The course emphasizes the theoretical foundations for the formation of fiscal, monetary, and international stabilization policy. Students registering for this course must have access to the appropriate equipment. Students will be led through a series of interactive learning experiences exploring the world of macroeconomics with real data, interactive simulations, and electronic discussions. This is not an ordinary statitistics course. It is a statistic course for those who want to learn how to communicate with statistics.
Heavy emphasis is placed on the presentation and interpretation of results.
The course uses the microcomputer statistics package Systat. The Global and Community Studies Department is pleased to offer Economies in Transition for the first time at The Sage Colleges. The course is developed and taught by Professor Manijeh Sabi, a recent Fulbright Scholar to Hungary and Azerbaijan, and a visiting lecturer at Shanghai Institute of Trade in China. This course offers students of all disciplines an opportunity to explore the concept of transition and various aspects of transition from planned economy to a market based economy. Relevant experience and sequence of transition of several countries will be examined.