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Hipp Hall 206 Computer Lab

The economics computer lab was created with a grant from the National Science Foundation in 1994.  The purpose of the lab is to support hands-on economic analysis activities that include but are not limited to market simulations; specifying, quantifying, and testing economic theories; accessing, formatting, visualizing, and analyzing economic data; and accessing and evaluating government and NGO documents that pertain to economics.  The computers in Hipp Hall 206 contain a number of programs that are not available anywhere else on the Furman Campus.  These include Stata, StatTransfer, ArcGIS with StreetMap, EViews, and Taxwise.   

In response to students' concerns about the limited accessibility on campus of computing resources that are necessary for their coursework, the Department of Economics and the Department of Business and Accounting have adopted a policy whereby we attempt to maximize the number of "open-lab" hours for students, while accommodating the teaching needs for economics, business, and accounting courses.  As a result, we do not schedule courses in the lab on a semester basis.  Economics, business, and accounting faculty contact the department assistant in economics and reserve the lab on a day-by-day basis.

Resources

The computer lab contains twenty-five workstations that are equipped with a web browser, Microsoft Office, Stata, StatTransfer, EViews, ArcGIS with Streetmap, and Taxwise software.  We plan to add Maxima, a symbolic algebra program, to the standard disk image soon.  The lab also has an instructor's computer, multimedia equipment, and a projector.

Reservations and Lab Access

While everyone is welcome to use the lab when it is open, students and faculty whose work is consistent with the purpose of the lab have priority, and all students and faculty may be asked to leave at short notice to accommodate an economics, business, or accounting course that is being taught in the lab.  The lab is generally not available for reservation by faculty or students outside the Department of Economics and the Department of Business and Accounting.