Course descriptions/10th grade
Comparative Political and Economic Systems
In Comparative Political and Economic Systems students analyze a variety of current issues in the global economy, ranging from the debate over free trade and global interdependence, to competing development models for the world’s poorer nations, to the impact of population and economic growth on social, political and ecological systems. In this course students learn to identify, analyze critically, and to evaluate theories, concepts, and arguments pertaining to the nature and activities of individuals and societies as they relate to the varieties of economic environments that people inhabit.