ECON 1200 - Economics, Law, and Government

Credits: 3
General Education: Human Society & the Individual - Wyoming Statutory Requirement (HSI)

Students acquire and demonstrate knowledge about how markets and free enterprise depend on supportive legal and political institutions. Students investigate and describe the influence of these governmental and legal institutions on markets and individual economic decisions. Topics to be covered include economic systems and economic reasoning; government fiscal actions and public policies; the economics of crime, pollution and poverty; relationships among market development, our legal framework and the U.S. political systems, and the constitutions of the U.S. and state of Wyoming.

Prerequisite: Completion of MATH 965 and ENGL 0810 or equivalent placement or instructor approval.