AEM 2350

AEM 2350

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

This course is intended as an introduction to the economics of low income countries. It focuses on the policies and constraints to promoting growth and development.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECON 1110, ECON 1120.

Distribution Category (SBA)

Outcomes
  • Students will be able to understand the nature of poverty and how it is measured.
  • Students will be able to understand how economic growth is measured and how this correlates to alternative measures of development.
  • Students will be able to understand the structural changes in the economy that occur as a country increases per capita income.
  • Students will be able to understand the leading economic models explaining these changes.
  • Students will become familiar with competing views of how economic policy can best promote economic growth and development.
  • Students will be able to understand how linkages to the international economy can promote or hinder the process of economic growth and development.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17622 AEM 2350   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: ECON 1110, ECON 1120

  • 17623 AEM 2350   DIS 201