\documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{Madrid} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{datetime} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \tcbuselibrary{skins, breakable} \newdate{nextTuesday}{26}{08}{2025} \title{ECON 4530/5530 \\ Computational Economics} \author{University of Wyoming} \date{\displaydate{nextTuesday}} \begin{document} % Title Slide \begin{frame} \titlepage \end{frame} % Contact Info Slide \begin{frame}{Contact Information} \begin{tcolorbox}[ enhanced, colback=blue!5, colframe=blue!60!black, boxrule=0.8pt, arc=4pt, width=\textwidth, title=\textbf{Instructor: Alex Gebben (AG)}, fonttitle=\bfseries, breakable ] \begin{itemize} \item \textbf{Office:} BU 362 \item \textbf{Email:} \texttt{agebben@uwyo.edu} \item \textbf{Phone:} 307-766-4136 \item \textbf{Office Hours:} Monday \& Friday 1:00–2:30, other times by appointment \end{itemize} \end{tcolorbox} \end{frame} % Workflow Diagram Slide \begin{frame}{Steps of an Economic Analysis} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance=1.5cm and 2.5cm, every node/.style={draw, rounded corners, text centered, minimum width=3.8cm, minimum height=1cm, font=\small}, designstyle/.style={fill=blue!20}, datastyle/.style={fill=orange!20}, analysisstyle/.style={fill=teal!20}, reportstyle/.style={fill=yellow!40, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries} ] % Fixed layout with overlays \onslide<1->{\node[designstyle] (q) at (-3,1.8) {Economic Question};} \onslide<2->{\node[designstyle] (sd) at (-3,0) {Strategy and Design};} \onslide<3->{\node[datastyle] (dc) at (-3,-1.8) {Data Collection};} \onslide<4->{\node[datastyle] (clean) at (-3,-3.6) {Data Cleaning};} \onslide<5->{\node[analysisstyle] (explore) at (3,0.9) {Exploration};} \onslide<6->{\node[analysisstyle] (analysis) at (3,-0.9) {Analysis};} \onslide<7->{\node[reportstyle] (report) at (3,-2.7) {Final Report and Figures};} % Arrows \onslide<2->{\draw[->, thick] (q) -- (sd);} \onslide<3->{\draw[->, thick] (sd) -- (dc);} \onslide<4->{\draw[->, thick] (dc) -- (clean);} \onslide<5->{ \draw[->, thick] (clean.east) -- ++(1.5,0) |- (explore.west); } \onslide<6->{\draw[->, thick] (explore) -- (analysis);} \onslide<7->{\draw[->, thick] (analysis) -- (report);} % Dashed feedback arrow from Exploration to center top of Economic Question \onslide<8->{ \draw[->, thick, dashed] (explore.north) -- ++(0,1.2) -- ++(-6.0,0) -- (q.north); } \end{tikzpicture} \end{frame} \end{document}