The College of Liberal Arts and Education offers a major for certification of social science teachers with an area concentration in economics. Students with a major in comprehensive social sciences with a concentration in economics-economic education will receive a B.A. degree. For more information see the social sciences comprehensive major. An introduction to basic economic principles with applications to current problems. An introduction to basic economic principles with applications to current economic problems.
Emphasis is on understanding how households and business firms make decisions in the U.S. economy.
Topics include how prices are determined and how they help solve the economic problem of scarcity, the distribution of income and wealth, problems of monopoly power, labor unions and labor problems, environmental and energy concerns, and agricultural economics. This course uses economics principles to analyze salient issues involving people of color, women, and ethnic minorities. The focus is interdisciplinary, drawing from the fields of business and political science, among others. Analysis will occur within the contextual framework provided by guest presenters having expertise in areas of race and ethnic studies and of women's studies. Pertinent principles and concepts will be used to analyze the causes and effects of the changing composition of U.S. families, to examine the nature and extent of discrimination within the U.S. economy, and to understand why issues involving race, ethnicity and gender are of concern to all.