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300-Level Electives
These educational goals apply to the following courses:
- ECON 310: Money and Banking
- ECON 325: Industrial Organization
- ECON 329: Experimental Economics
- ECON 342: International Trade
- ECON 345: International Finance
- ECON 355W: Economic Development
- ECON 362: Economics of Natural Resources
- ECON 370: Health Economics
- ECON 381: Labor Economics
- ECON 392: Public Economics: Role of Government
*Note: I = skill to be introduced in the course; D = skill to be further developed
Analyze and Interpret economic models
- Solve and interpret economic models commonly used in the course's subject area (I)
- Apply economic concepts and models learnt in core courses to the course's subject area (D)
- Identify main economic concepts related to the course's subject area (D)
Analyze and Interpret economic data
- Interpret key economic data (D)
- Interpret empirical evidence related to topics studied in the course's subject area (D)
Critically assess economic arguments, assumptions, and evidence
- Critically evaluate the economic arguments on issues related to the course's subject area
Use oral, written, and graphical methods to communicate economic insights
- Formulate written economic arguments evaluating or supporting a position (D)
- Present economic arguments by means of graphs, charts and tables (D)
Use economic concepts to understand real-world human activity and public policy
- Apply economics to everyday situations (D)
- Use economics to evaluate specific policies (D)
- Evaluate current events using tools of economics (D)
- Use economic tools to analyse current issues related to the course's subject area (D)
Describe and analyze important economic institutions, events, and results
- Describe main theoretical findings in the course's subject area (I)
- Describe important institutions in the economy and their roles (D)
- Describe main empirical findings in the course's subject area (D)
- Describe main policies related to course's subject area (D)
- Describe main trends and events related to course's subject area (D)
