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Economics & finance · 47Beginner
Understanding Economics
Curious minds or future economics students.
Principles of micro- and macroeconomics, economic policy and globalisation, then business economics, statistics and money.
234hours of coursework
24weeks at 10 h
4steps
16courses
3universities
Target skills
Supply And DemandEconomicsPolicy AnalysisBusiness EconomicsMarket DynamicsPublic PoliciesResource AllocationTaxDecision MakingFinancial PolicyBankingGame Theory
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Economics student
- Economic research officer
- Public policy analyst
Progression
- 1Rice UniversityBeginner
Stated prerequisites: High school or equivalent education; interest in economics
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Principles of Economics: Introduction - Getting to Know You Beginner 20 h 4.8 (68) Principles of Economics: Microeconomics - Down to Business Beginner 13 h 4.9 (39) Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics - The Big Picture Beginner 22 h 4.8 (75) - 2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Microeconomics Principles Beginner 9 h 4.8 (3,332) Market Equilibrium, Government Policy & Elasticity Beginner 6 h 4.9 (42) The Theory of the Firm Beginner 9 h 4.8 (36) Public Goods, Common Resources, and Externalities Beginner 4 h 4.9 (52) - 3IE Business SchoolIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Understanding economic policymaking — 16 h — Trade, Immigration and Exchange Rates in a Globalized World Beginner 13 h 4.8 (305) Business Opportunities and Risks in a Globalized Economy Intermediate 11 h 4.8 (187) - 4University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: Familiarity with economic reasoning and concepts recommended
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior Intermediate 17 h 4.8 (2,563) Firm Level Economics: Markets and Allocations Intermediate 19 h 4.8 (1,191) Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making Beginner 23 h 4.8 (1,037) Inferential and Predictive Statistics for Business Intermediate 19 h 4.8 (880) Banking and Financial Institutions Intermediate 16 h 4.7 (314) Central Banks and Monetary Policy Intermediate 17 h 4.7 (127)
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Projects to build
Price elasticity of a product
Estimate the price elasticity of a consumer good from public data and discuss the result.
Monetary policy
Relate the central bank’s rate decisions to inflation over ten years, with a chart.
Free textbooks
The Economy 2.0The CORE Econ teamFree online
Principles of Economics 3eOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)
OpenIntro StatisticsD. Diez, M. Çetinkaya-Rundel, C. BarrFree PDF