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ECON1010 - Survey Of Economics
Summer 2013

Survey of Economics is an introductory survey of the major elements of economics. Students will learn to apply economic analysis to understand macroeconomic and microeconomic issues. Among the topics covered are the operation of markets, fiscal and monetary policies, and international economics. This one semester course fulfills the Economics component of the Robert Morris University Core. (Students in some programs are required to take alternative courses to fulfill the requirement. For example, this course is not open to B.S.B.A. students.)3 credits
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	R		Thursday
	F		Friday
	S		Saturday
	U		Sunday

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ECON1010-A	Survey Of Economics


Full	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	7 (06/03 - 07/27/13)	Term:	Summer 2013

	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1010-A	Survey Of Economics


0/7	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	2 (08/24 - 10/18/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1010-B	Survey Of Economics


0/5	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	Holstein
	Session:	4 (10/19 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1010-D	Survey Of Economics


Full	Credits:	3	Days:	T R
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	12:30-01:45 pm	Instructor:	Litzinger
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013



ECON1010-E	Survey Of Economics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	M
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	06:00-08:50 pm	Instructor:	Dunn
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013



ECON1010-F	Survey Of Economics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	T
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	06:00-08:50 pm	Instructor:	Dunn
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

ECON1020 - Principles Of Macroeconomics
Summer 2013

This course is an introduction of fundamental economic facts and concepts and basic economic institutions. Students study organization of the American economy, government finance and taxation, national income accounting, business cycles, the banking system and deposit creation, and monetary and fiscal policy. Software proficiency in spreadsheet is required.
Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
3 Credits

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ECON1020-A	Principles Of Macroeconomics


Full	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	7 (06/03 - 07/27/13)	Term:	Summer 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1020-A	Principles Of Macroeconomics


0/3	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	2 (08/24 - 10/18/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1020-B	Principles Of Macroeconomics


22 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	08:00-08:50 am	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1020-D	Principles Of Macroeconomics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	10:00-10:50 am	Instructor:	Holstein
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1020-E	Principles Of Macroeconomics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	11:00-11:50 am	Instructor:	Holstein
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1020-F	Principles Of Macroeconomics


6 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	M W
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	04:00-05:15 pm	Instructor:	Yang
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1020-G	Principles Of Macroeconomics


17 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	M
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	06:00-08:50 pm	Instructor:	Yang
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050

ECON1030 - Principles Of Microeconomics
Summer 2013

This course stresses the analysis of microeconomic concepts. The course emphasizes the determination of price by supply and demand, demand and utility, cost and supply, equilibrium of the firm, market structures, pricing of productive factors, and international trade and finance.
Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
3 Credits

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ECON1030-A	Principles Of Microeconomics


Full	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	7 (06/03 - 07/27/13)	Term:	Summer 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1030-B	Principles Of Microeconomics


12 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	7 (06/03 - 07/27/13)	Term:	Summer 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1030-A	Principles Of Microeconomics


0/7	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	Lu
	Session:	4 (10/19 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON1030-B	Principles Of Microeconomics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	09:00-09:50 am	Instructor:	Eschenfelder
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1030-D	Principles Of Microeconomics


Full	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	01:00-01:50 pm	Instructor:	Soos
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050


ECON1030-E	Principles Of Microeconomics


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	02:00-02:50 pm	Instructor:	Soos
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisite: MATH1010 or MATH1050

ECON3020 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Summer 2013

This course is designed to deal with concepts of national income accounting and theories of aggregate economic behavior. Relationships among income, employment, and the price level are studied. Attention is also given to counter-cyclical and other public policy measures.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON3020-A	Intermediate Macroeconomics


0/1	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	4 (10/19 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON3020-B	Intermediate Macroeconomics


14 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	09:00-09:50 am	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010

ECON3030 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Summer 2013

This course has been designed as an inquiry into the decision-making processes of consumers and firms. Such material, while being based upon theoretical reasoning, is of particular relevance for students majoring in marketing and business administration. The course explores the behavior of various market structures, such as perfect and imperfect competition.
Prerequisite: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON3050 - Free Market Economics
Summer 2013

This course deals with the concept of a free market economy and how a model of economic freedom and limited government is related to political liberty and economic efficiency. Major topics include a study of economics of socialism and capitalism, the "invisible hand" in capitalism, the "fatal conceit" in socialism, the utopian models of laissez-faire capitalism and egalitarian Marxism, and the economic goals of growth, freedom, equity, full employment, price stability, and efficiency.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON3050-A	Free Market Economics


1 Seat!	Credits:	3	Days:	T R
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	08:00-09:15 am	Instructor:	Reiland
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010

ECON3060 - Environmental Economics
Summer 2013

This course is an undergraduate level introduction to the basic principles of environmental economics as they have been developed and as they evolve in the era of sustainability and green business practices. Basic economic concepts and models are adapted to the context of environmental issues. Lectures, discussions, and activities focus on topics such as emission trading programs, green taxes, markets for green goods, valuing health outcomes, the economics of pest resistance, and the idea of charging for solid waste.
Prerequisites: [ECON1020 and ECON1030] or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON3060-A	Environmental Economics


21 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	T
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	06:00-08:50 pm	Instructor:	Yang
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: [ECON1020 and ECON1030] or ECON1010

ECON3070 - Econ Of Professional Sports
Summer 2013

Course description unavailable, please contact Academic Services.
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3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON3100 - United States Economic History
Summer 2013

This course is a survey of the causal factors and institutional adaptations to the growth of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services in the United States from colonial days to World War II. Special emphasis is put on such factors as technological change, expanded labor and resource usage, education, and investment incentives.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON3100-A	United States Economic History


0/7	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	Litzinger
	Session:	2 (08/24 - 10/18/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.

ECON3200 - Labor Economics
Summer 2013

This course focuses on how labor markets operate. Course topics include wage theory, unemployment and poverty, the historical development of the labor movement and unions, governmental and employer policies, discrimination, collective bargaining, and the position of labor in alternative and comparative economic systems.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON3400 - Money and Banking
Summer 2013

This course is an exploration of the underlying economic functions of the important credit and financial institutions. Topics discussed include deposit creation, bank reserves, organization and operation of commercial banks, bank statements, and portfolio policies. Students study the Federal Reserve System, monetary policy, and the relation of banking institutions to Treasury financing and to the United States economic system.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON3400-A	Money and Banking


17 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	M W F
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	12:00-12:50 pm	Instructor:	Eschenfelder
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010


ECON3400-B	Money and Banking


4 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	Lu
	Session:	4 (10/19 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.

ECON3500 - Introduction To Econometrics
Summer 2013

This course emphasizes applying statistical models to economic data. Regression analysis and estimation of economic models are discussed. Topics include violations of the basic assumptions of the regression model, dummy variables, logit and probit, and analysis of variance.
Prerequisites: STAT2110 and (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON4200 - Bus Enterprise/Public Policy
Summer 2013

This course addresses the legal, political, and economic framework of business-government relationships; regulation and public ownership; and government promotion of competition and policing of market practice.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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ECON4200-A	Bus Enterprise/Public Policy


0/0	Credits:	3	Days:	ONLINE
	Location:	Internet/Online	Room:
	Time:	-	Instructor:	O´Roark
	Session:	4 (10/19 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
	Course is taught Fully Online.
	Additional fees apply. See Details for more information.


ECON4200-B	Bus Enterprise/Public Policy


2 Seats	Credits:	3	Days:	T R
	Location:	Moon	Room:
	Time:	09:30-10:45 am	Instructor:	Reiland
	Session:	1 (08/26 - 12/14/13)	Term:	Fall 2013

	Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010

ECON4500 - International Trade/Finance
Summer 2013

This course examines the theory of comparative advantage as the basis for international trade and specialization. The major part of the course is devoted to the international monetary system and covers the foreign exchange market, concepts of balance of payments, mechanisms of balance-of-payment adjustments, and international capital movements. The effects of tariffs, other barriers to trade, and restrictions on foreign exchange movements are analyzed.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON4700 - Seminar On Research In Econ
Summer 2013

This course develops efficiency and skill in conducting research and communicating the results with written and oral presentations. The rhetoric and methodology of economic research is examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of communication skills in economic analysis.
Prerequisites: (ECON1020 AND ECON1030) or ECON1010
3 Credits

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No Courses Found

ECON4913 - Internship/Co-Op
Summer 2013

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3 Credits

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No Courses Found