This course gives students an introduction to the economy including the topics of price determination, market structure and resource allocation, the behaviour of consumers and firms, and market intervention by government. Some of the economic issues addressed may include agricultural price supports, rent control, trade policy, environmental regulation, price discrimination, and taxation.

What You'll Learn:

• Understand the basic principles of how economists think and analyze problems.

• Explain the laws of supply and demand and how they determine prices in markets.

• Analyze the impact of government policies and international trade on markets.

• Understand consumer behavior and how choices are made based on utility.

• Describe how firms make production and cost decisions.

• Differentiate between different types of markets (e.g., perfect competition, monopoly).

• Identify situations where markets fail and understand the role of government intervention.

• Understand how factors of production (e.g., labor, capital) are priced and allocated in markets.

COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME

ACCT*1220

Introductory Financial Accounting

ACCT*1240

Applied Financial Accounting

ACCT*2230

Management Accounting

ACCT*3340

Intermediate Financial Accounting II

ACCT*3350

Taxation

ECON*1050

Introductory Microeconomics

ECON*1100

Introductory Macroeconomics

ECON*2310

Intermediate Microeconomics

ECON*2740

Economic Statistics

ECON*3740

Introduction to Econometrics

FIN*2000

Introduction to Finance

FIN*3000

Investments

FIN*3100

Corporate Finance

FIN*3200

Fundamentals of Derivatives

FIN*3500

Money, Credit, and the Financial System

HROB*2090

Individuals and Groups in Organizations

MCS*1000 

Introductory Marketing

MCS*3040

Business and Consumer Law

STAT*2040

Statistics I

STAT*2060

Statistics for Business Decisions

STAT*4360

Applied Time Series Analysis