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CS92PROD
Introduction to Economics

ECON 101
Fall 2007
Section: 01   02  
Certificates: International Relations

An interdisciplinary introduction to the positive and normative aspects of economics; topics in this course include markets as a means of coordinating human behavior toward the achievement of specific social objectives, how and why markets may fail to achieve these objectives, the evolution of nonmarket institutions such as rules of law as responses to market failures, and theories of unemployment and inflation in their historical context.

Essential Capabilities: Quantitative Reasoning
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-Polit Econ)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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