GS 500 -St. Thomas and Critical Thinking
As the philosophical foundation of Research Methodology, it is a study of the principles of skills in critical thinking according to St. Thomas Aquinas in the three areas of mental cognition: simple apprehension, judgment, and reasoning; and of common fallacies towards the acquisition of the art of argumentation.

GS 500 – Research Methodology
A competency-oriented course which emphasizes both the theoretical and the practical aspects of designing a research and implementing the research proposal. Examines and analyses the nature, scope, uses and the process and design of research as applied to business. Provide concepts, techniques, rules and tools needed in undertaking a good research.

ECO 701 – History of Economics Thought
This is a course which acquaints students with the development of economic thought ranging from the classical work of Adam Smith to more contemporary works on capitalism, as manifested in globalization. Themes are explored from each economic philosopher and connections are drawn from their contributions in the making of economics as a social science.

ECO 702 – Econometrics

ECO 703 -Mathematical Economics
This course is a review of the mathematical principles behind Economics. It is an imperative in studying Economics to have a good grasp of its quantitative side. It is needed for more precise of analysis and the utilization of formal mathematical models.

ECO 704 -Macroeconomics
The course covers aggregate economic concepts on the economics of a nation. It delineates the “Laissez Faire” and the Keynesian approaches to economic analysis leading towards modern economic concepts.

With the circular flow diagram as the basic model, fiscal, monetary and trade policies are explained as they effect growth, employment and price stability.

ECO 705 -Microeconomics
The course deals with the economic rationale with the regard to the behavior of Consumers and Business Firms. In the context of such behavior, the various market structures are discussed. Finally, the notion of General Equilibrium is discussed, first in terms of consumer behavior in maximizing satisfaction and then in terms of business firms in trying to maximize the use of scarce resources.

ECO 706 -Statistics for Economists
A special study on the use of data and statistics for economic issues.

ECO 707 – Public Economics
This course is an introduction in applying economic analysis to issues and problems of the public sector. The main approach is to study how government budgeting, revenue administration and expenditure policies are used to maximize society’s welfare. Macroeconomics and microeconomic aspects of the sector will be covered.

ECO 708 -Monetary Economics
The course deals with the study of the interactions between the demand for money as an asset based on different motivations for holding money and the stock of money which is essentially regulated or controlled by the monetary authority and how these interactions occur in financial markets and determine asset prices and condition the level of output in the real economy. It also deals with the evolving nature of money in a dynamic environment and the institutional framework within which financial assets are bought and sold and the extent to which money and its substitutes influence decision making units in the economy and how these decisions eventually translate to how much output and employment the economy will be able to generate over time.

ECO 709 – Labor Economics
This course intends to apply advanced microeconomic and macroeconomic theories to situations involving labor.

ECO 710 – Development Economics

This course examines the roots of underdevelopment and poverty with special emphasis on Third world economies, describes the characteristics of poor countries and their common denominators, identifies the constraints and obstacles to development, and analyzes competing theories of economic growth and development.

ECO 711 -Agro-Industrial Economics
Review of relevant economic principles/ theories/ concepts as applied in agriculture, analysis of relevant problems and issues affecting agricultural development, and discussion on current agricultural programs of the government.

ECO 712 – International Economics
Alfred Marshall defined economics as the study of people as they go about the ordinary business of daily life. International economics, then, is the study of daily life when it directly or indirectly crosses a national border. A good deal of our individual and national daily lives today involve this sort of activity and it seems the trend towards the growing importance of international economics is likely to continue.

ECO 713 – Project Planning and Evaluation
A study on the different aspects of planning and controlling the use of resources such as manpower, materials, facilities, technology and information to accomplish the production objectives of an organization. Its major concern is to develop the student’s understanding of the design, operation, control, evaluation and implementation of a project.