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Hrs Per Week: |
Sem Hrs: |
| Prefix No |
Course Name |
Class |
Lab |
Clin/Exp |
Credit |
| ECO 151 |
Survey of Economics |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course, for those who have not received credit for ECO
251 or 252, introduces basic concepts of micro- and macroeconomics. Topics
include supply and demand, optimizing economic behavior, prices and wages,
money, interest rates, banking system, unemployment, inflation, taxes,
government spending, and international trade. Upon completion, students
should be able to explain alternative solutions for economic problems
faced by private and government sectors. This course has been approved to
satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core
requirement in social/behavioral sciences. |
| |
| ECO 251 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course introduces economic analysis of individual,
business, and industry in the market economy. Topics include the price
mechanism, supply and demand, optimizing economic behavior, costs and
revenue, market structures, factor markets, income distribution, market
failure, and government intervention. Upon completion, students should be
able to identify and evaluate consumer and business alternatives in order
to efficiently achieve economic objectives. This course has been approved
to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core
requirement in social/behavioral sciences. |
| |
| ECO 252 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course introduces economic analysis of aggregate
employment, income, and prices. Topics include major schools of economic
thought; aggregate supply and demand; economic measures, fluctuations, and
growth; money and banking; stabilization techniques; and international
trade. Upon completion, students should be able to evaluate national
economic components, conditions, and alternatives for achieving
socioeconomic goals. This course has been approved to satisfy the
Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in
social/behavioral sciences. |
