INSURING LIFE'S RISKS: HEALTH, AGING, AND POLICY
Covers risks related to health and aging, rationales for social insurance programs to protect against these risks, and costs and benefits of these programs. Broad topics include health insurance, disability insurance, and Social Security and pension policy.
Topics
- health insurance
- disability insurance
- and Social Security and pension policy
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ( ECON 301 or 311 ) and ECON 310 ; or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and interpret models of risk and insurance Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and interpret the basic features (and rationales) of major US social insurance programs related to health and aging Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply knowledge from Learning Outcomes 1 and 2 to be able to critique and evaluate the merits of recent research articles Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and interpret models of risk and insurance Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and interpret the basic features (and rationales) of major US social insurance programs related to health and aging Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply knowledge from Learning Outcomes 1 and 2 to be able to critique and evaluate the merits of recent research articles Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- INSURING LIFE'S RISKS: HEALTH, AGING, AND POLICY · 3 credits.