2023-2024 General Catalog

Certificate in Business Managerial Economics

The Certificate programs within the School of Business and Management are not accepting new enrollments after February 1, 2024.

Learners in the Certificate in Business Managerial Economics (CBBME) will learn how different economies trade, produce, distribute, and consume goods and services. They will develop an understanding of how policies and trade barriers influence global markets, GDP, and GWP while also exploring topics delineated by the World Bank and World Trade Organization including market growth, global marketplace structures, and global development. Learners will use models to explain how nations measure and consider income, inflation, employment, and banking systems. After completing this certificate program, learners will be able to describe how individual consumers acquire material goods in economies fostering perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopolies, and monopolies through the articulation and application of the concept of supply-and-demand to estimate costs and consumer behaviors.

Program Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the Certificate in Business Managerial Economics include the following:

  1. Understand how economies trade, produce, distribute, and consume goods and services.
  2. Develop economic relationships explaining how policies and trade barriers influence global markets, GDP, and GWP.
  3. Explore topics delineated by the World Bank and World Trade Organization—including market growth, global marketplace structures, and global development.
  4. Utilize models explaining how nations measure and consider income, inflation, employment, and banking systems.
  5. Describe how individual consumers acquire material goods in economies fostering perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopolies, and monopolies.
  6. Articulate and apply the concept of supply-and-demand to estimate costs and consumer behaviors.

Certificate in Business Managerial Economics Required Courses (9 Total Credits Required)

ECO 3300Macroeconomics

3

ECO 3403Microeconomics

3

IB 4402International Economics

3

This program is not designed to meet the educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification required for employment in an occupation. As such, CalSouthern has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.