Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Local Economic Analysis
COURSE:	C Dev 516X
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	This is an applied course that teaches economic based theory, a theory of regional economics, multipliers and how local economies are affected by external events. The course teaches basic methods for the analysis of a local economy. Methods include: trend analysis, location quotients, shift share analysis and retail trade analysis. The level of analysis is limited only by the level of data available.
PREREQUISITES:	Graduate classification; Offered through the Great Plains IDEA consortium, students will need to contact Carrie Brus for registration information and enrollment; cbrus@iastate.edu
CREDITS:	1 graduate credit
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	March 3-31, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Web, taught by the University of Nebraska
TUITION:	$415 per credit
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Community Development specialization
INSTRUCTOR:	David Peters; dpeters2@unl.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	February 25, 2008
TEXT:	Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller. 2004. Community Economics: Linking Theory & Practice. Blackwell Publishing.