Department of Economics at Western Illinois University

Graduate Advisory Track System

Public Service/Government Track

Suggested Elective Courses in Economics
(Select 4 courses.)

ECON 432G Public Finance
ECON 460G Urban and Regional Analysis
ECON 507 Econometrics or ECON 513 Economic Theory and Forecasting
ECON 520 Public Policies Toward Business
ECON 535 Small Community Development

Suggested Cognate Areas
(Select up to 3 courses. A fourth
course may be taken by petition.)

Geography:

GEOG 448G Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning

Operations Management:

OM 511 Operations Management

Political Science:

POLS 490G Bureaucracy and Public Policy
POLS 494G Public Budgeting Systems
POLS 546 Public Administration (Colloquium)
POLS 549 Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
POLS 592 The politics of Civil Service