NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.
Criminal Justice Administration
CJA 3900 - Organized Crime
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: CJA 1100. Explores emergent and historical treatments of organized crime, gangs, and related criminal groups with an emphasis on theoretical, etiological, and enforcement typologies. Analysis of the structure and inter-connectedness of organized crime and an understanding of the businesses associated with traditional and nontraditional organized crime groups.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: CJA 1100; junior or senior standing. Examines the history, foundation, and extent of the scope (disasters, border, maritime, cyber, space, terrorism). Discusses policies, legal considerations for training, and social and ethical issues regarding intelligence collection and program implementation. Integrates All-Hazards Homeland Security with the National Response Framework.
CJA 4220 - Community Relations and Minority Problems
3 credit hoursAnalysis of public hostility toward police and current community relations projects, human relations, training and education of law enforcement officers; responsibilities of police administrators, causes of tension and conflict, dissent and disorder, positive and negative factors in the control of minority group hostilities; minority recruitment in law enforcement.
3 credit hoursA variety of subtopics related to the criminal justice system such as problems in private security and public morality with regard to criminal justice theory, victimology, drug use, alcoholism, and sex offenses; analysis of current police training programs; relationships between legislation and political processes which affect the criminal justice system. May be repeated with department permission provided the subtopic changed.
6 or 9 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. (Open only to pre-service seniors, e.g., those preparing for a career in the criminal justice field who are not currently employed by a criminal justice agency and restricted to Criminal Justice Administration majors and minors.) Field placement in a criminal justice agency to provide practical understanding and experience in the field. Requires a minimum of 150 clock hours for 6 credit hours or a minimum of 225 clock hours for 9 credit hours.
3 credit hours(Same as FSCJ 4330.) Prerequisite: For Forensic Science majors or Criminal Justice Administration majors or minors or with permission of instructor. General investigative responsibilities and techniques including administration, preparation, investigative jurisdiction and responsibility, and the importance of substantive report writing.
3 credit hours(Same as FSCJ 4340.) Prerequisite: CJA 4330 or FSCJ 4330. Advanced approach to the various elements of criminal investigations. Provides simulated investigative experiences through the use of mock crime scenes. Emphasis on preparing students for a career in law enforcement.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: CJA 1100 and CJA 4330 or permission of instructor. Evidence analysis, suspect development, crime scene reconstruction, criminal profiling, and legal issues involved in homicide crime scenes. Emphasis placed primarily on the perspective of the criminal investigator, but impact of rules of criminal evidence also addressed.
3 credit hoursThe problem of juvenile delinquency and youth crime with emphasis on the history of the juvenile justice system, the court and police role within the system, rehabilitation and correction of the delinquent, and juvenile probation services. Alternatives to traditional procedures, such as community-based programs versus correctional institutions, and non-judicial and judicial adjustment examined.
3 credit hours(Same as FSCJ 4530.) Designed to develop an understanding of the types of individuals and problems of admissibility in court proceedings, the proper treatment and disposition of evidence, the legal procedure to be followed, and the actual trial procedure.
3 credit hoursEach student required to select a problem area of interest for an intensive research effort. The group will be presented with a contemporary corrections issue or problem and will be required to create practical and workable strategies for coping with the issue.
3 credit hoursAn in-depth survey of the impact of crime on American society; the amount and trends of crime, the economic impact of crime, professional and white collar crime, characteristics of offenders, and victims of crime.
3 credit hoursExamines the relationships among the criminal justice system, homeland security, and private and industrial security including historical roots and mutual concerns. Covers terrorist acts, internal theft, white-collar crime, retail security, institutional security, cargo and computer security as well as the role of the criminal justice system in prevention and investigation.
3 credit hoursThe placement of the security function within an organization. The role of the security manager in developing a program to protect assets and reduce illegal losses, to protect against acts of terrorism, and to provide protection for personnel. The application of management techniques to the operation of the organization’s security division, including personnel recruitment and selection. Development of security survey techniques, identification of security risks, and techniques used to eliminate opportunities for theft, other crimes, and terrorist acts.
3 credit hoursAn analysis of the legal background of private and proprietary security. Critical current legal issues in the private security field including terrorism issues. Legal and cooperative relationships between private and proprietary security operations and public law enforcement agencies.
CJA 4900 - Readings in Criminal Justice Administration
3 or 6 credit hoursPrerequisite: Open only to Criminal Justice Administration majors and minors. For the advanced student who is capable of independent study. Readings and research projects are expected in a particular area of criminal justice relevant to the individual student’s interests. Preparation of an annotated bibliography and report required and variable dependent on the amount of credit hours. Arrangements should be made with the instructor prior to registration. The student should be expected to have 45 contact hours for 3 hours of credit or 90 contact hours for 6 hours of credit. May be repeated for 3 hours of credit if for only 3 hours of credit previously; a maximum of 6 hours total course granted as credit in this program.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: CJA 1100 or permission of instructor. Compares the American criminal justice system with those in other countries. Examines historical origins, structural differences, and varying degrees of effectiveness and efficiency in law enforcement, courts, and corrections in selected nations. Explores challenges posed by the globalization of crime and terrorism.
3 credit hoursDance as an expressive art form, a symbolic language, and an integral aspect of world cultures. Lecture/discussion course for the general student population. Not a performance or activity course. TBR Common Course: DANC 1005
2 credit hoursModern dance techniques; emphasis on exploration of fundamentals of dance as a form of artistic communication. For students with little or no previous experience in modern dance. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
2 credit hoursContemporary jazz dance techniques; emphasis on exploration of fundamentals of dance as a form of artistic communication. For students with little or no previous experience in jazz dance. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
2 credit hoursTap dance techniques; emphasis on exploration of the fundamentals of dance as a form of artistic communication. For students with little or no previous experience in tap dance. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
2 credit hoursClassical ballet techniques; emphasis on exploration of ballet as a classical art form. For students with little or no experience in ballet. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
DANC 1050 - Dance Performance Workshop for Governor’s School for the Arts
2 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Dance practicum for students involved with the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts. Designed to give experience in specific areas of dance study while students prepare for the Finale production.
1 credit hourThe study of a variety of physical conditioning methods, somatic practices, and injury prevention techniques that promote movement efficiency and physical development of the dancer’s body.
2 credit hoursIntermediate modern dance techniques. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
2 credit hoursIntermediate jazz dance techniques. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
2 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2010 or permission of instructor. Intermediate/Advanced studio technique. Meets four and one-half hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
2 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2020 or permission of instructor. Intermediate/Advanced jazz dance techniques. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
2 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2030 or permission of instructor. Advanced tap dance techniques. Meets three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
2 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2040. Intermediate/Advanced ballet techniques. Meets for three hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
1 credit hourPrerequisite: DANC 3040 or permission of instructor. Study of pointe work with an emphasis on building strength, coordination, stability, proper alignment, and correct execution within the traditional format of a ballet class. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits with permission of instructor.
Explores improvisation as a mode of dance training, creative inquiry, and performance practice. Students introduced to specific improvisational structures, approaches and scores, and will develop improvisational strategies within contemporary dance performance.
DANC 3600 - Teaching Creative Movement for Children
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 2000-level dance technique courses in ballet or modern dance and permission of department. Dance as a viable activity that can enhance the learning process. Explores the discipline of dance as basic to an education for all people. Educational and aesthetic theories and practices related to fashioning developmentally appropriate dance experiences for children. Offered even-numbered fall semesters only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Performance-level techniques and choreography for solo and ensemble pieces in both classical and contemporary styles. Meets four and one-half hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits with permission of instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite:DANC 3010. Pre-professional level techniques and choreography for contemporary dance. Meets four hours per week. May be repeated twice with permission of instructor. Students will be expected to develop proficiency in multiple movement styles and learn advanced repertory.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Exploration of movement, technique sequences, and choreographic forms; basic elements of notation. Offered fall semester only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 4100 or permission of instructor. Directed study of a choreographic project. Exploration of choreographic techniques to develop an original group dance and the execution of plans for costumes, lighting, make-up, and sound. Offered spring semester only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Techniques of dance for musicals, comedies, operas, television, and stage and choreography for these forms.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Approval of chair or dance faculty. Students assigned to work with professional dance companies or arts centers. Pass/Fail.
DANC 4200 - Women in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Dance
3 credit hoursExamines dance as a field whose content shaped the identity of women in the United States. Representation and objectification of women in dance as it evolved and changed throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Offered odd-numbered spring semesters only.
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of department; must have taken DANC 4100 and/or demonstrate proficiency in modern dance technique at the intermediate level. Allows students to explore topics not covered in regular dance curriculum enhancing student’s breadth of knowledge and career preparedness. Content varies based on faculty or guest artist instructing class. Topic, method of instruction, and prerequisite will be determined at time of scheduling. Course may be repeated.
DANC 4570 - The Body Intelligent: A Study of the Alexander Technique
3 credit hours(Same as MUS 4570/THEA 4570.) For those interested in improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support, flexibility, and coordination in daily activities.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2010 or DANC 2040. An experiential study of the human body in rest and in motion. Emphasis on the skeletal and muscular systems in consideration of applications to dance performance, teaching and creative processes, injury prevention and rehabilitation, nutrition, environmental effects on the human body, and the emerging area of dance medicine while training for classical ballet and modern dance. Offered spring semester only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: DANC 1010 and DANC 2010 or DANC 1040 and DANC 2040. Theory and practice of teaching classical ballet and modern dance techniques based on sound anatomical and kinesiological principles.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: DANC 2000 A survey of dance from primitive to the present with an emphasis on the style and techniques of dance as it was performed.Offered fall semester only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Available only to students in Theatre and Dance who have completed 50 percent of their coursework in their major and have an overall GPA of 3.2 for their last 30 hours of study; permission of department required. Proposals must be submitted and approved by theatre and dance faculty the semester prior to the beginning of the semester of enrollment. Individualized intensive instruction for students to pursue research and creative activity in a specified area.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Successful completion of 75 credit hours and permission of department. A capstone to the dance student’s undergraduate career and preparation for transition to the professional world or graduate study. Includes lectures, workshops, professional guest speakers, and discussion sessions. Students will complete various paper-based projects, a capstone research project, resume, and portfolio construction.
3 credit hours(Same as BIA 1500.) Introduces basic principles and tools as well as its general mindset in data science. Concepts on how to solve a problem with data include business and data understanding, data collection and integration, exploratory data analysis, predictive modeling, descriptive modeling, data product creation, evaluation, and effective communication.
3 credit hours(Same as STAT 3550.) Prerequisite: CSCI 1170. An overview of the modeling process used in data science. Covers the ethics involved in data science, data preprocessing, regression models, classification models, and presenting the model.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Placement pretesting. Intensive study of all mathematical operations with whole numbers, decimals and fractions, percent and equivalency, units of measure, word problems, geometry, graphs, elementary probability, and statistics. (All DSP 0700 courses are taught by Motlow State Community College faculty on the MTSU campus.)
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Placement pretesting. Intensive practice in identifying main ideas, sequencing, locating facts, using contextual clues, drawing conclusions, and making inferences. (All DSP 0700 courses are taught by Motlow State Community College faculty on the MTSU campus.)
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Placement pretesting. Intensive practice in paragraph and sentence construction; intensive review of basics of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Skills refined through individualized laboratory work. (All DSP 0700 courses are taught by Motlow State Community College faculty on the MTSU campus.)
3 credit hours(Same as CDFS 2350.) Child development theories. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development of the child, conception to three years of age. Diversity issues affecting development addressed. Twelve hours observation outside of class time required.
3 credit hours(Same as CDFS 3310.) Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development of the child from birth to eight years of age. Diversity issues affecting development addressed. Fifteen hours observation outside of class time required.
9 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to the teacher education program; ECE 4300/ECE 4301 or ECE 4380/ECE 4381; ECE 4375/ECE 4376; ELED 3150. A field-based course in which students observe and actively work in pre-K to grade 3 classrooms. Includes mentoring from a university instructor and classroom cooperating teacher, competency modules, and problem-based learning cases to develop skills related to classroom management, assessment, supporting diverse learners, using evidence-based instructional strategies, collaborating with colleagues, and developing relationships with families.
12 credit hoursPrerequisites: Successful completion of professional education requirements; admission to teacher education; major requirements in Early Childhood Education with at least a C- grade in each course; senior or graduate standing; minimum grade point average of 2.75 overall. Full semester of supervised teaching experience in two placements in the public schools. Pass/Fail.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 2350/CDFS 2350; ECE 3310/CDFS 3310; ECE 4320; ECE 4370; admission to teacher education program. Corequisite: ECE 4301. May be taken concurrently with ECE 4320; if not taken concurrently must be a prerequisite. May not be taken concurrently with ECE 4380. Advanced information and skills working with three- and four-year olds. Lab interaction with children; planning and implementation of curriculum. Three hours laboratory plus two-hour seminar per week.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 2350/CDFS 2350; ECE 3310/CDFS 3310; ECE 4300, ECE 4370, and ECE 4380 may be taken concurrently; admission to teacher education program. In-depth study of assessment and evaluation of child development and early childhood environments for the purpose of planning instructional programs and environments for young children (birth-8). Strategies for gathering and recording information about children, including families and other professionals in the assessment process, and evaluation environments emphasized. Three hours lecture/discussion.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education. Examines diverse early care and education settings and their influence on child development. Emphasis on program planning and administration in early childhood settings. One hour per week of observation required.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 2350/CDFS 2350 and ECE 3310/CDFS 3310. Knowledge and skills necessary for implementing developmentally appropriate practices in programs serving children birth to age eight.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 4370; SPED 3010; prerequisite or corequisite: ECE 4320; admission to Teacher Education program. Corequisite: ECE 4376. Study of emergent literacy and literacy concepts, birth through grade three. Includes methods of teaching and assessing literacy in a diverse environment. Use of children’s media and literature addressed. Three hours lecture plus two-hour morning experiential field placement weekly.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: ECE 4375. Enhances use of evidence-based literacy instruction and assessment practices on reading and writing for young children (birth to 8 years old). Provides a more in-depth method of teaching and assessing literacy after the completion of ECE 4375. Includes 24 hours of field experience with children birth to 8 years old.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 2350/CDFS 2350, ECE 3310/CDFS 3310, ECE 4370; admission to teacher education program. Corequisite: ECE 4381. May be taken concurrently with ECE 4320; must be a prerequisite if not taken concurrently. May not be taken concurrently with ECE 4300. Advanced knowledge and skills for working with infants and toddlers (birth-3). Lab participation involving interactions with children as well as planning and implementing curriculum required. A three-hour laboratory and a two-hour seminar per week.
3 credit hours(Same as FIN 2010.) Includes budgeting and saving techniques, tax planning, insurance principles, consumer credit, housing, investment alternatives, and retirement and estate issues.
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics
3 credit hoursAs an aid to understanding modern economic society: economic concepts of national income and its fluctuations, inflation, unemployment, role of the banking system, monetary and fiscal policies, and international topics.
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics
3 credit hoursAs an aid to understanding modern economic society: economic concepts of consumer and firm behavior; the pricing of goods, services, and productive factors; international topics; and an overview of the American economy.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410 and ECON 2420; or permission of instructor. An in-depth study of a special topic in economics. Interested students should contact the instructor for specifics.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410; junior standing. Basic introduction to the functions of financial institutions and markets in the conduct of domestic and international economic transactions. Within financial market context, focus on special role that money plays as an asset and a determinant of the price level, the cause of inflation and inflation’s effects on interest rates and borrowing costs, and the influence of Federal Reserve actions (monetary policy) on money and interest rates.
3 credit hours(Same as FIN 3430.) Prerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Economic foundations of federal tax and expenditure policies. Current issues in federal budget policy. Policy applications illustrating key concepts such as public goods, externalities, income distribution, tax incidence, tax equity, and allocative efficiency. Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Analysis of national income, employment, and price levels. Monetary and fiscal policies; international economic relations. Note: For Economics B.S. and B.B.A. majors only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior or senior standing; admission into the College of Business. Second semester of microeconomic theory following ECON 2420. Topics include consumer choice, the labor supply model, the life cycle model, choice under uncertainty, production and supply, the cost of production, perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, game theory, and the human capital model. For Economics B.B.A. and B.S. students only.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing preferred. Applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of legal rules and institutions. Examines the economics tools lawyers and experts use in analyzing antitrust issues. Topics include intellectual property rights, measuring compensatory damages in liability cases, current legal issues such as tort reform, the role of economics in bargaining and settlement, and antitrust law topics such as mergers and price-fixing.
3 credit hours(Same as FIN 4260.) Prerequisites: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00) and admission into the College of Business. Examines the structure and functioning of our monetary-financial system. Emphasis on the institutional process of financial intermediation in the financial marketplace and the role that specific institutions and instruments play.
3 credit hours(Same as FIN 4310). Prerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420, and admission into the College of Business. Current issues in taxation, theory of income taxation, consumption taxes, property and wealth taxes. Advanced treatment of tax incidence, tax efficiency, income distribution, fiscal federalism, and state and local budget issues.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2420; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Economic analysis of the antitrust laws and their enforcement: price-fixing, collusion, mergers, monopolization, and vertical arrangements. Economics theories of regulation/deregulation applied to actual regulatory policies: natural monopoly; price and entry regulation; health, safety, and environmental regulation; and intellectual property. Includes historical development as well as current applications.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410 or ECON 2420; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Current issues and theories, returns to training and education (human capital), earnings differences; union impacts and government regulation of labor relations and labor markets; human resource information system modeling, including applied PC or mainframe data analysis and integration of Internet information sources.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Differences between domestic trade and international trade, foundations of international trade, economic effects of free trade and restricted trade; mechanisms of international payments and structure of balance of payments; history and contemporary issues of trade policies and world monetary systems.
ECON 4470 - Economic Development of the Third World
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Conditions and problems of the less-developed countries; causes, processes, and consequences of economic development; introduction to basic growth models, development theories, and strategies for development. Economic as well as noneconomic factors studied.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission into the College of Business and junior standing preferred. Analysis of state and local economies in the United States. Topics include local economic development; data sources for the analysis of local economies; comparing local economies; employment and the labor force; income and earnings; population and housing; identifying driving industries; impact analysis; cluster analysis; underemployment; local workforces; human capital; location, infrastructure, and natural resources; regional development policy; recruiting; tax incentives; technology and green policy; and examining short-term and long-term policy issues.
3 credit hours(Same as BLAW 4490 and MGMT 4490.) Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business and junior standing. Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations; emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420, and admission into the College of Business. Economic problems of urban communities, including problems resulting from population shifts to suburbia; urban planning; land utilization; revenue structures; urban renewal; transportation; problems of minority and poverty groups.
3 credit hours(Same as MGMT 4510.) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. The collective bargaining process: its evolution in the public and private sectors and its contemporary legal environment; compensation, institutional and administrative issues; strikes and impasse resolution procedures.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2420; MATH 1630 or MATH 1810 or MATH 1910; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Familiarity with time value of money, spreadsheet, and regression analysis helpful. Microeconomic theories in depth; emphasizes practical applications in economic decisions. Topics cover fundamental economic concepts, theory of demand, theory of production, theory of cost, optimization, forecasting, game strategy in oligopolistic rivalry, long-term investment, and regression analysis.
ECON 4600 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission into the College of Business and junior standing preferred. Problems of environmental quality and natural resource scarcity from an economic perspective. Topics include interaction between the environment and the economy, benefits and costs of environmental regulation, use of incentives to achieve least-cost pollution control, international environmental issues such as global warming, the role of natural resources in the U.S. economy, problems associated with natural resource scarcity and depletion, and problems related to consumption of renewable resources.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; MATH 1810 or MATH 1910; junior standing, and admission into the College of Business. The application of statistical methods to economic problems; covers statistical inference, regression analysis in economics and finance, and an introduction to econometrics. Emphasis on applications to actual economic data and includes use of econometric software.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. Compares economic institutions and performance among nations; presents the historical and cultural context of economic evolution in selected nations; and examines the relationship between institutional arrangements and outcomes such as prosperity, liberty, and equality.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Background of modern economic thought; ancient economic thought; the main current of developing economic analysis through feudalism, mercantilism, and the physiocrats; Adam Smith and the classical economists; rebels and the neoclassical economists; twentieth-century contributions.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2420; junior standing preferred. Introduces the application of economic models to health and the health care industry. Topics include individual health behaviors, demand for health care, health insurance and other institutions in health care markets, the role of government in health care, and health care reform. Empirical results and policy applications discussed.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing preferred. Economic theories in the areas of public finance, labor markets, game theory, industrial organization, and price theory studied within the context of sports. Examines common misperceptions about sports-related statistical data and relates it to issues in the broader economy. Topics include benefits and costs of financing sports arenas, structure and competitiveness of sports leagues, antitrust exemptions, effects of title IX regulations, labor bargaining and negotiations, wage and price determination. Explores issues in collegiate sports such as potential for crowding out other college programs (the prisoner’s dilemma).
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 2420; admission into the College of Business; and junior standing. Economic analysis of issues arising in the recorded music industry largely in response to Internet availability of music formats. Topics include structure, conduct, and performance of the industry; optimal copyright policy; the economics of digital piracy; superstars and variety; payola; economics of two-sided markets; policy analysis; and evaluation of effects on social welfare.
3 credit hours(Same as FIN 4780.) Prerequisites: ECON 2410 and ECON 2420; admission into the College of Business; junior standing preferred. Concepts in behavioral economics and finance. Focuses on common behavioral tendencies not well integrated into standard neoclassical economic theory. Topics include other regarding preferences, risk aversion, sunk cost fallacies, endowment effects, and common biases and errors in judgment and decision making. Explores applications of these concepts in finance and other areas of business.
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business; and recommendation of advisor. Supervised work experience in cooperating business firms or governmental agencies together with specialized academic study relating to the work experience. Pass/Fail.