SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
COURSE SYLLABUS
Department of Economics and Finance Course No: EC498
Revised August 2002
Title of Course: Economics Seminar
I. Catalog Description and Credit Hours of Course
Assigned readings and a paper designed around a specific economic issue. Intended to integrate economic analysis and reasoning from both macro and microeconomic perspectives. 1 credit hour.
II. Co-requisites/Prerequisite(s)
EC410 Macroeconomic Theory
EC420 Microeconomic Theory
Prerequisite(s):
Senior Standing
Declared Economics major or minor
III. Purposes or Objectives of the Course
The purpose(s) of the course are:
1. to assist the student in integrating economic analysis and reasoning around current economic topics.
2. to assist the student in the transition from undergraduate status to the world of work and/or graduate study.
3. to allow the opportunity for assessment of the quality of the students' achievement.
IV. Expectations of Students
The average student should plan to spend two hours on outside preparation for each hour of class. Each student is expected to participate in class discussion. Reading assignments are to be completed by the assigned date. Each student will write analyses of articles from a variety of sources.
V. Course Outline
1. Introduction/procedures/purposes
2. The research process
4. Data analysis
5. Exploration of the topics
6. Current Internet resources resources
7. Transition to the world of work/graduate school
Examples: Field trip to local bank, area graduate
school, speakers from the community, discussion
of career paths
8. Presentation of article analyses
VI. Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Materials or Equipment
Dependent on topics
VII. Basis of Student Evaluation
Students will be evaluated according to the quality of their written work, on the quality of the presentation, and on class participation in discussion and activities. Students are required to complete the MFAT in Economics examination.
