ECON 345 - Economics of Sports

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course applies the principles of microeconomics and statistics to the industries of professional and amateur sports. The topics include league structure, team decision-making, labor-relations, incentive structures, and stadium financing and the role of public policy. The course is designed to illuminate economic principles foremost, using sports as a convenient vehicle to represent these ideas.

Prerequisite(s): (BIOL 250 or BIOL 350 or ECON 205 or GEOG 278 or MATH 242 or MATH 262 or PLSC 251 or PSYC 250 or SOCL 211) and ECON 110
Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
Offered: Once a Year