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ECON 335 · Economics

Economics of Innovation and Technology

Microeconomic analysis of technological change, intellectual property rights, research and development incentives, network externalities, platform markets, and antitrust policy in digital industries.

How to enroll Where it fits

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
Level
300 upper division
Typically offered
Spring, odd years
Prerequisites
ECON 201.

300-level courses: advanced, upper-division courses requiring prior foundational preparation. Counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.6.

Portrait of Dr. Claire Donovan

Dr. Claire Donovan

Associate Professor of Economics

Instructor for ECON 335, Spring 2027

Office
Tidewell Hall 208
Email
cdonovan@university.alkimi.ai

Department of Economics

Department page →
Tidewell Hall Chair: Dr. Xiang Cai, Tidewell Hall 102

Questions about a major or your plan: Academic Advising Center, Lovell Hall 101, (555) 555-0158.

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens. Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Spring 2027 syllabus

ECON 335 isn't offered in Fall 2026. The Spring 2027 syllabus will be posted in Canvas by the first day of classes, Tuesday, January 19, 2027. Meeting times and rooms appear in AlkimiHub when Spring 2027 registration opens on Monday, November 2, 2026.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Degree planning

Where ECON 335 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

Catalog wording: ECON 201.

Leads to

All Economics courses →

No other catalog course lists ECON 335 as a prerequisite.

Counts toward

All programs →

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

AP equivalency table →

No AP exam awards credit for ECON 335 (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

Registration

How to enroll in ECON 335

  1. Check the prerequisites

    ECON 201.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    ECON 335 is offered in the spring semester of odd-numbered years. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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