8956   ECONOMICS 42

Semester, 1 credit

Prerequisite: None

 

Students will be introduced to the many consumer and economic problems they will face as a member of the community.  This course is designed to teach economic reasoning needed as consumers, producers, savers, investors, workers, voters, and how our government agencies make their decisions.  There will be a fee charges for this class.

 

The student will be able to identify the key elements to the study of Economics which are:

 

1) Scarcity and economic reasoning, supply and demand, market structures, the role of the government, the role of financial institutions, economics stabilization and trade.

2) Limited resources require people to make choices in their daily lives.  The student will demonstrate understanding of that role with respect to supply, demand, and profits in a market economy.

3) Lastly students will understand the role of economic performance, money, stabilization policies and trade of the Unites States.