IB Economics (SL)

This academically rigorous course focuses on the choices that must constantly be made by individuals, firms, and governments, which affect both their own economic well being and that of society as a whole. The questions of "What?" "How?" and "For whom?" are central to the field of economics. Topics will be approached from an international perspective. The course emphasizes the study of economic development as a part of the solution to contemporary real world problems. The course culminates in an external assessment that provides the possibility of college credit.