ECON150L - Economics of Social Issues

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This is an issues-oriented course that introduces essential economic principles and applies them to an array of important social questions. The course is designed to explain how economics enables us to understand headlines and news stories about current events and policy questions as they arise in a global context. Concepts, theories and issues from both microeconomics and macroeconomics will be addressed. This course is designed as a one-semester overview of economic principles for students in majors and/or minors other than business, economics, and accounting. . Majors and/or minors in Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics do not earn credit for taking this course.

Offered When: Every semester