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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECT ON POLIT'L ECON (EC4037)

As the bridge-course for the major in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, this team-taught course offers a multidisciplinary perspective on key questions of political economy. First presenting the similarities and differences between philosophical, political and economic approaches to political and economic rationality, the course offers varied analyses of representation and government, the commons, security, inequality and debt. The overall purpose of the course is to engage students, at various levels of theoretical abstraction and empirical precision, with the fundamental issues lying between ethics, politics, and economics.

SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (EC4090)

The senior research seminar in economics and finance provides students with a capstone experience. Using
quantitative tools, students will embark on an empirical research project in economics or finance that interests
them most.

TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (EC4091)

Topics vary by semester

SENIOR PROJECT (EC4095)

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form.
(Download: https://fd10.formdesk.com/aup/SeniorProjectApplication)

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT (EC5063)

The course will introduce economists' basic concepts and analytical frameworks to study behavior and decision-making. Students will learn how to employ these concepts to analyze organizational, social, and environmental real-world problems from an economics perspective. We will explore some limitations inherent in economic analysis addressing 21st-century challenges such as anthropogenic climate change and social responsibility. The prerequisites of the course are a graduate standing.

TOPICS IN ECONOMICS (EC5091)

Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.

GRAMMAR FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS (EN0700)

This is a six-week course for people who speak English but who have never learned how to talk or think about how the language is structured. This course will be particularly helpful for students having trouble with grammatical aspects of their writing and for those trying to learn another language but who lack the concepts and vocabulary to discuss how language, even their own, is structured.

INTENSIVE WRITING (EN0850)

Prepares students to become proficient writers of academic English. Reviews grammar in the context of writing. Students learn the essential steps of writing, such as planning, organization, mechanics, word choice, style, and editing.

ADVANCED INTENSIVE WRITING (EN0950)

Formerly EN 001. Helps students develop greater sophistication, nuance, and style in writing academic papers in English. Allows students to practice all the phases of preparing and producing quality academic writing, including critical thinking, essay planning, outlining and organization, proofreading, editing, and rewriting. Although this course carries 6 credits, it does not fulfill the University's English requirement

PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING (EN1000)

Emphasizes the stages required to produce a polished, articulate essay by practicing the necessary components of excellent academic writing: sharpening critical thinking skills, organizing ideas, choosing appropriate and dynamic words, varying prose style, editing, refining, and proofreading. Although this course carries 4 credits, it does not fulfill the University's English requirement.