EC 201 - Money and Banking

Credit Hours: 3

Monetary theory and policy is combined with a study of the functions and operations of commercial and central banks. The approach is analytical, descriptive and historical.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Social Sciences.

Course Outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of the role of money and banks in the broader economy;
analyze the importance of financial markets, financial institutions, central banking, and monetary theory;
describe the effects of monetary policy on interest rates; and
understand how central banks manage an economy’s money in concert with the banking system.

Prerequisites: EC 102
F (C, N, S)