and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
Organization and management of elementary and secondary school unit; second course: practice in administrative tasks.
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ELCS 6360 - Public School Law and Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: ELCS 6360 - Public School Law.
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
A problem centered theory-into-practice study connecting legal and financial principles and frameworks germane to school leadership. The course combines topics from public school law and campus-based budgeting.
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ELCS 6370 - Research for Educatnal Leaders Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ELCS 6327 or corequisite, and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
Implications of concepts and theories of a multicultural society for practices and policy development in educational administration.
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ELCS 6380 - Educational Planning & Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
A study of the structure of school governance and the process of policy development and implementation in today’s schools.
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ELCS 6392 - Practicum in Administration Skill Development Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisite: None
Leadership and administrative skills are practiced with school leaders in the school setting.
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ELCS 6393 - Practicum Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Practicum experience.
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ELCS 6394 - Practicum and Internship Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Practicum and internship.
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ELCS 6395 - Clinical Teaching I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 12
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education program and approval of advisor.
Supervised observation and student teaching in general and/or special education assignments.
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