EC 3023 Tourism Seminar

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to understand tourism trends and analyze their causes and economic, social and cultural impacts. They will also evaluate patterns of consumer behavior. Additionally, students will analyze recent discussions by the World Tourism Organization on the challenges to this industry.

EC 3033 Tourism Planning

At the conclusion of this course, students will understand the entire process of project planning in the tourism sector, identifying needs in market segments considering the perspective of private companies and the public sector, so as to be able to analyze cases of success and failure in the planning of international tourism projects and understand strategy proposals involving decisions of the various tourism stakeholders, from the planning stages.

EC 3041 Dynamic Macroeconomics

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to apply the methodology underlying the basic models of dynamic macroeconomics through representative agent and overlapping generations models and the implications for economic policy that arise from these models, applying them to generate proposals for economic growth.

EC 2245 International Trade

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to examine the trends in trade and investment in the world and describe the different theories of international trade and its application in economic growth. They will analyze protectionist instruments and their economic effects on developing countries and the importance and impact of multinational companies.

CO 3095 Personal Finance

This course aims to train students in budgeting financial needs, managing expenses efficiently, making good use of credit, foreseeing undesired contingencies in personal health care, and building a savings and investment plan. Subjects such as the assessment of personal financial health, money management, insurance (life, medical expenses, etc), and basic investment for retirement are covered.