Economics
Economics
Grades: 12
Prerequisite: None
Length: One Semester
UC A-G Requirement: G
Grades: 12
Prerequisite: None
Length: One Semester
UC A-G Requirement: G
The study of 12th grade economics provides students with the unique opportunity to consider the impact of choice on individuals, groups, and institutions. It offers a lens to understand and analyze human behavior, and it builds the student's ability to make informed decisions based on the relevant economic information such as an analysis of cost and benefits; the trade-offs between consumption, investment, and savings; the availability and allocation of natural
resources; the distribution of resources among investors, managers, workers and Innovation; the role of government in supporting, taxing, and investing in Industries; and human and physical capital.
resources; the distribution of resources among investors, managers, workers and Innovation; the role of government in supporting, taxing, and investing in Industries; and human and physical capital.
Note: Economics is taught within the Social Science department but is a G course for the
purposes of A-G requirements.
purposes of A-G requirements.