CORE THEORY
The
courses listed below, required of Political Economy and/or Economics track
majors, constitute the core of the Barnard Economics major.
ECON BC 3033x, y
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Systematic
exposition of current macroeconomic theories of unemployment, inflation,
and international
financial adjustments. Weekly recitation section to complement lectures. —Staff
Prerequisites: An introductory course in economics and a functioning
knowledge of high school algebra and analytical geometry or permission
of the instructor. ECON W3213 (at Columbia) may be stubsituted for BC3033.
4 points. [syllabi:S'07-Harrison | F'04-Harrison |
S'00-Harrison]
ECON
BC 3035x, y
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Preferences and demand;
production, cost, and supply; behavior of markets in partial equilibrium;
resource allocation in general equilibrium; pricing of goods and services
under alternative market structures; implications of individual decision-making
for labor supply; income distribution, welfare, and public policy. Emphasis
on problem solving. Weekly recitation section to complement lectures. —Staff
Prerequisites: An introductory course in microeconomics and one semester of calculus or ECON BC1007, or permission
of the instructor. ECON W3211 (at Columbia) may be substituted for BC3035.
4 points. [syllabi: F'04-Dye | F'03-Dye]
ECON
BC 3041x, y
Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy
Intellectual origins
of the main schools of thought in political economy. Study of the founding
texts in
classical political economy, Marxian economics, neoclassicism, and Keynesianism. —Staff
Prerequisite: An introductory course in economics or permission of
the instructor.
3 points. [syllabi: S'07-Weiman | F'04-Weiman | S'03-Weiman]
