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Course Info for ECON - 431 - 46, Fall 2025
Class number: 3292 Title: Issues in Intntl Trade&Finance Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 9 Available seats: 3
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, WM - 310B Instructor(s): Ramirez, Miguel
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C+ or better in Economics 301 and 302. This course is open to senior Economics majors only.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Note: Please contact Melissa Schmitt at mschmitt@trincoll.edu for a pin to this senior seminar.
Course Description:
This seminar examines important and recent developments in international economics. Topics include trade policy and market structure; the economics of trading blocs such as the EU and USMCA (previously NAFTA); the economic consequences of continued U.S. external deficits; globalization and inequity; exchange rates, interest rates, and volatility; speculative capital flows and exchange rate policies; and financial crises and the prospects for the eurozone.