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.

Critically examines the logical construction of Classical/Neoclassical and Keynesian macroeconomic theories and the assumptions, goals, and trade-offs of alternative fiscal and monetary policies. Examines Keynes's critique of Classical/Neoclassical theory. Analyzes recent U.S. macroeconomic history and contemporary macroeconomics issues.

Introduces the basic mathematical concepts and techniques most often used in theoretical and applied economic analysis. Uses algebra and differential calculus to develop and analyze economic concepts and solve economic problems. Examples include elasticity and its role in business decisions, marginal revenue/cost and their application to profit maximization/cost minimization, and consumers' and producers' surplus and how they are affected by tax/subsidies.

Examines (1) how mainstream economic theory has shaped educational reform since the 1980s "education crisis," (2) the economic arguments justifying various reform movements, including vouchers, charters, testing, and choice, and (3) the economics of the achievement gap and of education's effects on social mobility, equality of opportunity, and segregation.

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

Consent of instructor required.

Consent of department required. Limited enrollment. One to two full days a week (depending on credits) of clinical experience in a private or public school classroom.

Provides a forum for different disciplines and interests to assess current environmental topics. Examines scientific, socioeconomic, and political aspects of environmental issues. Includes a service learning component and encourages interaction with local, regional and national environ- mental advocates. Students will develop applied research skills and make oral and written presentations.

Class and lab introduce the student to the foundations of exercise that enhance health and prevent disease. Students learn to evaluate epidemiologic literature, studying factors that link lack of physical activity with the major chronic diseases of the present time.

Class and lab familiarize students with the basic principles and practices of fitness assessment and exercise prescription for healthy individuals and those with controlled risk factors.