POSC 2800U – Introduction to Business, Economy and Society

This course is inspired by recent moves in interdisciplinary social sciences to 'rethink economics 101' from an interdisciplinary perspective. The goal is to help students interested in business, development, politics, or policy to undertake their studies with a better understanding of how businesses and economies operate in the 'real world', which is often more complicated than the way in which academic theories present economic activity and systems. This course will explore critical, diverse, and scientifically supported tools to understand how humans and businesses behave economically and how this behavior can produce, or reduce, inequities, environmental damage, and human flourishing. Students will develop understandings of human economic behaviour that are essential to a range of activities—from marketing, to innovation, to sustainability and justice. They will learn how businesses and consumers are impacted, and impact, the policy environment that constrains their actions while making economic activities possible in the first place. The course content will be particularly useful to those who are interested in working in business or in engaging in critical development and policy studies.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3

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