"First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time."
-Douglass Horton
Economics Syllabus
Course Description:
Economics is a one semester class. The class includes an in-depth look at economic ways of thinking while specifically focusing on the fundamentals of economics, free enterprise and other economic systems, demand, supply, and prices, competition and market structures, fiscal and monetary policy, and globalization.
Special projects will include presentations focusing on business & labor and economic performance & challenges.
Class "Challenges" are also available throughout the course which enable students to go beyond the classroom and earn extra-credit.
Classroom activities include: reading, comprehension, and discussion; individual and group content specific activities, various video content to enhance comprehension, document and slide presentation sharing, and formal and informal presentations.
Economics is a one semester class. The class includes an in-depth look at economic ways of thinking while specifically focusing on the fundamentals of economics, free enterprise and other economic systems, demand, supply, and prices, competition and market structures, fiscal and monetary policy, and globalization.
Special projects will include presentations focusing on business & labor and economic performance & challenges.
Class "Challenges" are also available throughout the course which enable students to go beyond the classroom and earn extra-credit.
Classroom activities include: reading, comprehension, and discussion; individual and group content specific activities, various video content to enhance comprehension, document and slide presentation sharing, and formal and informal presentations.
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In this class, we use the Economics textbook as a foundational resource. We will also use Foundations in Personal Finance by Dave Ramsey.
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