| Course Title: International Economics |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: The first part of the semester investigates reasons why nations trade and factors that determine trade patterns, focusing on examples of agricultural and food trade. Using the basic tools of microeconomics, it considers the welfare and distributional impacts of free trade among countries. Further topics include barriers to trade, reasons for limiting trade, international food and agricultural policy, and current trade policy issues. The second part introduces the students to basic models in international finance and studies applications of current policy issues such as fixed exchange rates and the Euro. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Katherine Lande | kschmeis@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | DWGT - Dwight Hall | 101 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ECON-110. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EOS0004 | EOS-4: Financial Analysis | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Financial Analysis subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 40 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 20 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: International Trade Author: Feenstra and Taylor, Copyright: 2021 Edition: 5 Volume: ISBN: 9781319218454 Publisher: Macmillan Learning |
Required | 93.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Feel free to choose any older edition of International Trade by Feenstra and Taylor! |