Course name: The Individual and the Economy Course code: (CIE3M)

Grade: 11
Credits:1.0
Type: University / College Preparation
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites: CHC2D or CHC2P
Course description: Explore issues and challenges facing the Canadian economy and the implications of various responses to them. Discover the economic role of workers, governments and change in the Canadian economy. Preview Course
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Course fees are partially subsidized for most Ontario residents. The administrative fee covers the cost for us to process your application.
Grade: 11
Credits:1.0
Type: University / College Preparation
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites: CHC2D or CHC2P
Course description: Explore issues and challenges facing the Canadian economy and the implications of various responses to them. Discover the economic role of workers, governments and change in the Canadian economy. Preview Course

Course fees are partially subsidized for most Ontario residents. The administrative fee covers the cost for us to process your application.

Interested in taking this course?
  • If you are a student already enrolled in an Ontario High School, please contact your school about taking courses with TVO ILC.
  • If your goal is to earn a high school diploma or if you are a homeschool student, an academic assessment of your application must be done before choosing courses, please visit Apply Now to start your application.

Course Overview

This course explores issues and challenges facing the Canadian economy as well as the implications of various responses to them. You will explore the economic role of firms, workers, and government as well as your own role as individual consumers and contributors, and how all of these roles contribute to stability and change in the Canadian economy. You will apply the concepts of economic thinking and the economic inquiry process, including economic models, to investigate the impact of economic issues and decisions at the individual, regional, and national level.

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Course Syllabus

1.1   Economic thinking

1.2   Use of economic models

1.3   Demand

1.4   Supply

1.5   Competitive markets

2.1   Excise taxes and price controls

2.2   Business economics

2.3   Investing

2.4   Personal budgets

2.5   Business organizations

3.1   Market structures

3.2   Consumer and producer shortage and surplus

3.3   Economic fluctuations

3.4   Fiscal policy

3.5   Money and monetary policy

4.1   Inflation

4.2   Unemployment

4.3   Trade unions

4.4   The foreign sector

4.5   Foreign trade



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