printer friendly pageECON 165: International Finance
This is a first course in open economy macroeconomics. The course's objective is to build the analytical foundation for understanding key macro issues in the world economy such as global capital flows, the behavior of exchange rates, currency and sovereign debt crises. While a significant portion of the course will be theoretical, there will be several occasions for linking the theory to real-world events. Prerequisite:
ECON 52.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bocola, L. (PI)
;
Caratelli, D. (TA)
ECON 166: International Trade
Explaining patterns of trade among nations; characterizing the sources of comparative advantage in production and the prospect of gains from economies of scale. Enumerating and accounting for the net aggregate gains from trade, and identifying winners and losers from globalization. Analyzing the effects of international labor migration, foreign direct investment, outsourcing, and multinational companies. Strategic trade policy; international trade agreements; labor and environmental implications. We will review relevant theoretical frameworks, examine empirical evidence, and discuss historical and contemporary policy debates as covered in the popular press; active class participation is an important part of the course. Prerequisite:
ECON 51 (Public Policy majors may take
PUBLPOL 51 as a substitute for
ECON 51).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
ECON 178: Behavioral Economics
The field of behavioral economics draws on insights from other disciplines, especially psychology, to enrich our understanding of economic behavior. The course will discuss how people may display systematic behavioral patterns that diverge from the predictions of standard economic models, as well as the ways in which economists incorporate those considerations into their theories, and the implications of those theories for market outcomes and public policies. Prerequisites:
ECON 50 and
ECON 102A.
Econ 51 is recommended.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Bernheim, B. (PI)
;
Clerici-Arias, M. (PI)
;
Bernheim, B. (SI)
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Instructors:
Bernheim, B. (PI)
;
Clerici-Arias, M. (PI)
;
Bernheim, B. (SI)
;
Jia, T. (TA)
;
Rodriguez, A. (TA)
ECON 179: Experimental Economics
Methods and major subject areas that have been addressed by laboratory experiments. Focus is on a series of experiments that build on one another. Topics include decision making, two player games, auctions, and market institutions. How experiments are used to learn about preferences and behavior, trust, fairness, and learning. Final presentation of group projects. Prerequisites:
ECON 51 (Public Policy majors may take
PUBLPOL 51 as a substitute for
ECON 51),
ECON 102A.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
ECON 180: Honors Game Theory
Rigorous introduction to game theory and applications. Topics include solution concepts for static and dynamic games of complete and incomplete information, signaling games, repeated games, bargaining, and elements of cooperative game theory. Applications mainly from economics, but also political science, biology, and computer science. Prerequisites: Experience with abstract mathematics and willingness to work hard. No background in economics required.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SI
EDUC 114N: Growing Up Bilingual (CHILATST 14N, CSRE 14N)
This course is a Freshman Introductory Seminar that has as its purpose introducing students to the sociolinguistic study of bilingualism by focusing on bilingual communities in this country and on bilingual individuals who use two languages in their everyday lives. Much attention is given to the history, significance, and consequences of language contact in the United States. The course focuses on the experiences of long-term US minority populations as well as that of recent immigrants.
Last offered: Winter 2019
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
EDUC 115N: How to Learn Mathematics
What is going on in mathematics education in the United States? Why do so many people hate and fear math? What contributes to the high levels of innumeracy in the general population? Why do girls and women opt out of math when they get a chance? In this seminar we will consider seminal research on math learning in K-12 classrooms, including a focus on equity. We will spend time investigating cases of teaching and learning, through watching videos and visiting schools. This seminar is for those who are interested in education, and who would like to learn about ways to help students (and maybe yourselves?) learn and enjoy mathematics. If you have had bad math experiences and would like to understand them - and put them behind you - this seminar will be particularly good for you. The final project for this class will involve developing a case of one or more math learners, investigating their journeys in the world of math.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Boaler, J. (PI)
;
LaMar, T. (TA)
EDUC 117N: The Fourth "R": Religion and American Schools (AMSTUD 117N, RELIGST 13N)
In this seminar, we will engage with historical, legal, and sociological texts, in order to trace the complicated relationship between church and state as it has played out in and around questions of education. Deciding what belongs in schools, what does not, whose interests are served in the process, and what the Constitution will allow are just some of the questions that will guide us. Through close readings of text and critical writing, we will develop alternative narratives about church-state issues that can make sense of everything from prayer in schools to civic education. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
EDUC 120: Sociology of Science (EDUC 320, SOC 330, STS 200Q)
The sociology of science concerns the social structures and practices by which human beings interpret, use and create intellectual innovations. In particular we will explore the claim that scientific facts are socially constructed and ask whether such a characterization has limits. Course readings will concern the formation and decline of various thought communities, intellectual social movements, scientific disciplines, and broader research paradigms. A special focus will be placed on interdisciplinarity as we explore whether the collision of fields can result in new scientific advances. This course is suitable to advanced undergraduates and doctoral students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
EDUC 120C: Education and Society (EDUC 220C, SOC 130, SOC 230)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
;
D'Apice, H. (TA)
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