ECON 395 - Special Topics in Economics

Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: At least one course from among ECON 203, 210, or 211. Course emphasis and prerequisites change from term to term and will be announced prior to preregistration. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A maximum of nine credits chosen from all special topics in economics courses may be used, with permission of the department head, toward requirements for the economics major.

FALL 2016, ECON 395-01: Topic: Sport Fisher Preferences (3). Prerequisite: ECON 203 and instructor consent. An applied research course focused on the development of sustainable sport fishing opportunities to aid communities in Amazonas, Brazil. Preferences of US sport fishers are examined through a choice modeling approach. Students implement surveys and interpret data using statistical techniques. Kahn.