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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Economics
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
ECON 201-0 Sec. 26
Introduction to Macroeconomics
CAESAR Class Number: 40052
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/31
MWF 1 - 3pm
Mark Witte
This course will be held in Andersen Hall room 3245.
Scarcity and choice; elements of demand and supply; determinants of aggregate output, employment, inflation, growth, and balance of payments. Prerequisites: ability to do algebra and draw graphs. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
ECON 202-0 Sec. 28
Introduction to Microeconomics
CAESAR Class Number: 40054
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 11am - 1pm
Aldo Heffner
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2380.
Consumers' and producers' influences on structure of output and prices and distribution of income. Social efficiency in resource allocation. Government impact on allocative efficiency and distributive equity. Prerequisite: ECON 201. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III.
ECON 281-0 Sec. 26
Introduction to Applied Econometrics
CAESAR Class Number: 40056
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/31
MWF 11am - 1pm
Steffen Habermalz
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4425.
Estimation and analysis of a variety of empirical econometric models. Descriptive statistics, univariate regression, multiple regression, simultaneous equations, and forecasting. Prerequisite: ECON 201, 202; MATH 220; STAT 210; or equivalent.
ECON 307-0 Sec. 28
Economics of Medical Care
CAESAR Class Number: 42742
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 1 - 3pm
Keziah Cook
This course will be held in Andersen Hall room 3245.
Effects of medical care on health; health insurance, public and private demand for medical care, and the market for medical care; regulation of hospitals and physicians; roles of nonprofit and for-profit organizations; technological change. Pre-requisites: 281, 310-1,2.
ECON 308-0 Sec. 28 
Money and Banking
CAESAR Class Number: 42738
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 8/12
MW 6:30 - 8:30pm
Eric Schulz
This course will be held in University Hall room 122.
Nature of money and bank credit. Development, functions, and operation of monetary standards and credit systems. Banking and credit policies; price levels. Interrelationships of domestic and foreign monetary systems. Prerequisites: 281, 310-1, 311.
ECON 310-1 Sec. 28
Microeconomics I
CAESAR Class Number: 40058
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 8/12
MW 3 - 5pm
Eric Schulz
This course will be held in University Hall room 122.
Consumer behavior and the theory of demand; production, cost, supply functions; choices under uncertainty, insurance, competitive equilibrium; subsidies, taxes, price controls; monopoly and monopsony. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202, and MATH 220.
ECON 311-0 Sec. 28
Intermediate Macroeconomics
CAESAR Class Number: 40516
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 6:30 - 8:30pm
Sorin Maruster
This course will be held in Tech Institute room M152.
Macroeconomics and monetary policy. Behavior of economy as a whole. Income, inflation, unemployment, and growth; consumption, investment, and rate of interest; monetary and fiscal policy. This course counts toward the Weinberg College social and behavioral sciences distribution requirement, Area III. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202, MATH 220.
ECON 326-0 Sec. 28
Economics of Developing Countries
CAESAR Class Number: 42739
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 6:30 - 8:30pm
Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan
This course will be held in University Hall room 122.
Structure, performance, and problems of developing economies. Topics may include land use, labor, migration, credit, insurance, and famine. Prerequisites: 281, 310-1,2, 311.
ECON 349-0 Sec. 28
Industrial Economics
CAESAR Class Number: 42740
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/13
TuTh 9 - 11am
James Hornsten
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2380.
Price and efficiency performance of American industries representative of various types of market structures and practices. Prerequisites: 281, 310-1,2.
ECON 370-0 Sec. 26
Environmental and Resource Economics
CAESAR Class Number: 42741
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/31
MWF 9 - 11am
Mark Witte
This course will be held in Andersen Hall room 3245.
Externalities and the role of property rights, pollution, waste disposal, common property problems, renewable resource management, nonrenewable resource use and depletion, recyclable resources, water allocation, and management of public lands. Prerequisites: 281, 310-1,2.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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