Addresses debates about whether market capitalism provides the best institutional context for organizing the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Considers consumer and business behavior under various competitive conditions. Assesses the appropriate role for government policy in improving performance of market capitalism.

Examines how economy-wide consumption, saving, investment, trade, and government spending and taxation influence inflation, unemployment, and the economy's oscillation between prosperity and recession. Introduces alternative macroeconomic theories in terms of their analysis of how the economy works and the fiscal and monetary policies they support.

Examines the U.S. monetary and financial systems, monetary theories, and monetary policy. Surveys theories of interest rates, theories of the interaction between the economy's monetary and productive sectors, and monetary policy. Places monetary theories within the context of broad economic debates. Tracks developments in monetary policy and financial markets, analyzing impacts on financial intermediation and the macroeconomy.

Analyzes environmental problems and policies, with emphasis on the difficulties of measuring environmental costs and benefits. Considers pricing incentives vs. direct control approaches to regulating water pollution, air pollution, atmospheric change and acid rain, and the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes.

Consent of instructor required. Provides students with opportunities for workplace experience and supervised research projects that incorporate economic analysis.

Introduces the quantitative measurement and analysis of actual economic phenomena using regression analysis. Uses regression techniques to describe economic relationships, to test hypotheses about economic relationships, and to forecast future economic activity. Constructs and tests economic models using a computer statistical package.

Engages students in a range of issues and ideas that are part of the American educational scene, including schools as social organizations, special education, the role of technology in teaching, standardized testing, the philosophy and history of education, and the search for instructional excellence and equity in education. Requires fieldwork and computer use.

Consent of instructor required.

<span style="color:#1f1f1f"><span style="font-size:12px">Introduces the many Healthcare, Fitness and Wellness disciplines connected with Exercise Science; including scientific foundations of the exercise science subdisciplines, professionalism, ethics, certifications, licensures, employment opportunities and career pathways.

<span style="color:#1f1f1f"><span style="font-size:12px">Introduces the fundamental training principles and proper technique for developing muscle-related goals such as endurance, hypertrophy, strength, and power. The course also covers the utilization of free weights and machines, how to take individuals through a 1 repetition max (RM) in various exercises, and discusses introductory approaches of modifying exercises to meet the needs of patients and clients.

Studies the physiological and adaptive responses of the human body to acute and chronic exercise stress. Examines how exercise affects major organ systems across the spectrum of healthy and unhealthy populations. Laboratory uses a variety of exercise equipment to apply physiological concepts to exercise testing, prescription, and training.

<span style="color:#1f1f1f"><span style="font-size:12px">The analysis of human movement based on anatomical and mechanical principles. Emphasis is given to the application of these principles towards understanding human movement in regards to health, performance, and physical activity.