Economic and Business Forecasting

General

Prefix

ECON

Course Number

470

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

Herberger Business School

Description

Business fluctuations and stabilization policies. Forecasting methods; time series and other regression-based techniques for short and long term forecasting.

Prerequisites

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Use economic databases to download, compile, and interpret basic data patterns.

Outcome

Apply both conventional and recently developed quantitative methods to analyze economic and financial data.

Outcome

Use programming languages for data analysis.

Outcome

Evaluate the plausibility of different models used for forecasting.

Outcome

Communicate ideas in writing and through graphs/ tables/visual communication.

Dependencies

Courses

ECON470 is a prerequisite for:

Programs

ECON470 is a completion requirement for: