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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Economics


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The Department of Economics offers a variety of programs for undergraduate students interested in economics: a Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics, a Bachelor of Science with majors in economics and business economics (see the School of Business Administration portion of this catalog) and a Bachelor of Science with a major in actuarial science that is jointly offered with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Through their scholarly contributions and strong academic record, the work of Oakland’s expert economic faculty researchers advances the understanding of complex business issues and provides the highest quality instruction to Oakland University students. Our faculty have published in highly visible journals and have been recognized by the University for their research and teaching excellence. Partnering with the community extends the impact of their work while also bringing real-world research opportunities and business experiences to students. These collaborations enhance the school’s rigorous economic curriculum, increase the activities of our economic student organizations, and prepares graduates for the next step in their future.

The department presents the Economics Advisory Board Lecture annually which invites elite economists or business leaders nationally to discuss current and important economic issues with students.

Programs:

Majors

Actuarial Science, B.S (offered jointly by the Departments of Economics & Mathematics and Statistics)  

Business Administration, Business Actuarial Science, B.S.  

Business Administration, Business Economics, B.S.  

Economics, B.A.   

Economics, B.S.  

Minors

Economics Minor  

Economics Secondary Teaching Minor  

Courses

   •  ECN 1500 - Economics in Today’s World
   •  ECN 1600 - Introduction to the Global Economy
   •  ECN 2000 - Principles of Macroeconomics
   •  ECN 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics
   •  ECN 2010H - Principles of Microeconomics
   •  ECN 2020 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics
   •  ECN 2020H - Principles of Global Macroeconomics
   •  ECN 3020 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
   •  ECN 3030 - Managerial Economics
   •  ECN 3030H - Managerial Economics
   •  ECN 3040 - Consumer and Welfare Economics
   •  ECN 3060 - Applied Time Series Analysis in Business
   •  ECN 3070 - Using “BIG” Data for Economic Problems
   •  ECN 3090 - Introduction to Public Finance
   •  ECN 3100 - Economics of Energy and the Environment
   •  ECN 3150 - Economics of Gender and Ethnicity
   •  ECN 3210 - Financial Markets and Economy
   •  ECN 3260 - International Economic Development
   •  ECN 3330 - History of Economic Thought
   •  ECN 3380 - Economics of Human Resources
   •  ECN 3500 - Insurance and Risk Management
   •  ECN 3670 - Economics of Health Care
   •  ECN 3730 - International Trade
   •  ECN 3740 - Economics of Intl Finance
   •  ECN 3760 - U.S. and World Economic History
   •  ECN 3780 - Economic Analysis of Law
   •  ECN 3800 - Topics in Economics
   •  ECN 3810 - Mathematical Analysis for Economists
   •  ECN 3850 - Economics of Industries
   •  ECN 3990 - ACHIEVE III - Business Economics
   •  ECN 4010 - Analyzing Markets Using Bloomberg Terminals
   •  ECN 4050 - Econometrics
   •  ECN 4090 - Urban and Regional Economics
   •  ECN 4180 - Seminar in Economic Policy
   •  ECN 4210 - Monetary Economics
   •  ECN 4500 - Risk Management
   •  ECN 4560 - Public Finance
   •  ECN 4900 - Special Topics in Economics
   •  ECN 4996 - Independent Study

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