ECON 3710

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ECON 3710
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

Risky health behaviors such as cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol, risky sex, poor diet and physical inactivity (leading to obesity) are responsible for hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and impose billions of dollars in medical care costs each year in the United States. This course teaches the economic approach to studying risky health behaviors. The economic research literature on the causes and consequences of risky health behaviors will be studied in detail. Students will analyze data and present their findings.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PAM 2000 or ECON 3030 , PAM 3100, ECON 3120 or ECON 3140.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

Outcomes
  • Teach you the economic approach to studying a wide variety of risky health behaviors.
  • Help you transition from being a consumer of research to being a producer of research through econometric analysis of data and writing a brief research paper.
  • Enhance your written communication skills.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 4280

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17233 ECON 3710   LEC 001

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