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Engineering programs. The course presents concepts and skills on limits and continuity; differential and integral calculus with applications from
business, economics, and the social.

ECON 341 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE (FALL Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ECON 211 and ECON 212 or Permission of Department. This course focuses on the theory of international trade, commercial
policy and its relation to economic development. Balance of payments, international capital movements, and foreign exchange are examined
against the background of current theories and policies.

ECON 343 ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION (FALL Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ECON 211 and/or ECON 212.
This course is designed to tackle the complex issues of the economics of education. The average student, in college, devotes a significant
amount of time in preparing themselves for ‘a better life’. By the time student graduates from college, they would have spent at least 16 years
in school. The question then becomes, what is education for? Following that question is did Bowie State University increase earning potential?
These are the fundamental questions this course seeks to address. After covering the basic issues, this course then explores the meaning and
empirics of educational equity; the black-white achievement gap; the importance and dangers of early education; and the role of the
government in providing education.

ECON 351 BUS/ECON STAT I (FALL, SPRING, SUMMER) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): MATH 125 and Junior Standing. This course focuses on the business and economics applications of descriptive and inferential
statistics, including measures of central tendencies, dispersion, probability, regression and correlation analysis, hypothesis testing and
parameter estimation.

ECON 353 HEALTH ECONOMICS (SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisites: ECON 211 and ECON 312.
This course explores economic principles and its relationship to the field of health care. It will provide an introduction to the health care system
in the U.S. We will discuss some of the key concepts that health economists use to analyze health care markets. Finally, we w ill apply these
concepts to selected current issues in health policy.

ECON 363 ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (SPRING Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ECON 211 and ECON 212 or Permission of Department. This course is an inquiry into the nature, the causes, and the implications of
the process of economic development that focuses on raising the economic well-being
of nations.

ECON 373 ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS (SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ECON-211 and ECON 212 or instructor’s permission: This course explores the origins of environmental problems, how to measure the
value of environmental amenities, and the efficacy of specific forms of regulation, including mandated technologies, taxes, subsidies, and pollution
permit trading. Topics include air and water pollution, climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and
sustainable development.

ECON 383 ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION (SPRING Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ECON-211 and ECON 212 or instructor’s permission: This course explores how economics can be used to explain and analyze the
concepts, causes and effects of poverty and income inequality on various population groups. It will introduce students to the relevant economic
theories of poverty and inequality and use empirical facts to define and measure poverty and inequality and assess the effectiveness of policies
aimed at combating poverty and inequality in the United States and the developing world.

ECON 400 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (FALL, SPRING, SUMMER) 3 CREDITS To
be approved by Department Chair and Instructor. This course will involve a wide spectrum of special topics in economic policy with one selected
for each semester in which it is offered. Topics will cover a range of issues of concern to and debated in the society. They will be chosen
based on the interests of students in the Business Administration program as a whole and Economics, in particular, and the different
instructors’ area of specialization. Examples of such topics include Crises in the Financial Market, The Housing Market, Global Warming,
Globalization, Trade Policy, Race and Gender Discrimination, Health Care Policy, Social Security, Regulation versus Deregulation, Environmental
Policy, Education Policy, Labor and Industrial Organization, among others.

ECON 405 ECONOMICS TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE (FALL AND SPRING) 3 CREDITS
This course offers students the opportunity to provide hands on instruction support for ECON 211 and ECON 212 (Principles of Macroeconomics
and Microeconomics). Students enrolled in the course will learn strategies that will enhance their knowledge of economics; Students will also
learn various pedagogy techniques along with best practices of academic assessment, mentoring, economics of education research and
leadership. Each student will learn how to apply the pedagogy techniques and discipline of economics to classroom, work group environments
and applied research.

ECON 412 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (FALL) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite: ECON-211 and ECON 312
This is an advanced course in undergraduate Industrial Organization. Industrial Organization is essentially a branch of applied Microeconomics,
which seeks to understand the causes and effects of various market structures on pricing and product choice. We focus on the behavior of firms in

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