This one-year course fulfills the International Baccalaureate IB requirement for Group 6, Arts/Electives. This course will cover both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students will learn how supply and demand are tools for a wide variety of issues, locally as well as globally. They will understand the principles of economics that apply to the economic system as a whole, examining major issues facing countries’ economic growth, development, unemployment, inflation, and income distribution. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirements for economics and prepares students to take the IB Economics SL exam.