SIP meeting

We will have a meeting for Juniors considering a SIP in Economics or Business, 2nd week Thursday during common time.

Thursday April 5th
11:30 am
Dewing 311

We will discuss SIP options and requirements. Internships for experiential SIPs will need to be registered with the CCPD this Spring. You will have an opportunity to ask questions about the SIP and we will have our 2012-3 SIP manual available.

Tentative schedule 2012-3

For students looking beyond Spring quarter, I've listed the department's current plans for next year. These are tentative and subject to change. Please note that neither National Income & Business Cycles nor Theory of the Firm will be offered. All majors should plan to take Econ 305 & 306 (Intermediate Micro and Macro), which do have a math prerequisite.

Fall 2012

101 Principles of economics
150 Principles of Accounting
160 Business Statistics
220 Principles of Marketing
235 Environmental and Resource Econ
280 Law and Economics
306 Intermediate Macroeconomics
350 Corporate Finance
plus 2 electives TBA

Winter 2013

101 principles of economics
160 Business Statistics
205 Principles of Management
245 Money and Banking
215 Managerial Accounting
305 Intermediate Microeconomics
306 Intermediate Macroeconomics
355 Investments
415 Public Finance
490 Senior Seminar in Business
plus 2 electives TBA

Spring 2013

101 principles of economics
150 Principles of Accounting
2xx Economics for Global Travelers
280 Industrial Organization & Public Policy
305 Intermediate Microeconomics
360 Econometrics
480 Financial Statement Analysis
490 Corp. Enviro. Sustainability
490 Financial Crisis & Eurozone
plus 2 electives TBA

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Meeting for Students

The Department will hold a meeting for all students interested in Economics and Business Tuesday February 7 at 11:30 am in Dewing 305. Please come if you can.

Economics Faculty 1-year position

The Department of Economics invites applications for a one-year, full-time sabbatical replacement beginning Fall 2012. We are looking for candidates with teaching experience in principles, plus some field of specialization, and especially interested in candidates who can teach macroeconomics and/or international economics. Candidates are expected to have high and proven aptitude and strong interest in teaching and are willing to participate fully in a liberal arts environment that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction. The normal teaching load is two courses each quarter, with three quarters per year. Ph.D. is preferred, but advanced ABDs considered. Candidates must mail a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial acceptable), plus three letters of recommendation to Professor Ahmed Hussen, Chair, Department of Economics and Business, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, 49006. . Applications must be received by March 1, 2012 to receive full consideration. Kalamazoo College is committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. The college strongly encourages candidates who would further contribute to this end. For more information about Kalamazoo College, see our website at www.kzoo.edu.

Business Faculty position

Kalamazoo College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Business, with preferred areas of research and teaching in marketing and/or management. Curricular contributions will include both principles and upper-level courses in marketing, management, and preferably a course in business research methods. Moreover the candidate should exhibit flexibility and capacity for shaping introductory through advanced courses around the candidate's areas of specialization, including courses that would serve the College's Shared Passages (first year, sophomore, and senior) Seminar program.

See the full position description at https://www.kzoo.edu/business/search/

Facebook page

Our department is now on Facebook. If you search Facebook for "Kalamazoo College Economics and Business" then "like" the page, you can follow us there.