Global Markets, Local Economies

The course teaches foundational concepts and ideas within International Economics, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics so that students can competently read and interpret economic news and reports as well as compare and contrast economic arguments in applied settings. It is designed to connect the dots between local or disaggregated activities and the aggregate, interconnected functioning of our current world economy. This course merges the key content microeconomics, macroeconomics and international trade and gives you a comprehensive toolkit for the fundamentals of microeconomics and open economy macroeconomics. It is designed to connect the dots between local or disaggregated activities and the aggregate, interconnected functioning of our current world economy using many interesting real-world examples and applications. This class fulfills the following I.S. major requirement: ECON 200 or ECON 201/JSIS 123.