ECON316

A consideration of the philosophical basis, historical context, and development of economic thinking. Focuses on pre-20th-century economists-the Mercantilists, the Physiocrats, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, and early neoclassical economists. Some attention given to later economists and schools of thought as continuations and modifications of earlier ideas in economics. Students have the opportunity to produce a research paper in multiple drafts and deliver an oral presentation of it, for which they receive feedback from the professor and fellow students. Sophomore or higher standing and one course in economics required for registration.