COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ECON 301 or 311 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Synthesize an overview of economic theory as applied to small open economies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the community’s economy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Implement alternative processes for affecting change at the community level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate literacy of economic factors affecting change at the local level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the community within a sustainable systems thinking approach. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify appropriate roles for community economic development practitioners in a variety of community settings. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Synthesize an overview of economic theory as applied to small open economies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the community’s economy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Implement alternative processes for affecting change at the community level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate literacy of economic factors affecting change at the local level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the community within a sustainable systems thinking approach. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify appropriate roles for community economic development practitioners in a variety of community settings. Audience: Graduate