Meets the General Education contemporary society requirement. Survey of national income accounts, employment theory, economic growth, fiscal and monetary policy, money and banking, and international trade payments. Meets the General Education contemporary society requirement. History, development and role of money and the banking system and their relationship to employment, prices, economic growth, foreign trade and payment balances. Emphasis on the Federal Reserve System.
Introductory course incorporates both applied and theoretical approaches to transportation.
Focuses on domestic transportation, but an international dimension is included. Covers basic modes of transportation, their economic and organizational characteristics, role and function in the economy, regulatory and policy issues, rate setting, principles of logistics, shipper and carrier management, and intermodalism. Includes theory of social goods and public decisions, the budgeting process, and the impact of taxation and expenditure on the allocation of resources, distribution of income and economic stability. Opportunity for students to earn academic credit by extending classroom learning to real-world settings. Students obtain the cooperation of an employer and prepare a learning contract.