Common Sense Economics

Course Overview

Join me, Instructor Smith, in a 15 week long learning adventure! Contrary to popular belief economics is not "the" dismal science!  It is a social science that can be fun, exciting, and, yes, reflective of common sense. 

Common Sense Economics promises to open students' eyes to how the economy really works.  On completion, students will be able to use economic reasoning to make strategic choices as consumers, businesspeople, investors, learners, and citizens of the world. 

Common Sense Economics (CSE)

Website Template

Instructors using Common Sense Economics (CSE) and CommonSenseEconomics.com are invited to modify this website template to guide their teaching efforts.  To get a zip file of the site for your use and modification, please email Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Northern Michigan University.  Highlights follow.

• This template helps instructors build a website around an existing or new course in economics.  It can be used at no money cost by any textbook adopter of Common Sense Economics (CSE). 
• The website readily identifies appropriate readings in CSE for various economic topics.  It also provides references to supplementary works appropriate for beginning students of economics.
• Instructor resources include:  password protected multiple-choice and essay questions are provided for testing purposes; suggested syllabus, readings reflective of common sense and classic readings; PowerPoint slides; graphics; and a course web site template.
• Experience based and hands-on learning opportunities, going deeper exercises, small group activities and other exciting instructional ideas are offered.  Student resources include:  Links to practice tests; student reading guides for each of the four parts of CSE.
• This course promises to be a fun one!

Key Learning Milestones of CSE

CSE covers what people really need to know in order to make wiser choices as consumers, investors, and citizens.

• Part I:  Ten Key Elements of Economics
• Part II:  Seven Major Sources of Economic Progress
• Part III:  Economic Progress and the Role of Government
• Part IV:  Twelve Key Elements of Practical Personal Finance.