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BIOL 191 KS - One-Semester Thesis in Biology All students who intend to complete a one-semester thesis should enroll in this course. Students are required both to submit a substantive written thesis—which may involve experimental work, analysis of datasets previously collected by other researchers, or a critical analysis of the literature—and to make a formal presentation. Students register for this course during the semester in which the one-semester thesis is written and due.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: BIOL191 KS
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BIOL 199 KS - Independent Study in Biology Students who have the necessary qualifications, and who wish to investigate in depth an area of study not covered in regularly scheduled courses, may arrange with a faculty member for independent study under his or her direction. A limited opportunity open to all students with permission of instructor.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 0.5 or 1
Course Number: BIOL199 KS
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CHEM 014L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry The first semester of a year-long study of the structure of matter and the principles of chemical reactions. Topics covered include stoichiometry, periodicity, atomic and molecular structure, bonding theory, enthalpy, and phases of matter. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM014L KS
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CHEM 015L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry The second semester of a year-long study of the structure of matter and the principles of chemical reactions. Topics covered include free energy, equilibrium, kinetics, electrochemistry, acid-base chemistry, and descriptive chemistry. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisite: CHEM 014L KS
Offered: Every spring
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM015L KS
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CHEM 029L KS - Accelerated General Chemistry A one-semester accelerated general chemistry course as an alternative to the year-long Basic Principles of Chemistry sequence (CHEM 014L KS - CHEM 015L KS ) for students with a strong chemistry background. This course will cover atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, equilibria, transition materials, nuclear chemistry, and descriptive inorganic chemistry. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisites: Chemistry AP score of 4 or 5 or Higher Level IB score of 6 or 7 or completion of a comparable honors chemistry course in high school; MATH 030 CM (or concurrent enrollment), and permission of instructor
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM029L KS
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CHEM 040L KS - Introduction to Biological Chemistry This course is designed for first-year students and must be taken concurrently with BIOL 40L. The two courses together cover the topics in and provide an alternative to General Chemistry (CHEM 014L KS ) and Introductory Biology (BIOL 043L KS ) and highlight areas of overlap between the two disciplines. In total, BIOL 40L and CHEM 40L will include 6 hours of lecture and 8 hours of lab per week. Enrollment is by written permission of the instructors. This course has a laboratory fee. Students must enroll in this course and BIOL 040L KS concurrently.
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM040L KS
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CHEM 051L KS - Topics in Forensic Science This course will explore chemical and physical methods used in modern crime detection. Topics as diverse as microscopy, toxicology, serology, fingerprinting. Document examination, DNA analysis, and arson investigation will be examined. Students will use case studies, collaborative work, and online resources extensively throughout the course. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM051L KS
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CHEM 052L KS - From Ancient to Modern Science This course traces the development of science from Ancient Greek traditions through the birth of modern science to the present. It will explore the methods and findings of the Ancients and of modern science, including the Newtonian Synthesis, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Students will participate in laboratory exercises and demonstrations. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM052L KS
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CHEM 069L KS - Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Energy This course deals with selected scientific, technological, and historical issues related to the origins, production, and use of energy by natural systems and by people. Topics include photosynthesis, electricity, fossil fuels, the electrification of Los Angeles, and the origins of the gasoline industry. This course has a laboratory fee. Also listed as BIOL 069L KS .
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM069L KS
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CHEM 070L KS - Land, Air, and Ocean Science This course is an introduction to basic principles of environmental science with application to air and water pollution. Topics including global warming, the ozone hole, acid rain, energy production, sustainable development, etc. will be discussed. We will concentrate on both the scientific explorations and the political implications of such issues. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM070L KS
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CHEM 081L JT - The Science and Business of Medicinal Chemistry An introduction to the basic concepts of medicinal chemistry and the methods of biochemical analysis such as: drug discovery, development and commercialization; a discussion of chemical bonding and the organic functional groups found in drug molecules; and an examination of the physiochemical properties related to drug action (e.g. acid-based properties, equilibria, and stereochemistry). This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM081L JT
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CHEM 116L KS - Organic Chemistry The chemistry of organic compounds developed from considerations of bonding, structure, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction. Selected applications of those principles to biological systems. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisite: CHEM 015L KS (or equivalent) or both semesters of AISS
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM116L KS
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CHEM 117L KS - Organic Chemistry The chemistry of organic compounds developed from considerations of bonding, structure, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction. Selected applications of those principles to biological systems. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisite: CHEM 015L KS (or equivalent) or both semesters of AISS; CHEM 116L KS
Offered: Every spring
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM117L KS
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CHEM 119 KS - Natural Products Chemistry Natural Products Chemistry (half course). This course covers the field known as natural products chemistry. It will explore the main biological sources of natural products, methods for finding, classifying, and identifying potential pharmaceuticals, and the biochemical basis for the production of these compounds through the use of lectures, case studies, and hands-on experience in the laboratory.
Prerequisite: CHEM 117L KS
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM119 KS
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CHEM 121 KS - Principles of Physical Chemistry A course designed to investigate physio-chemical systems through classified thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy.
Prerequisites: CHEM 015L KS and PHYS 031L KS (or PHYS 034L KS ), or both semesters of AISS; and concurrent enrollment in MATH 031 CM ; or instructor permission
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM121 KS
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CHEM 122 KS - Principles of Physical Chemistry A course designed to investigate physio-chemical systems through classical thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy.
Prerequisites: CHEM 015L KS and PHYS 031L KS (or PHYS 034L KS ), or both semesters of AISS; and concurrent enrollment in MATH 032 CM ; or instructor permission
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM122 KS
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CHEM 123 KS - Advanced Organic Chemistry Organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing compounds, which are essential to everyday life. From pharmaceuticals to plastics, the structure of an organic molecule determines its function. This course is designed to introduce students to advanced topics in the field of organic chemistry. Topics covered will expand upon material covered in the CHEM 116L KS /CHEM 117L KS organic sequence, with particular emphasis on stereoelectronic effects in organic reaction mechanisms.
Prerequisite: CHEM 117L KS or instructor permission
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM123 KS
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CHEM 124 KS - Bioanalytical Chemistry This course will examine modern analytical and instrumental techniques as applied to biological systems. Particular focus will be placed on methods that elucidate protein structure and function as well as characterization of nucleic acids. The scope of the course will include fundamental theory and practical applications of spectroscopic methods, electrophoresis, biosensors, centrifugation, immunochemical methods, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and calorimetry.
Prerequisites: BIOL 043L KS , CHEM 116L KS
Offered: Every third year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM124 KS
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CHEM 126L KS - Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry A survey of advanced laboratory techniques including physical chemistry methods, analytical chemistry (especially instrumental methods), and synthesis and characterization of compounds. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisites: CHEM 015L KS , CHEM 117L KS ; PHYS 034L KS (or PHYS 031L KS ); MATH 031 CM . Both semesters of AISS may be used for the introductory chemistry and physics courses. CHEM 121 KS and CHEM 122 KS recommended as co-requisites.
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM126L KS
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CHEM 127L KS - Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry A survey of advanced laboratory techniques including physical chemistry methods, analytical chemistry (especially instrumental methods), and synthesis and characterization of compounds. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisites: CHEM 015L KS , CHEM 117L KS ; PHYS 034L KS (or PHYS 031L KS ); MATH 031 CM . Both semesters of AISS may be used for the introductory chemistry and physics courses. CHEM 121 KS and CHEM 122 KS recommended as co-requisites.
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM127L KS
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CHEM 128 KS - Inorganic Chemistry A survey of the bonding, structure, reactions, mechanisms, and properties of inorganic compounds. Special emphasis will be placed upon transition metal chemistry. Topics will include elementary group theory, atomic structure, ionic and covalent bonding, spectroscopy, molecular orbital theory, periodic trends, bioinorganic chemistry, and organometallic chemistry.
Prerequisites: CHEM 117L KS and CHEM 121 KS (CHEM 121 KS may be taken concurrently)
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM128 KS
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CHEM 130L KS - Inorganic Synthesis This laboratory course will include a variety of synthetic techniques for inorganic compounds. Emphasis will be on transition metal complexes, including organometallic compounds, and some main group compounds will also be prepared. Students will use appropriate spectroscopic methods and chromatography to characterize products. Use of original journal references will be stressed. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisites: CHEM 117L KS and CHEM 121 KS (CHEM 121 KS may be taken concurrently)
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM130L KS
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CHEM 134 KS - Introduction to Molecular Modeling This course provides an introduction to both the theory and practice of current molecular modeling methods. Students use molecular mechanics, molecular orbital theory, and molecular dynamics to study chemical systems ranging from small organic structures to large biomolecules. The computational work is carried out using Spartan, MacroModel, and Gaussian software.
Prerequisites: CHEM 117L KS , CHEM 121 KS
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM134 KS
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CHEM 139 KS - Environmental Chemistry This course is designed to apply the fundamental ideas of chemistry to environmental concepts. Major topics include water, air, and land pollution, industrial ecology, and chemical techniques for environmental analysis and remediation.
Prerequisites: CHEM 014L KS and CHEM 015L KS ; or CHEM 029L KS , or both semesters of AISS .
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM139 KS
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CHEM 172 KS - NMR Spectroscopy Examines fundamental concepts in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a focus on techniques used for organic structure elucidation as well as in vivo spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Hands on experience with data collection and analysis.
Prerequisites: CHEM 117L KS , CHEM 122 KS
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM172 KS
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CHEM 174L KS - Solution Thermodynamics This course applies the laws of chemical thermodynamics to liquid solutions with particular emphasis on volumetric and refractometric studies. It includes both lecture and laboratory. For the latter, the students will work in groups on research projects devised by the instructor using an Anton Paar density meter and refractometer. Students will be required to present their findings in written form. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisite: CHEM 121 KS
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: CHEM174L KS
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CHEM 177 KS - Biochemistry A study of structure and function in living systems at the molecular level. Discussion centers on intermediary metabolism, cellular control mechanisms, and energy flow, with particular emphasis on how this information is developed. Also listed as BIOL 177 KS .
Prerequisites: BIOL 043L KS or both semesters of AISS; CHEM 116L KS and CHEM 117L KS ; or permission of instructor
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM177 KS
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CHEM 188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Chemistr Seniors may apply to do laboratory or field investigation with a faculty member. The topic should be chosen by the end of the junior year. In this course library and lab materials are developed, research begun, and seminar discussion held with faculty members and students in the field of concentration. This is the first course for students doing a two-semester senior project. Seniors may apply to do laboratory or field investigation with a faculty member. The topic should be chosen by the end of the junior year. In this course, library and lab materials are developed, research begun, and seminar discussion held with faculty members and students in the field of concentration. This is the first course for students doing a two-semester senior project. Registration in this course will be followed by registration in CHEM 190L KS . This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM188L KS
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CHEM 189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in Chemistry Students who intend to satisfy a two-semester senior thesis project by conducting a substantial research project during the summer after their junior year should enroll in this course in the fall semester following their research. No credit towards graduation will be awarded for this course. Registration in this course will be followed by registration in CHEM 190L KS .
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 0
Course Number: CHEM189L KS
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CHEM 190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Chemistry, Second Semester Senior laboratory or field investigation research is culminated and results are summarized in a written thesis and formal presentation. This is the second-semester course for those doing a two-semester research thesis. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM190L KS
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CHEM 191 KS - One-Semester Thesis in Chemistry All students who intend to complete a one-semester thesis should enroll in this course. Students are required both to submit a substantive written thesis—which may involve experimental work, analysis of datasets previously collected by other researchers, or a critical analysis of the literature—and to make a formal presentation. Students register for this course during the semester in which the one-semester thesis is written and due.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHEM191 KS
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CHEM 199 KS - Independent Study in Chemistry Students who have the necessary qualifications, and who wish to investigate in depth an area not covered in regularly scheduled courses may arrange with a faculty member for independent study under his or her direction. A limited opportunity open to all students with permission of instructor.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 0.5 or 1
Course Number: CHEM199 KS
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Chicano Studies |
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CHLT 060 CH - Women in the Third World This class explores the lives of women in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and feminist writings that grow out of their experience. It addresses such questions as these: What are their lives like? What are their accomplishments, problems, and priorities? How are they affected by and influenced by programs of economic development? What feminisms have grown out of their varied experiences? Why have these views been overlooked in Western feminist discourses?
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHLT060 CH
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CHLT 115 CH - Gender, Race and Class We will explore the contemporary experiences of African American, American Indian, Asian American/Asian immigrant, Chicano/Latina, and White women, focusing on the social construction of gender and race. We will place the experiences of women of color at the center of analysis, looking at the socioeconomic and political conditions which affect their lives. The power relations in the construction of women’s discourses will be presented as an integral part of the struggle of “minority” groups in the U.S.
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHLT115 CH
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CHLT 154 CH - Latinas in the Garment Industry Research seminar studies the lives and work of Latinas in the garment industry in southern California, using a historical and comparative approach. Origins of this industry in the U.S., unionization efforts, and impact of globalization on women in plants abroad. Emphasis is on contemporary Latinas working the Los Angeles area.
Prerequisite: SOC 030 CH or equivalent
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHLT154 CH
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CHLT 155 CH - Chicana Feminist Epistemology We will learn about the Chicanas’ ways of knowing. We will work toward an understanding of the origins, development and current debates on Chicana feminism in the United States. Through the interdisciplinary study of Chicana writings, we will search for the different epistemologies Chicanas contribute to the debates on feminism and research methods. From the Marxist and Socialist scholars to the postmodern conceptualizations in cultural studies, Chicanas have struggled to conceptualize their identity, struggles, and their own construction of knowledge.
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHLT155 CH
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CHST 067 CH - Chicano Art and Its Antecedents See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHST067 CH
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CHST 070 CH - Regional Dances of Mexico See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHST070 CH
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CHST 073 CH - Pre-Columbian Dance See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: CHST073 CH
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CSCI 051 CM - Introduction to Computer Science First computer science course intended for students planning to complete a sequence or major in computer science or a related field. Students will learn principles of developing object-oriented programs using a modern programming language such as Java. Fundamental concepts covered will include abstraction using classes, control structures, elementary data structures (arrays and linked lists), object-oriented design (using inheritance), elementary algorithms (sorting and searching), recursion, exceptions, debugging, and files. No previous programming experience assumed.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI051 CM
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CSCI 052 CM - Fundamentals of Computer Science A solid foundation in functional programming, procedural and data abstraction, recursion, and problem solving. Applications to key areas of computer science including algorithms and complexity, computer architecture and organization, programming languages, finite automata, and computability. Offered jointly by CMC and Pomona College. This course serves the same role as CSCI 60 at Harvey Mudd College as a prerequisite for upper division computer science courses at any of the Claremont Colleges.
Prerequisite: CSCI 051 CM
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI052 CM
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CSCI 062 CM - Data Structures and Advanced Programming This course builds on the computing concepts and programming skills acquired in CSCI 051 CM . Key topics include abstract data types (including stacks, queues, trees, priority queues, dynamic dictionaries, disjoint sets), classical algorithms (including sorting and searching), analysis of algorithms (including worst-case, average-case, and amortized analysis), and storage management. Extensive practice in implementing these data structures in Java. Includes an introduction to manual memory management in C++. This course serves the same role as CSCI 70 at Harvey Mudd College as a prerequireiste for upper division computer science courses at any of the Claremont Colleges. Offerend jointly by CMC and Pomona College.
Prerequisiste: CSCI 051 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI062 CM
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CSCI 133 CM - Database Systems Representing information about real world enterprises using important data models including the entity-relationship, relational and object-oriented approaches. Database design criteria, including normalization and integrity constraints. Implementation techniques using commercial database management system software. Selected advanced topics such as distributed, temporal, active, and multi-media databases.
Prerequisites: CSCI 081 CM or permission of the instructor
Offered: Every spring
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI133 CM
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CSCI 135 CM - Distributed Software Architecture Software architectures, programming models, and programming environments pertinent to developing Internet applications. Topics include network protocols, client-server model, multi-tier software architecture, client-side scripting (e.g., JavaScript), server-side programming (e.g., Servlets and JavaServer Pages), component reuse (e.g., JavaBeans), database connectivity (e.g., JDBC), web servers, and developing web applications. Requires team project.
Prerequisite: CSCI 062 CM
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI135 CM
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CSCI 181 CM - Special Topics in Computer Science Selected topics in computer science. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: CSCI181 CM
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EA 010 PO - Introduction to Environmental Studies See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: EA 010 PO
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EA 020 PO - Nature, Culture and Society See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: EA 020 PO
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EA 030L KS - Science and the Environment This course is an introduction to the basic principles of environmental science with applications in chemistry, ecology, and geology, and is part of the core course requirements for the Environmental Science major. Topics covered include a discussion of ecosystems, climate change, energy and food production, land resources, pollution, and sustainable development. A full laboratory accompanies the course and will include an emphasis on introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping and analysis. This course has a laboratory fee.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: EA 030L KS
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EA 100L KS - Global Climate Change Introduction to the Earth Sciences with a focus on past and present global climate change. Topics include earth system science, climate change on geologic timescales, and recent climate change. Lectures will include a discussion of primary journal literature about climate change and relevant topics in the media. Lab will include an introduction to proxy methods used to reconstruct past climate variability. This course has a laboratory fee.
Prerequisites: BIOL 043L KS and BIOL 044L KS ; or CHEM 014L KS and CHEM 015L KS (or CHEM 029L KS ); or PHYS 030L KS and PHYS 031L KS ; or PHYS 033L KS and PHYS 034L KS ; or both semesters of AISS.
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: EA 100L KS
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EA 190 PO - Environmental Seminar See Pomona College Catalog for course description.
Credit: 1
Course Number: EA 190 PO
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ECON 030 CM - Internship in the Silicon Valley Taken as part of the Silicon Valley internship program. Students gain experience in an economic, entrepreneurial, information, technology or public policy setting through placement arranged in consultation with the program director.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON030 CM
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ECON 050 CM - Principles of Economic Analysis An introduction to modern economic analysis with emphasis on resource allocation and national income. Stresses the fundamental interdependence of all forms of economic activity in terms of specialization, exchange, and competition. This course fulfills the general education requirement in economics.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON050 CM
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ECON 086 CM - Accounting for Decision Making Principles of financial accounting. Analysis of business transactions and their effect on the three principal financial statements: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement of changes.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON086 CM
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ECON 101 CM - Intermediate Microeconomics An analysis of the determination of price and output under various market conditions, from competition to monopoly. Theories of economic choice are applied to consumers, producers, and resource owners. Techniques of partial equilibrium analysis are stressed.
Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM and some calculus
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON101 CM
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ECON 102 CM - Intermediate Macroeconomics The theoretical background for understanding macroeconomic problems and policy options. Topics include evolution of macro thought; the IS-LM system and some alternatives; theories of consumption, investment, and money; unemployment; inflation; interest; monetarism; rational expectations; and supply side policies.
Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM and some calculus
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON102 CM
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ECON 103 CM - History of Economic Thought The development of economic thought from Smith to Keynes. Emphasis is placed upon the development of analysis, its influence on economic policy, and the historial and philosophical climate in which such developments occured.
Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM and ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON103 CM
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ECON 107 CM - Neuroeconomics The emerging discipline of neuroeconomics combines approaches from psychology, economics, and neuroscience in order to better understand how decision-making is implemented in the brain. In this course, we will discuss basic concepts and seminal findings in this nascent research area, including the neural representation of value, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, and strategic interaction and social reward. Cross-listed as PSYC 107 CM .
Prerequisites: One lower-division psychology course and ECON 050 CM .
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON107 CM
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ECON 109 CM - Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy A study of moral and economic theories as they relate to public policy. Topics may include the moral and economic implications of governmentally sponsored universal health care, welfare reform, progressive taxation and the redistribution of wealth and/or income, and equality of opportunity.
Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM and ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON109 CM
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ECON 118 CM - The Processes of Environmental Policymaking This course focuses on how environmental, conservation, and natural-resource policies are developed and chosen in the policy processes of the United States and other countries. This focus permits examination of the methodologies of evaluating environmental policy options, the processes of policy-making, and the institutions involved in conservation, environmental improvement, and other policies that affect the environment. The analytic approaches include the policy sciences framework for understanding the process itself, the methodologies of ecosystem valuation, and the issues involved with different types of policy instruments for environmental and conservation management. Also listed as GOVT 118 CM .
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON118 CM
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ECON 120 CM - Statistics Introduction to probability theory and the logic of statistical inference with applications to economics and business. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, decision theory, and regression analysis.
Prerequisites: MATH 030 CM and ECON 050 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON120 CM
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ECON 125 CM - Econometrics An introduction to the application of multiple regression techniques for testing and evaluating economic theory. Topics include hypothesis testing, model specification, heteroskedasticity, and serial correlation. Extensive use is made of computers for data handling and estimation.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM , ECON 102 CM , ECON 120 CM , or permission of instructor
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON125 CM
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ECON 126 CM - Microeconometrics An advanced course in the application of econometric techniques for analyzing micro-level data (entities such as individuals, firms, states, countries, etc.). Topics include instrumental variable estimation, panel data models with fixed effects, maximum likelihood estimation, and dependent variables such as indicators (binary variables), categories, counts, and durations.
Prerequisite: ECON 125 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON126 CM
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ECON 127 CM - Special Topics in Econometrics: Economic and Financial Forecasting An introduction to time series models with applications to macroeconomics and finance. Topics include single equation forecasting techniques (ARIMA) and system (VAR) estimation, unit roots estimation and testing, and GARCH models.
Prerequisite: ECON 125 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON127 CM
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ECON 129 CM - Game Theory Introduction to economics decision-making in strategic interdependent settings where the outcome of your actions depends also on the actions of others. This course will introduce and develop various concepts, including: Strategies, Payoffs, Players, Rationality, and various concepts of Equilibrium which will help us analyze strategic behavior by individuals and firms. These concepts will be illustrated using a variety of economic models from industrial organization such as: oligopoly, bankruptcy law, takeover deterrents, collusion in the stock market, patent races, auctions, bargaining, and models of asymmetric information such as principal-agent and the “lemon” problem. We will analyze famous games like the prisoner’s dilemma, the battle of the sexes, and the voting decision.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 120 CM or equivalent
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON129 CM
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ECON 134 CM - Corporate Finance This course will serve as an introduction to various topics in financial economics. Some of the topics introduced will include the time value of money, valuation and yield determinations for various financial assets, risk and return, basic portfolio theory, financial options, and efficient markets theory. Students will be introduced to several computer based statistical packages and will be required to use these packages to analyze financial data.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 120 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON134 CM
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ECON 134B CM - Advanced Corporate Finance Intended as a second course in corporate finance, this course provides an in-depth analysis of how financial managers can create value through financial, strategic, and operating decisions. Topics include: advanced discounted valuation methods, valuation of risky debt, option pricing related to firm debt and equity, real options, corporate risk management, information and market efficiency, and equity-based compensation.
Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON134B CM
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ECON 135 CM - Money and Banking An analysis of the role of commercial banks, the Federal Reserve, and financial intermediaries in the creation and control of money. The effect of monetary policy upon national aggregates is considered in the short- and the long-run.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 102 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON135 CM
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ECON 136 CM - Derivatives Course participants apply economic theory to the analysis of financial markets and the operation of a computer-simulated financial intermediary. Students learn to analyze financial statements, develop and implement asset/liability management strategies, and coordinate activities in management teams. Analysis of the operation of a simulated commercial bank is supplemented with analysis of actual financial intermediaries with the assistance of their officers. Students use spreadsheet programs and prepare and present written and oral reports.
Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM and ECON 134 CM or permission of instructor
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON136 CM
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ECON 137 CM - Special Topics in Corporate Finance An advanced treatment and analysis of financial decisions made by corporations. Topics covered include an introduction to capital budgeting, asset pricing models, determination of the cost of capital, capital budgeting under uncertainty, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management.
Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM and ECON 134 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON137 CM
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ECON 138 CM - Current Issues in Money and Finance Focuses on a number of major current issues in monetary and financial policy. Topics include the political and economic forces that stimulate inflationary pressures, the debate over the effects of fiscal deficits, and strategies for conducting monetary policy in a world of financial innovations and international interdependence. Practicum component requires collaboration on a research project that will be orally presented to an appropriate outside mentor.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM , ECON 102 CM , and ECON 120 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON138 CM
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ECON 139 CM - Topics in Investments and Valuation An advanced treatment and analysis of capital markets, financial instruments and portfolio theory. Topics covered include asset valuation, risk measurement and control, and portfolio design for large institutions. Portfolio simulations are used to test theories. Computer background recommended.
Prerequisites: ECON 102 CM and ECON 134 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON139 CM
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ECON 140 CM - The World Economy A survey of international trade, financial markets, and monetary relations, including their analytical foundations, empirical and institutional manifestations, and policy implications.
Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON140 CM
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ECON 141 CM - International Economics A survey of international trade theory and policy, open-economy macroeconomics, and international financial markets.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 102 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON141 CM
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ECON 142 CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries This seminar course addresses the question of how countries dependent on natural resources ought to husband these resources and invest the proceeds productively. It employs the policy sciences framework to explore the political and economic-policy challenges of minimizing the abuse of resource endowments due to mis-pricing, corruption, intra-governmental conflicts, and perverse governance arrangements. It examines why governments seem to abuse natural resources willfully, what forms of privatization hold promise for better resource use, what fiscal and governance arrangements are optimal for the relationship between government and state natural-resource agencies, and whether resource abundance is actually a “curse” rather than an advantage for a country’s economic and political development. The cases will be drawn predominantly from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Also listed as GOVT 132E CM .
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and GOVT 020 CM
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON142 CM
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ECON 143 CM - The Chinese Economy This course examines China’s phenomenal economic growth since reforms began in 1978. In assessing China’s policy record and the challenges the country now faces, topics covered include population and employment; agriculture and rural development; enterprise ownership, governance, and performance; investment and finance; international trade; exchange rate issues and macro imbalances; monetary and fiscal policy; social equity and public services; local governance and civil society; and energy, resources, and the environment. Class format involves a mix of lecture, discussion, and student project reports.
Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON143 CM
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ECON 145 CM - International Money and Finance Presents basic elements of balance of payments and exchange rate theory and policy, open economy macroeconomics, international financial management, and the evolution of the international monetary system.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 102 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON145 CM
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ECON 148 CM - Regional Economic Integration From Europe and North America to Asia, regional trade and financial integration is a dominant form of trade policy for many countries. It is openly discriminatory and often violates international treaty rules, but it thrives. This course examines the costs and benefits of existing preferential economic integration in Europe, North America, and Asia and considers the future of proposed groupings like the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The increase in recent years of preferential trade arrangements between advanced and poor countries raises important questions about their role in economic development. For its part, financial and monetary integration is a reality in Europe and under serious discussion in many countries, where it is widely viewed as a superior alternative to existing exchange-rate arrangements. Course work includes readings and team-based area studies.
Prerequisites: ECON 141 CM or ECON 101 CM and ECON 102 CM
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON148 CM
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ECON 149 CM - International Accounting, Taxation, and Transfer Prices An introduction to global accounting, cross-listing on national exchanges, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the cost of capital and international accounting standards, U.S. taxation of international transactions, and the allocation of international income among members of a controlled group.
Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON149 CM
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ECON 150 CM - Asset and Income Measurement (Intermediate Accounting I) This course examines both conceptual foundations and practical measurement of assets and income. The course mainly takes the financial statements preparer’s perspective using generally accepted accounting principles. However, a second theme in the course emphasizes interpretation and analysis of accounting information from a user’s perspective.
Prerequisite: ECON 086 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON150 CM
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ECON 151 CM - Strategic Cost Management Explores different systems for measuring organizational costs. Topics include traditional cost measurement systems, such as Job-Order, Process, and Standard Costing Systems, and newer cost measurement systems such as Activity Based Costing and Target Costing Systems. Emphasis is placed upon the use of cost data for managerial decisions.
Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM and ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON151 CM
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ECON 152 CM - Tax Planning Surveys the consequences of a variety of tax plans based on discretionary principles of tax recognition and treatment. Basic planning concepts are introduced for addressing the tax interests of business units and individual investors.
Prerequisite: ECON 086 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON152 CM
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ECON 154 CM - Financial Statement Analysis Combines finance and accounting in a user-oriented, financial statement analysis approach. The goal is to expose students to the usefulness of accounting information for valuation and bankruptcy prediction. Part I introduces ratio analysis and discusses accounting information strengths and limitations. Part II is decision model oriented. It deals with the uses of accounting information for valuation of common stocks and corporate bonds in an efficient market.
Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM and ECON 150 CM or permission of instructor
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON154 CM
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ECON 155 CM - Valuation and Reporting of Financial Liabilities and Equity (Intermediate Accounting II) This course examines both conceptual foundations and practical measurements of liabilities and equity. The course emphasizes the effects of alternative valuation and measurement techniques on the financial statements and the related impact on financial markets. An important theme of the course is the preparation and use of financial information for interpretation and analysis.
Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON155 CM
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ECON 158 CM - Auditing A study of standards and independent verification procedures for business, government, and tax-exempt organizations; methods for surveying adequacy and effectiveness of accounting systems and internal controls; practice in applying auditing procedures and preparing working papers.
Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON158 CM
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ECON 159 CM - Accounting Theory and Research An intensive study of the evolution and development of accounting standards, with emphasis on the normative rather than the descriptive model as well as enhancing the student’s research capabilities.
Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM or permission of instructor
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON159 CM
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ECON 164 CM - Economics of Strategy In a business economics setting, strategy is concerned with long-term “big picture” decision-making, including determining firm boundaries, evaluating the firm’s competitive environment, designing internal organization and compensation structure, and identifying the relation between strategy and organizational decisions. Besides exploring examples of strategic management decisions through case studies, the course develops a formal analytic framework for thinking about strategic management decisions based on recent developments in the fields of economics and strategy, including game theory.
Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM and ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON164 CM
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ECON 165 CM - Industrial Organization Covers the latest theories and empirical evidence concerning the organization of firms and industries. It compares the traditional structure-conduct-performance paradigm with recent advances based on microeconomic theory including transactions cost economics, game theory, strategic behavior, contestability, and information theory. The focus is on applying theories of industrial organization to common business practices and on evaluating U.S. antitrust policy toward these practices.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON165 CM
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ECON 167 CM - Law and Economics An analysis of the importance of law in the allocation of economic resources and of economics in the operation of the legal system. Topics include property and externalities, contracts, torts, criminal law, civil procedure, and the rationing of justice.
Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON167 CM
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ECON 171 CM - Environmental Economics The course explores the economic foundations for public decision-making regarding environmental quality utilizing tools from intermediate microeconomic theory. The course examines the role of the environment within the theory of market failure with particular focus on public goods, externalities, and asymmetric information. Economic incentive-based approaches to correcting environment-related market failures including pollution taxes, cap and trade programs, liability, and information disclosure requirements are emphasized. The course also examines the process of benefit-cost analysis and related methods for valuing improvements in environmental quality.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 120 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON171 CM
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ECON 173 CM - Economic Development This course surveys contemporary economic thinking as to why some countries are poor and others are rich, and how underdeveloped economies function. This course will explore the conditions under which markets fail and investigate the role of government intervention as a means to correct such failures. The course will examine five main topics: growth and development, poverty and inequality, the role of institutions, formal and informal financial markets, and investment and trade.
Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every other year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON173 CM
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ECON 175 CM - Labor Economics This is an introductory survey of modern labor economics. The first part of this course develops simple models of labor demand and supply. These analytical tools are then used to analyze the determinants of earnings inequality, including issues such as human capital accumulation, labor market discrimination, unionization, and worker-firm contractual arrangements.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 120 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON175 CM
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ECON 180 CM - Seminar in Research Methods This one-half credit course is a complement to preparation of a senior thesis in economics. The department strongly recommends this course for all majors who are preparing a senior thesis in economics, and the course is required for all students seeking to qualify for honors in economics. Students may take the course either the semester before enrolling in thesis, or take it concurrently with the senior thesis. Topics include identifying research questions, developing and testing hypotheses, analyzing and critiquing literature, empirical and theoretical methodology, and oral presentation. Course must be taken Credit-No Credit.
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: ECON180 CM
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ECON 186 CM - Public Choice Economics Analysis of the role of government in the economy and problems of collective decision-making.
Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON186 CM
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ECON 187 CM - The Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination This class will explore issues of poverty and discrimination from an economist point of view. The first part of the class will focus on understanding the causes and consequences of poverty, along with the different policies that have been used to address these issues. We will then consider issues of inequality such as measurement, trends, and consequences. The final part of the course will focus on racial inequality and discrimination. Several theoretical models of discrimination will be developed and then evaluated within the context of the current empirical work. Finally, we will consider the various connections between the discrimination literature and the broader issues of poverty and inequality discussed at the outset of class.
Prereqisite: ECON 101 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON187 CM
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ECON 191 CM - Business Law An introduction to the American legal system emphasizing commercial transactions. Topics include: torts, property, contracts, sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, securities regulations, and bankruptcy.
Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM
Offered: Every semester
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON191 CM
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ECON 193 CM - Entrepreneurial Finance The course provides students an understanding of the economics of entrepreneurial finance and private equity, especially venture capital. We will address financing and strategic issues faced by entrepreneurs in the early stage of a firm. Financial modeling will be used to determine how much money can and should be raised and from what source, and how the funding should be structured. Specific topics include: methods of valuing private firms, simulation to make better strategic choices, business plans, economics of contracts that underlie new venture finance venture capital partnerships (agreements, term sheets, etc.), financing sources, creating value through financing contracting, and exit strategies (initial public offerings, merger, other).
Prerequisites: ECON 134 CM and ECON 086 CM
Offered: Occasionally
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON193 CM
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ECON 194A CM - Seminar in Investment Management This year-long course is designed to add an academic component to the CMC student investment fund. The course is designed to be a blend of theory and practice. We will extend the basic principles of security analysis, asset pricing theory, portfolio construction, and performance evaluation necessary to manage a mutual fund. Half credit each semester: continuing grading for the first semester, letter grading at the conclusion of the second semester.
Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM and one prior year of participation in the student investment fund.
Offered: Every fall
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: ECON194A CM
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ECON 194B CM - Seminar in Investment Management This year-long course is designed to add an academic component to the CMC student investment fund. The course is designed to be a blend of theory and practice. We will extend the basic principles of security analysis, asset pricing theory, portfolio construction, and performance evaluation necessary to manage a mutual fund. Half credit each semester: continuing grading for the first semester, letter grading at the conclusion of the second semester.
Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM and one prior year of participation in the student investment fund.
Offered: Every spring
Credit: 0.5
Course Number: ECON194B CM
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ECON 196 CM - Advanced Macroeconomics An introduction to modern micro-founded theories of macroeconomic phenomena. Topics include equilibrium and wait unemployment theory, foundations of aggregate supply and demand, inflation and monetary policy, budget deficits and fiscal policy, business cycle fluctuations, and long-run growth. Concepts are illustrated with textbook mathematical models, complemented by discussion of academic papers reviewing empirical evidence. Students will complete a term paper exploring a topics of interest in depth.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM , ECON 102 CM , and ECON 125 CM
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON196 CM
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ECON 197S CM - Special Topics in Economics These courses explore topics of current interest to faculty and students. Topics vary from year to year. The course is repeatable for different topics.
Offered: Every year
Credit: 1
Course Number: ECON197S CM
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