ECON 205B Principles of Economics
205. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (Credit,
3 hours). Course designed to teach the central
components of micro-economics and macro-economics,
along with economic issues prominent
in today¿s world, to students who are non-business
majors and who take a one-term economics
course. Topics include: the role of demand and
supply in determining prices; competitive and
monopolistic markets; income distribution; gross
domestic product and employment; short-run
economic fluctuations and fiscal policy; money,
banking and monetary policy; and international
trade and finance.