Below is a complete listing of undergraduate Economics courses. Please see the UWM Schedule of Classes to view which classes are currently being offered.
A one semester survey of current national and international economic problems. Useful as preparation for Econ 103 and 104. Not required of economics majors.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have cr in Econ 103 & 104.
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017.
Economic reasoning; price determination, specialization, and efficiency. Applications include international trade, antitrust, environmental protection, highway congestion.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Composition of national income, interrelationship of sectors; determination of national income and productivity; relationship between national income, inflation, money, interest rates; U.S. global economies interaction.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Economics of personal financial management; development of successful financial skills; activity-based course with assignments emphasizing students' individual situations.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: No cr for students who have cr in Econ 258 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2012.
For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: 2.5 gpa; writ cons instr, dept chair & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2008, Fall 2005.
Basic probability and statistics; numerical and graphical methods of describing data, elementary probability, random variables and probability distributions, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression.
Prerequisites: Math 105(P), or Math 108(P), or Math Placement Level 30 or higher.
General Education Requirements: QLB
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Performance of key U.S. industries (e.g. education, beer, cars, medicinal drugs, radio, television, sports, steel, food, music recording); their responses to changing national/international economic conditions.
Prerequisites: soph st; Econ 103(P).
Use of economic theory to examine the history, current status, and policies regarding various minority groups in the United States. Applications include education, housing, jobs.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS, CD
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015.
Focus on special topics not normally discussed in detail in other existing courses.
Prerequisites: soph st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007.
Application of basic principles of economics in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: 100-level course in Econ; 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr granted for academic work based on 40 hrs in the internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2004, Spring 2004, Summer 2002, Spring 1999.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Contemporary theory of consumption, production, pricing, resource allocation, and distribution.
Prerequisites: Econ 103(P).
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Analysis of savings, production, investment and other aggregates in the national and international economy as related to the determination of national income, inflation, and unemployment.
Prerequisites: Econ 104(P).
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Statistical research methods, especially cross-section and time-series regression, applied to evaluation of empirical literature and a directed research project.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 210(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have cr in Econ 513(531).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Statistical research methods, especially cross-section and time-series regression, applied to evaluation of empirical literature and a directed research project.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 210(P) or cons instr.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have cr in Econ 513(531).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Stocks, bonds, derivatives, foreign exchange. Analysis of commercial banks, investment banks, brokerages, etc. Domestic and international monetary theory and policy. Risk insurances, regulations, deregulation..
Prerequisites: Econ 104(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Evaluating public policy of environmental and natural resources. Regulation of pollution, endangered species, natural resources, and other case studies.
Prerequisites: Econ 103(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Economic roles of civil/criminal law through definition/enforcement of property, contract, civil rights. Applications: breach of contract, compensation for injury, medical malpractice, sexual harassment.
Prerequisites: Econ 103(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2012.
Examination of laws intended to increase competition; their evolution through landmark cases involving price fixing, mergers toward monopoly, and unfair competition including IBM, AT&T, Microsoft.
Prerequisites: Econ 103(P).
International economics and finance, determinants and structure of international trade, commercial policy, foreign exchange markets, and balance of payments.
Prerequisites: Econ 100(P); or both 103(P) & 104(P).
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have cr in both Econ 454 & 455.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017.
Examination of determinants of growth, modernization, poverty, and inequality in developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Analysis of development strategies.
Prerequisites: Econ 103(P) & 104(P).
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Examination of current economic issues such as energy, environment, poverty, and human resource development.
Prerequisites: soph st; Honors 200(P); cons Honors College dir.
General Education Requirements: SS
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2006, Spring 2005.
Strategic interaction among decision makers. Studies multi-party decision problems of a firm, a government, or a country.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(R) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Economic time series, analysis, forecasts. Trends, seasonality, cycles, smoothing procedures. Simulation models; sample survey methods. Extensive applications using macro and financial data. Forecasting software use.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 210(P); Econ 310(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Elements of probability; joint marginal and conditional distributions; measures of central tendency and dispersion, calculus of expectations; central limit theorem. Estimation and testing of economic relations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 210(P); Math 211(P) & cons instr, or Math 231(P). Math 232(R) & 233(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Analysis of wage setting, labor markets, human capital and collective bargaining. Study of labor standards, regulation and the role of unions and government.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
Economic analysis of government and policy, including taxation and expenditures, policy responses to market failures, redistributional programs, and related topics.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 104(P) & 301(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Economic analysis of asymmetric information, barriers to competitive entry, licensing, pricing practices/transactions costs; application to markets for insurance, computers, health care, used cars, food.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015.
The economics of unions, minimum wage, poverty and welfare programs; influence of international trade on domestic labor markets. Study of labor supply and labor demand.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
The economics of education, training, discrimination, and workplace incentives. Study of hiring, promotion, and job search.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
The economics of education, training, discrimination, and workplace incentives. Study of hiring, promotion, and job search.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Efficiency of medical care, health insurance and access to care, alternative models of health care delivery, health behaviors and public policy.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014.
Why countries trade; who wins, who loses; facts about world trade; political economy of trade. Balance of payments, Asian crisis, European Union, American wage dispersion.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.
International monetary system; spot and foreign exchange markets; balance of payments; international adjustment mechanisms; international finance policy; history and institution.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 302(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Variable content course designed to focus on special topics not normally discussed in detail in other existing courses.
Prerequisites: jr st & cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014.
Application of advanced principles of economics in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 300-level or above course in Econ; 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr granted for academic work based on 40 hrs in the Internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2002, Fall 1993.
Mathematical techniques used in economic analysis, including calculus and matrix algebra. Applications include optimizing behavior of firms and consumers.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(P); Math 211(P) & cons instr, or Math 231(P). Math 232(R) & 233(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Mathematical techniques used in economic analysis, including calculus and matrix algebra. Applications include optimizing behavior of firms and consumers.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 301(P); Math 211(P) & cons instr, or Math 231(P). Math 232(R) & 233(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Multiple regression, generalized least squares, specification analysis, multicollinearity, multiple equations including simultaneous equations.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 413(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.
Comprehensive development of water resource economics for engineers, scientists, and economists; analysis of the public and private sector economics of water resources.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P); Math 231(P); a statistics course; or cons instr.
Difference and differential equations applied to economic variables such as human capital, consumption, learning, energy use, and pollution. Essential preparation for graduate work.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 506(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Internship, case analysis, or independent study that sythesizes course work in graded paper.
Prerequisites: sr st; declared org adm major; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; cons instr.
Course Rules: Commun 697, Econ 697, & Sociol 697 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Summer 2007, Spring 2007.
Prerequisites: jr st, 2.5 gpa & writ cons instr, dept chair & asst dean for SAS.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/topic chg.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016.