| Course Title: Advanced Topics in Economics: 'Advanced Economic Development' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course analyzes microeconomic concerns in less-developed countries, specifically economic behavior for agricultural households facing missing and incomplete markets. Topics include agricultural production and input markets, risk and uncertainty, microfinance, and health and education. This course will focus on developing microeconomic models and analyzing empirical evidence. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Sarah Adelman   | 413-538-2495   | sadelman@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019   | Lecture   | Thursday   | 01:30PM - 04:20PM   | SKNR - Skinner Hall   | 212   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: ECON-212 and ECON-220. | Take previously   | Required   |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| IR0001   | INTREL: International Relations major   | This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 14     | Available: 4     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |