THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: A A E 101 (215 prior to Fall 2024), ECON 101 , 102 , or 111 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate the importance of economic growth and globalization in the process of economic development of nations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how economic theory and data can help identify and measure factors contributing to economic growth and the effects of globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess the historical and recent evolution of economic growth and globalization over time and across countries. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the role of policy and its effects on economic growth, globalization, and on the process of economic development. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate basic economic and statistical literacy for evaluating economic growth and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of economic growth and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of economic growth and globalization and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate the importance of economic growth and globalization in the process of economic development of nations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how economic theory and data can help identify and measure factors contributing to economic growth and the effects of globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess the historical and recent evolution of economic growth and globalization over time and across countries. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the role of policy and its effects on economic growth, globalization, and on the process of economic development. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate basic economic and statistical literacy for evaluating economic growth and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of economic growth and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of economic growth and globalization and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate