Courses

New Undergraduate Course Designations as of Fall 2023:

Economics - ECON

Economics is an extraordinarily broad discipline that has something to say on virtually all topics that involve human decision making, not just those involving the financial sector. ECON courses are courses that explore this rich landscape outside the area of financial economics.

Financial Economics - FECON

FECON courses are financial economics courses – i.e., courses that emphasize the use of economic analysis to explore the financial sector of the economy and its interaction with the larger economy. Such courses often explore larger societal questions as opposed to narrower questions of interest primarily to professionals within finance firms. They may also focus on exploring methodological issues, particularly as these relate to financial and time-series econometrics, that are important for the field of financial economics.

Financial Markets - FMKT

FMKTS (financial markets) courses complement the economics department’s offerings for students interested in more practical applications related to finance. These courses focus on the development of specific skills relevant for professionals within certain areas of the financial sector, the exposure of students to practitioners in the financial sector, and/or the description of particular institutional features of the financial sector. Questions ordinarily center more on how professionals within financial markets make decisions to advance the goals of their firms and/or clients and less on how the workings of various aspects of the financial market impact the larger market as a whole and/or people outside the financial market. 

0-99 Advanced Placement Credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars; First-Year Writing; Registrar/Department special purpose
100-199 Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills/activity courses; foundation courses; Focus program courses
200-399 Undergraduate courses above introductory level
400-499 Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses, honors thesis courses
500-699 Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates
700-999 Graduate only courses (not open to undergraduates)

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Number Title Codes
ECON 21 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 22 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 23 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 24 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 80S Special Topics
ECON 89S First-Year Seminar
ECON 101 Economic Principles
ECON 101D Economic Principles SS
ECON 104D Statistical Foundations of Econometrics and Data Science QS
ECON 112FS Globalization and Corporate Citizenship EI, SS
ECON 113FS Thinking Through Models STS, SS
ECON 119 Introduction to Political Economy EI, SS
ECON 119D Introduction to Political Economy EI, SS
ECON 120S Union Activism
ECON 174 Financial Accounting QS, SS
ECON 182FS Beyond Denial - A Thriving Future EI, CZ
ECON 190 Selected Topics In Economics
ECON 190A Duke Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Economics
ECON 190AS Duke Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Economics
ECON 190FS Focus Program Topics in Economics
ECON 190S Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 190S-1 Selected Topics In Economics
ECON 201 Intermediate Microeconomics I SS
ECON 201D Intermediate Microeconomics I SS
ECON 204D Econometrics and Data Science R, QS, SS
ECON 205D Intermediate Microeconomics II QS, SS
ECON 210D Intermediate Macroeconomics STS, QS, SS
ECON 212 Engineering Systems Optimization and Economics SS
ECON 213 Follow the Ruble: Money in Russian Literature and Culture EI, ALP, CZ
ECON 224 Neoclassical Economics and Its Opponents: What Even Is 'Mainstream'? CZ, SS
ECON 225S Liberalism and its Critics EI, CZ
ECON 227 Internet, Technology, and Capitalism CCI, EI, STS, CZ
ECON 235 Risk EI, STS, SS
ECON 241D From Machine Learning to Ethnography: Puzzles and Approaches to International Development CCI, SS
ECON 246 Arts Policy, Leadership, and Engagement EI, R, SS
ECON 247S Non-Profit Cultural Institutions EI, SS
ECON 254 Personal Finance SS
ECON 255S Shakespeare & Financial Markets: Why This Time is Never Different CCI, SS
FMKT 256 Practical Financial Markets SS
ECON 260A Economics of a United Europe CCI, SS
ECON 270 Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles EI, CZ
ECON 273 Amazon.com and the Cybereconomy EI, R, STS, SS
ECON 274 Advanced Financial and Managerial Accounting QS, SS
ECON 281 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise SS
ECON 281A Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise SS
ECON 285 Denial, Faith, Reason: Sustainability and Survival EI
ECON 290 Selected Topics In Economics
ECON 290-1 Selected Topics In Economics
ECON 290A Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Economics
ECON 290AS Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Economics
ECON 290S Selected Topics In Economics
ECON 295 Intellectual Property and Innovation: Law, Policy & Entrepreneurship EI, STS, SS
ECON 303A Political Philosophy of Globalization CCI, EI, CZ, SS
FECON 305 History of International Financial and Monetary Crises EI, CZ, SS
ECON 306 Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East CCI, W, CZ, SS
FECON 307 Understanding Financial Bubbles and Crises SS
FECON 307A Understanding Financial Bubbles and Crises SS
ECON 309 Anthropology of Money CCI, EI, CZ, SS
ECON 310 Economic Analysis of Law EI, SS
ECON 311 History of Economic Thought CCI, R, W, SS
ECON 312S Adam Smith and the System of Natural Liberty STS, SS
ECON 313 The Uses of Economics R, STS, W, CZ, SS
ECON 314S The History of Modern Macroeconomics from Keynes to the Present W, SS
ECON 315S Argument Across the Disciplines W
ECON 319 The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics EI, W, SS
ECON 325S Economic Analysis of Current Energy Issues STS, SS
ECON 326 Islam and the State: Political Economy of Governance in the Middle East CCI, R, CZ, SS
ECON 327SA Environmental Economics and Policy (Duke in Berlin)
ECON 330S Capstone Seminar: Slavery and Capitalism EI, R, CZ, SS
ECON 331SA The Economics of the Energiewende in Germany EI, STS, SS
ECON 332 Modern Topics in Labor Economics EI, W, SS
FMKT 333 Private Equity SS
ECON 334 Health Economics EI, W, SS
ECON 335 Economics of Global Health STS, SS
ECON 336D Computational Microeconomics QS
ECON 337S Social Inequalities and Low-Wage Work EI, SS
ECON 338 Economics of the Public Sector SS
ECON 339 Environmental Economics and Policy STS, QS, SS
ECON 344 History of Art Markets R, STS, ALP, SS
ECON 344D History of Art Markets R, STS, ALP, SS
ECON 345 Urban Economics EI, R, W, SS
ECON 346 Philosophical and Conceptual Problems of Entrepreneurship SS
ECON 347 African Economic Development R, W, SS
ECON 348 Gender in the Economy CCI, EI, R, SS
ECON 351S The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations CCI, R, CZ, SS
ECON 352 How to use data to design better macro policies EI, SS
ECON 353 Financial Institutions STS, SS
ECON 355 International Trade CCI, STS, SS
ECON 360 Game Theory and Law, Economics and Organization SS
ECON 361 Prisoner's Dilemma and Distributive Justice EI, SS
ECON 362 Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence QS, SS
FECON 368 Behavioral Finance: A Taxonomy of Money Mistakes SS
FECON 368A Behavioral Finance: A Taxonomy of Money Mistakes SS
ECON 369 People and Poverty: Policymaking in Theory and in Practice R, SS
FECON 370 Global Capital Markets W, SS
FECON 370A Global Capital Markets W, SS
ECON 371 Labor and Family Economics R, QS, SS
FECON 372 Asset Pricing and Risk Management QS, SS
FECON 373 Corporate Finance R, QS, SS
ECON 374S New Ventures Operating Plan SS
FECON 374S Inflation: Past, Present, and Future
ECON 375 The Economics of Entrepreneurship R, SS
FECON 375 Monetary Policy in the Modern Economy
ECON 376 Commodities Markets SS
ECON 377 The Economics of Financial Derivatives & Financial Engineering SS
FECON 378 Financial Risk Management QS, SS
FECON 379 Emerging Markets: Finance, Trade, Institutions and the World Economy CCI, EI, CZ, SS
FMKT 381S Inside Hedge Funds SS
ECON 382 Asset Management
ECON 383 Foreign Exchange Markets SS
ECON 383A Foreign Exchange Markets SS
ECON 384 Investing in Emerging Markets CCI, SS
ECON 389S Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Capstone R, SS
ECON 390 Selected Topics in Economics
FECON 390 Selected Topics in Financial Economics
FMKT 390 Selected Topics in Financial Markets
ECON 390A Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Economics
ECON 390S Selected Topics in Economics
FECON 390S Selected Topics in Financial Economics
FMKT 390S Selected Topics in Financial Markets
ECON 391 Independent Study
ECON 392 Independent Study
ECON 393 Research Independent Study R
ECON 394 Research Independent Study R
ECON 407 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic History CCI, W, CZ
ECON 407D Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic History CCI, W, CZ
FECON 413 Forecasting Financial Markets QS, SS
ECON 432S Environmental Justice: The Economics of Race, Place, and Pollution EI, R, W, SS
ECON 434A Political Economy of Immigration CCI, SS
ECON 435S Economics of Education SS
ECON 436 Global Inequality Research CCI, R, ALP, SS
ECON 436S Global Inequality Research Seminar CCI, R, ALP, SS
ECON 438 Public Finance QS, SS
ECON 442 Development Economics: Theory, Evidence and Policy CCI, R, SS
ECON 442S Development Economics: Theory, Evidence and Policy CCI, R, SS
ECON 443 Empirical Methods in Gender and Family Economics SS
ECON 444 Equality of Opportunity: Theory, Evidence, and Policy SS
ECON 445 Economics of Crime SS
FECON 451 Housing and the Economy QS, SS
ECON 452 Economic Growth CCI, R, SS
ECON 453 Advanced Econometrics R, QS, SS
ECON 455 International Finance CCI, SS
ECON 461 How Markets Work: Theory, Evidence and Empirical Tools R, QS, SS
ECON 462 Behavioral Economics QS, SS
ECON 463 Law and Economics EI, QS, SS
ECON 464 Competitive Strategy and Industrial Organization QS, SS
ECON 465 Market Power and Public Policy QS, SS
ECON 468 Political Economics: Collective Decisions and Individual Values QS, SS
FECON 471 Financial Markets and Investment QS, SS
FECON 471A Financial Markets and Investments QS, SS
FECON 472S Goodner Equity Research Project R, SS
ECON 473 Corporate Finance Theory: Governance, Incentives and Valuation QS, SS
FECON 474S The Eichel Asset-Backed Securitization Project STS, SS
ECON 476 Empirical Asset Pricing SS
FECON 477 Fixed Income Markets and Quantitative Methods QS
ECON 490 Selected Topics in Economics
FECON 490 Selected Topics in Financial Economics
FMKT 490 Selected Topics in Financial Markets
ECON 490A Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Economics
ECON 490AS Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Economics
ECON 490D Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 490S Selected Topics in Economics
FECON 490S Selected Topics in Financial Economics
FMKT 490S Selected Topics in Financial Markets
ECON 493 Honors Research Independent Study R
ECON 494 Research Independent Study R
ECON 495S Honors Seminar I R, W, SS
ECON 496S Honors Seminar II R, W, SS
ECON 643 Empirical Methods in Gender and Family Economics SS
ECON 505 International Trade and Policy SS
ECON 506 Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance SS
ECON 511 History of Economic Thought
ECON 512 Equity Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis
ECON 513 Structuring Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions
ECON 521 Evaluation of Public Expenditures SS
ECON 521D Evaluation of Public Expenditures SS
ECON 530 Resource & Environmental Economics I SS
ECON 530D Resource & Environmental Economics I SS
ECON 531 Resource & Environmental Economics II SS
ECON 531D Resource & Environmental Economics II SS
ECON 532 Modern Topics in Labor Economics EI, W, SS
ECON 541 Global Inequality Research CCI, R, SS
ECON 541S Global Inequality Research Seminar CCI, R, SS
ECON 551S Art and Markets CCI, R, ALP, SS
ECON 554 Urban Economics EI, R, W, SS
ECON 555S International Trade R, SS
ECON 556 Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East
ECON 558 Islam and the State
ECON 560 Game Theory and Law, Economics and Organization SS
ECON 564 Competitive Strategy and Industrial Organization QS, SS
ECON 565 Algorithmic Game Theory QS
ECON 571 Financial Markets and Investments R, QS
ECON 572 Asset Pricing & Risk Management
ECON 578 Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) Investing
ECON 581 Investment Strategies SS
ECON 590 Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 590S Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 591 Independent Study
ECON 593 Research Independent Study R
ECON 601D Microeconomics QS, SS
ECON 602 Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 605 Advanced Microeconomic Analysis SS
ECON 606 Advanced Macroeconomics II
ECON 608D Introduction to Econometrics R, QS
ECON 612 Time Series Econometrics SS
ECON 613 Applied Econometrics in Microeconomics R, QS, SS
ECON 620 Game Theory with Applications of Economics and other Social Sciences SS
ECON 621 Non-Market Valuation
ECON 622 Continuous-Time Methods in Economic Theory SS
ECON 623 Forecasting Financial Markets
ECON 624 International Trade
ECON 627 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic History CCI, W, CZ, SS
ECON 627D Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic History CCI, W, CZ, SS
ECON 642 Development Economics: Theory, Evidence, and Policy
ECON 644 Equality of Opportunity: Theory, Evidence, and Policy SS
ECON 645 Economics of Crime SS
ECON 651 Housing and the Economy QS, SS
ECON 652 Economic Growth CCI, R, SS
ECON 656S International Monetary Economics R, SS
ECON 664 Competitive Strategy and Industrial Organization
ECON 665 Market Power and Public Policy
ECON 667 Computer Modeling R, W, QS, SS
ECON 668 Political Economics: Collective Decisions and Individual Values QS, SS
ECON 671 Financial Markets and Investments
ECON 672 Empirical Methods in High Frequency Financial Econometrics
ECON 673 Mathematical Finance QS
ECON 674 Financial Derivatives
ECON 675 Corporate Finance Theory: Governance, Incentives and Valuation QS, SS
ECON 676 Empirical Asset Pricing SS
ECON 677 Fixed Income Markets and Quantitative Methods QS
ECON 678 Derivatives for Speculation and Risk Management
ECON 690 Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 690-82 Topics in Mathematical Finance
ECON 690S Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 690S-1 Selected Topics in Economics
ECON 695 Master's Research Seminar 1
ECON 696 Master's Research 2
ECON 699 Internship
ECON 700 Mathematics for Economists
ECON 701D Microeconomic Analysis I
ECON 702D Macroeconomic Analysis I
ECON 703D Econometrics I
ECON 704 First Year Introduction to Research
ECON 705D Microeconomic Analysis II
ECON 706D Macroeconomic Analysis II
ECON 707D Econometrics II
ECON 747S Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Development (MELD) Seminar
ECON 751 The Political Economy of Institutions
ECON 753 Natural Resource Economics
ECON 790 Writing & Presenting in Economics
ECON 791 Independent Study
ECON 799 Internship
ECON 801 Writing & Presenting in Economics
ECON 821 Non-Market Valuation
ECON 823 Forecasting Financial Markets
ECON 824 International Trade
ECON 825 Industrial Organization
ECON 826 Partial Identification: Theory and Applications in Industrial Organization
ECON 827 Firm Dynamics and Trade
ECON 855 International Finance and Macroeconomics
ECON 872 Empirical Methods in High Frequency Financial Econometrics
ECON 881 Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics
ECON 882 Special Topics in Macro International Finance
ECON 883 Special Topics in Econometrics
ECON 884 Special Topics in History of Economics
ECON 885 Special Topics in Economic Theory
ECON 887 Special Topics in Financial Econometrics
ECON 890 Special Topics in Economics
ECON 890S Special Topics in Economics
ECON 898 Directed Research
ECON 899 Internship
ECON 901 Applied Microeconomics Workshop
ECON 902 Macroeconomics and International Economics Workshop
ECON 903 Econometrics Workshop
ECON 905 Microeconomic Theory Workshop
ECON 908 Economic History Workshop
ECON 909 Economic Thought and History of Political Economy Workshop
ECON 911 Applied Microeconomics Development
ECON 951S Applied Microeconomics Research
ECON 952S Macroeconomics International Finance Research
ECON 953S Research Seminar in Microeconometrics
ECON 954 Applied Microeconomics Development Research
ECON 955S Research Seminar in Economics Theory
ECON 957S Research Seminar in Financial Econometrics