Ages 16-18

Economics (Spring) 16 weeks only

This one-semester course is designed to help students understand how incentives and information influence the choices people make and how governments influence economic progress.  Students will learn basic economic principles needed to explore and understand such issues as free trade, globalization, inflation, recessions, surpluses and shortages, global warming, energy, stimulus packages. and bailouts.  These topics dominate today’s headlines and are the issues we must understand in order to engage the world around us.

Curriculum/Required Text(s):

SPRING:

BJU Economics Student Text 3rd Edition

ISBN 13: 978-1606828779