Economics (241-H) (Not Offered 2019-2020)

1 Credit Grades 11-12

Prerequisite: American Studies/Civics

This course applies basic economic principles and solutions to everyday economic problems. The study of both micro- and macroeconomics constitutes a major portion of this course. A comparative approach is used to analyze capitalism, socialism, and communism as political and economic systems. The first semester emphasizes foundations of economics such as concepts of supply, demand, and prices. The second semester studies the stock market, the role of government in a free market economy and the global economy as a whole. Extensive use of television programs, news magazines and the Internet are employed in this course.