To: UWS Curriculum Committee
From: UWB Curriculum Committee, and the Center for University Studies and Programs
RE: Cloning UWS Economics Courses at UWB
April 28, 2006
As part of our new lower division curriculum, we would like to clone UWS courses ECON 200
(Introduction to Microeconomics) and 201 (Introduction to Macroeconomics). At the Bothell
campus, these will be listed, respectively, as BCUSP 200 and 201. We will be cloning the Seattle
courses, using a similar syllabus but with campus specific changes.
UWS Course Descriptions:
ECON 200 Introduction to Microeconomics (5) I&S, QSR
Analysis of markets: consumer demand, production, exchange, the price system, resource
allocation, government intervention.
Recommended: MATH 111
ECON 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics (5) I&S, QSR
Analysis of the aggregate economy: national income, inflation, business fluctuations,
unemployment, monetary system, federal budget, international trade and finance.
Prerequisite: ECON 200; recommended: MATH 111
UWB Course Descriptions:
BCUSP 200 Introduction to Microeconomics (5) I&S, QSR
Analysis of markets: consumer demand, production, exchange, the price system, resource
allocation, government intervention.
Recommended: BCUSP 123 (Functions, Models, and Quantitative Reasoning)
BCUSP 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics (5) I&S, QSR
Analysis of the aggregate economy: national income, inflation,business fluctuations,
unemployment, monetary system, federal budget, international trade and finance.
Prerequisite: BCUSP 200; recommended: BCUSP 123 (Functions, Models, and
Quantitative Reasoning)
Please let us know if you have questions.
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren
Interim Coordinator, Center for University Studies and Programs
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College Curriculum Committee
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Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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