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Course Info for ECON - 331 - 47, Spring 2008
Class number: 5434 Title: Econ Anal of Am Hist&Entrepren Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 13 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 End date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Schedule: MW: 1:15PM-2:30PM, MC - 309A Instructor(s): Gunderson,Gerald A.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: Students must pass Economics 301 and 302 with a grade of C+ or better. Open to senior economics majors only.
Course Description:
Examples of major sectors in the American economy and some entrepreneurs who acted as catalysts thereof. Likely topics include growth before manufacturing and political independence, creating your own national market, the late-19th-century oil industry, government as a growth sector in the economy, and integrating modern science into business structures and practices. There will be a paper with research components on each major class topic. Class participation is required. An opportunity can be made for those who wish to satisfy the econometrics application for the B.S. degree in economics.