AEM 2350

Introduction To The Economics Of Development

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: at least one full semester university course in introductory economics.

Course Attribute (CU-ITL, CU-SBY)

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.

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)

When Offered Fall, Summer.

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