ECON 490

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Topics in Economics

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Special topics in advanced economics within a variety of areas. See course schedule for topics.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: ECON 202; ECON 302 or ECON 303; MATH 220 or MATH 221 or other Calculus course. Some topics may require additional prerequisites, read the section text for each topic.

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ECON 490 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
58146	Lecture-Discussion	C3	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	125 David Kinley Hall	Wang, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: INTERNATIONAL TRADE Section Info: FIELD: Macroeconomics. DESCRIPTION for International Trade: This course is about the causes and consequences of the international trade of final goods, services, and production inputs. Throughout the course, we will cover the main topics related to international trade that are at the center of the public debate using rigorous economic models. We will discuss issues including the benefits and costs of trade, the effects of trade policies, such as tariffs and quotas, the role of international institutions such as the World Trade Organization; also questions such as what products are traded, who trades them. and at what quantities and prices are they sold. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
58276	Lecture-Discussion	D3	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	119 David Kinley Hall	Sora, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: INTERNATIONAL TRADE Section Info: FIELD: Macroeconomics. DESCRIPTION for International Trade: This course introduces students to the core theories of why countries trade and how trade affects households and firms. We will study a range of foundational models and use them to explain key empirical patterns and to evaluate the effectiveness of trade policies such as tariffs and quotas. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 303. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
58277	Lecture-Discussion	D4	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	119 David Kinley Hall	Sora, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: INTERNATIONAL TRADE Section Info: Graduate credit requires additional work beyond the undergraduate requirements for this course. Contact instructor for details as soon as instruction begins. See the 3-credit hour section of this title for course description Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63647	Lecture-Discussion	F3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	119 David Kinley Hall	Dubovyk, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY Section Info: DESCRIPTION for POLITICAL ECONOMY: Political Economy studies the relationship between politics and the economy, and how each influences the other. The tools of microeconomics and macroeconomics are utilized to understand behaviour of rational and goal driven political actors. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
66872	Lecture-Discussion	F4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	119 David Kinley Hall	Dubovyk, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY Section Info: Graduate credit requires additional work beyond the undergraduate requirements for this course. Contact instructor for details as soon as instruction begins. See the 3-credit hour section of this title for course descriptio Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
66869	Lecture-Discussion	G3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	333 Armory	Vazquez, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: ECONOMIC GROWTH Section Info: FIELD: Macro. DESCRIPTION for Economic Growth: The course is designed to inspect some fundamental questions in the world economy- What are the primary factors driving the per capita GDP growth of any particular country? What explains the convergence or divergence patterns of growth rates across nations? Scholars have proposed different theories to address these concerns and we will explore some of them. Firstly, we examine long run growth determined by exogenous factors, secondly, we discuss endogenous growth by looking at technical factors and role of human capital, thirdly we delve deeper by considering population dynamics and its implications, fourthly we look at more recent theories emphasizing the role of institutions and finally we evaluate all the theories together. The objective of the course is to enable students to apply the knowledge of macroeconomic theory and mathematical tools to address issues in growth. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 302 & 303. RECOMMENDED: Basic knowledge of any statistical software. R/Excel/ Stata may be used in a few classes. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
66871	Lecture-Discussion	G4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	333 Armory	Vazquez, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: ECONOMIC GROWTH Section Info: Graduate credit requires additional work beyond the undergraduate requirements for this course. Contact instructor for details as soon as instruction begins. See the 3-credit hour section of this title for course description. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.