Comparative Economic Systems

General

Prefix

ECON

Course Number

360

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

Herberger Business School

Description

Real and ideal economic systems including capitalism, socialism, and communism.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Explain the key pillars of different economic systems.

Outcome

Assess the relative efficacy of centralized versus decentralized economic systems.

Outcome

Analyze the economic foundations of high performing countries.

Outcome

Articulate the various factors that contributed to the collapse of socialist / communist economic systems such as the former Soviet Union.

Dependencies

Programs

ECON360 is a completion requirement for: