ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CURRENT ISSUES
Emphasizes current economic issues and illustrates how the economist's perspective helps understand them. Academic readings and popular books such as Freakonomics will be used to indicate the breadth and scope of questions that can be analyzed from an economic perspective.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MATH 96 or placement into MATH 112 or satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A. Not open to students with credit for ECON 101 , 102 , or 111 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss key economic concepts and their application to current policy questions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Evaluate and critique economic arguments as they apply to current events. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss key economic concepts and their application to current policy questions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Evaluate and critique economic arguments as they apply to current events. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027