Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, minimum grade of "C-" in ECON 201 and 202.
This course analyzes the economic role and functioning of cities and examines urban issues such as real estate markets, transportation, economic development, and crime.
Outcomes: Students will understand the economic forces that shape urban agglomerations; Students will understand the economic and ethical trade-offs of various urban economic policies; They will be able to think critically about the economic forces that make a city grow and contract over time.
This course analyzes the economic role and functioning of cities and examines urban issues such as real estate markets, transportation, economic development, and crime.
Outcomes: Students will understand the economic forces that shape urban agglomerations; Students will understand the economic and ethical trade-offs of various urban economic policies; They will be able to think critically about the economic forces that make a city grow and contract over time.