Economics (Period 2nd)

 Economics is a one-semester course in which students learn economic reasoning and how to apply it to their daily lives. Students understand the role of the market in the contemporary world economy, the role of government in the economy, the role of labor in the economy, the nature of aggregate economic behavior, how to interpret economic indicators, and the impacts of globalization both within the United States and around the world. Students explore the role of economics with regard to social issues (such as income terpret data to develop evidence-based arguments.