ECO 1040 - A Citizen’s Guide to Economics

Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests

This course introduces students to basic economic concepts and reasoning, the legal foundations of a market-based economic system, the fundamentals of the macroeconomy, and the foundations of the global economy. Students will be exposed to measurements of a nation’s macreconomy, money and banking, the role of government in the economy, the importance of the international economy, and myths about markets. A key feature of the course is the application of economic reasoning to real world problems. (General Studies—Level II, Social Sciences) (GT-SS1)