AEM 2810

AEM 2810

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This writing course is designed to explore the important but largely undocumented role of vice and corruption in modern economies. A particular focus of the course will be learning how to identify activities, such as corruption and creating, that are designed to avoid detection. Techniques to uncover nefarious behavior are an important tool to understand the nature and extent of bad behavior and to prescribe policy treatment to minimize it. Students will write essays reflecting critically on weekly readings of recent literature on vice and deception.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Dyson students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECON 1110, First-Year Writing Seminar.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies CALS written expression requirement and Dyson Grand Challenges writing requirement.

Outcomes
  • Students will have a well-developed capacity to evaluate evidence and the ability to express ideas coherently through writing.
  • Students will be able to identify, access, and understand primary academic research from leading journals.
  • Students will be able to illustrate how econometric tools can be used to identify the existence and scope of nefarious behavior that is intended to be hidden.
  • Students will be able to distinguish policy prescriptions to minimize the extent of nefarious behavior.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18533 AEM 2810   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to Dyson students only. Fulfills the Grand Challenges written expression requirement.

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18534 AEM 2810   LEC 002

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to Dyson students only. Fulfills the Grand Challenges written expression requirement.

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18535 AEM 2810   LEC 003

    • TR Malott Hall 203
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Blalock, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to Dyson students only. Fulfills the Grand Challenges written expression requirement.