ECON 640. Econometrics (3)
Prerequisites: Economics 321; Mathematics 120 or 121 or 150.
Measurement in economics. Use of economic models involving multiple regression analysis, simultaneous equation systems, and time series analysis.

ECON 640L. Econometrics Laboratory I (1)
Two hours of laboratory for 12 weeks.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Economics 640.
Data analysis and econometric modeling using SAS. Applied statistical skills and SAS programming skills necessary to perform advanced data analysis to construct datasets, build, and estimate statistical models covered in Economics 640

ECON 641. Applied Research in Econometrics (3)
Prerequisite: Economics 640.
Econometric applications and techniques including discrete choice, panel data simultaneous equations and time series. Data analysis and statistical software training in STATA, SAS, and SPSS

ECON 641L. Econometrics Laboratory II (1)
Two hours of laboratory for 12 weeks.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Economics 641.
Data analysis and econometric modeling using STATA. Applied statistical skills and STATA programming skills necessary to perform advanced data analysis to construct datasets, build, and estimate statistical models covered in Economics 641.

Econ 696: Seminar in Health Economics & Policy Studies (3)
Prerequisites: Economics 640, 640L, 641, and 641L.
Economics of risky behaviors to include crime, health, and labor policies affecting at-risk, vulnerable populations. Public policy research on theoretical and empirical contributions.

P H 645. Health Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Public Health 641.
Economics of health care, including supply and demand factors, efficiency, incentives facing physicians, hospitals, and health plans, economic evaluation of provider performance, health workforce issues, and cost-effectiveness analysis.

P H 648. Health Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Public Health 641.
History and future of health policy. Research on major health policy issues including economic, social, ethical, and political forces that influence priorities and decisions. Role of government and private sector in health care

ECON 403. Health Economics (3)
Prerequisites: Economics 101 and 102; Economics 201 or Statistics 119 or 250; Mathematics 120, 124, or 150.
Apply economic principles and statistical techniques to production of health and delivery of health services. Business structures of delivery systems and incentives for providers and patients. Comp

ECON 485. Law and Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Economics 102.
Impact of legal rules on implicit prices for consumer and firm behavior, distribution of resources, economic efficiency. Background on laws surrounding property, contracts, torts, the judicial process, and crime, with focus on effects of laws on consumers and producers.