| ECN 1100: () Offerings |
| Introduces the principles of economics for non-majors planning to take only one course in economics. Examines demand and supply, the price system, income distribution, determination of national income, employment and prices, economics of environmental issues and the public sector, international trade, economic growth, and capitalism and socialism. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 2101: () Offerings |
| In this introductory economics course, students will learn the foundations of economic decision-making as applied to firms and individuals. Topics include supply and demand, markets and the price system, game theory, and comparative market structures. Students will also integrate the principles of economics that are important for making decisions in business, government, and in their personal lives. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 2102: () Offerings |
| Presents topics including elementary demand and supply, determination of national income, employment and prices, money and banking system, fiscal and monetary policy and economic welfare, economic growth and development and international finance. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 2207: () Offerings |
| A geographic approach to studying economic activities and issues of poverty and wealth at local, national and global levels. Includes understanding class theories in Geography of location analysis and economic base. Examines global trends in trade, creation of wealth, economic development, and economic justice issues. Helps students appreciate the role of Christian non-government organizations in building civil society and assisting community development. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 3101: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 2101, 2102. An analysis of aggregate income, employment and price level; classical and Keynesian perspectives, and recent contributions. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3102: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 2101, 2102; BUS 2700. Examines microeconomics at the intermediate level with particular application to operations of the firm. Emphasizes the application of theory to actual situations encountered in the management of firms and explores the use of economic theory for projections and forecasting. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Textiles Clothing and Interior Majors only. Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3231: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ECN 1100 or 2101. Examines economic and social factors influencing urban growth and land use patterns, especially forces influencing the demand for urban land and affecting intra-urban rent, real estate values and the housing market. Examines such factors as taxation, zoning and other land-use policies as they relate to the development of urban land. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3318: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ECN 1100 or 2101. Presents the rationale for governmental provision of goods and services, non-market decision making, public expenditure analysis, taxation, fiscal policy and the role of the government in economic systems. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3321: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 2101 and 2102; ACCT 2361. Surveys monetary theory and the role of major financial institutions such as commercial banks, the Federal Reserve System and savings institutions in the monetary system. The impact of bank operations on the quantity and flow of money in the economic system is emphasized. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3635: () Offerings |
| Examines the development of varieties of Marxist theory and practice in the 20th century, compares the Soviet, European, Chinese and Latin American experiences with Marxist thought and practice. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3640: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 1100, or ECN 2101 or 2102. Studies the development of the American economy, with particular attention to the rise of the modern business system and its impact on American society; gives corollary consideration of labor, agriculture, technology and the monetary system. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 3810: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 2620. Investigates faith-based community economic development programs, such as those founded by John Perkins. Students will work on a small business project. Some sessions of this class will be held off campus in central Seattle. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 4310: () Offerings |
| Examines the nature and dynamics of the global economy in relation to the economies and political systems of nations and to theories and models of national, regional and global economic growth. International trade, business and government policy are studied in this context. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 4641: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 2101, 2102, or permission of instructor. A study of the development of economic ideas and philosophies from Moses to mercantilism. Focus is on ethics and economics in the biblical, classical, physiocratic and mercantilist schools of economic thought. Offered alternate years. May be repeated for credit up to 3 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| ECN 4899: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ECN 2101, 2102. This capstone course studies the interrelationship between politics and economics and their effect on human welfare. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Textiles Clothing and Interior Majors only. Senior students only. |
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| ECN 4900: () Offerings |
| The student proposes a topic of current interest in business to a professor in the School of Business and Economics. The student meets with the professor to discuss a bibliography and rough drafts before turning in the final draft of a paper. A 5-credit independent study requires a total of 30 pages of written work. In general, the number of pages of written work must be six times the number of credits, or there must be equivalent work in exams or other requirements. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ECN 4940: () Offerings |
| Provides field experience opportunities for students to relate and apply principles of business, faith, service and leadership to a professional business setting. Course consists of an internship in a professional business setting (minimum 10 hours/week) and an on-campus seminar. Internship placements must be approved prior to the internship experience or permission will not be granted to register for ECN 4940 credit. Additional information may be obtained from the Career Development Center or internship coordinator for the School of Business and Economics. A student's initial internship must be taken for at least 2 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ECN 4941: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ECN 4940. Provides students the opportunity to specialize their applied learning to economic issues and questions through individualized guidance with an economics faculty sponsor, first-hand experience in their internship sites, academic research, and face-to-face interviews with professionals. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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