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100/200 Level Electives
These educational goals apply to the following courses:
- ECON 102: The World Economy
- ECON 104: Economics and Government
- ECON 260: Environmental Economics
- ECON 280: Introduction to Labor Economics
- ECON 290: Microeconomic Policy
- ECON 291: Macroeconomic Policy
Please note, for 100 and 200 level elective courses, all skills below are to be introduced.
Analyze and Interpret Economic Models
- Solve and interpret standard models of market interaction
- Identify and analyze market failures, externalities and public goods
- Apply economic concepts and models learnt in core courses to the course's subject area
- Identify main economic concepts related to the course's subject area
Analyze and Interpret Economic Data
- Interpret key economic data
- Interpret statistical evidence and methodology
- Interpret empirical evidence related to topics studied in the course's subject area
Critically assess economic arguments, assumptions, and evidence
- Discuss the role of theory, evidence, and measurement in economic analysis
- Critically evaluate assumptions in economic/econometric models
- Compare and critically evaluate economic arguments
- Critically evaluate the economic arguments on issues related to the course's subject area
- Critically evaluate the empirical evidence on issues related to the course's subject area
Use oral, written, and graphical methods to communicate economic insights
- Formulate written economic arguments evaluating or supporting a position
- Present economic arguments by means of graphs, charts and tables
Use economic concepts to understand real-world human activity and public policy
- Use economics to evaluate specific policies
- Evaluate current events using tools of economics
- Use economic tools to analyse current issues related to the course's subject area
Describe and analyze important economic institutions, events, and results
- Describe important institutions in the economy and their roles
- Describe important events in economic history and their current relevance
- Describe main empirical findings in the course's subject area
- Describe main policies related to course's subject area
- Describe main trends and events related to course's subject area
