This course introduces basic concepts of micro- and macroeconomics. Topics include supply and demand, optimizing economic behavior, prices and wages, money, interest rates, banking system, unemployment, inflation, taxes, government spending, and international trade. Upon completion, students should be able to explain alternative solutions for economic problems faced by private and government sectors. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in social/behavioral sciences.

2014FA - Revised Local Prereqs from RED 090 to DRE 098 and MAT 070 to DMA 030

2016FA - Revised Local Prereqs to DMA-060 and DRE-098; DMA-060 crosswalk for MAT 070 archived by the NCCCS.

2019SP - Revised Local Prereq: Add ENG 002 and MAT 003

2020FA - Revised Local Prereq: Delete DMA 030, DRE 098

2022FA - Removed Local Prereq ENG 002 and MAT 003