Program Overview

  • Duration

    1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

    Can be done in 6 months

  • Total Courses

    14-18

  • Total Credit Hours

    84-140

The Economics program at Hudson Bay University is dedicated to the study of economic systems, market dynamics, and financial analysis. Students explore economic theory, policy analysis, and quantitative methods. Graduates are well-prepared for careers in economics, finance, research, and government. They play a vital role in analyzing economic trends, influencing policy decisions, and contributing to the economic well-being of individuals and society.

SOCIAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS:

The program typically begins with a solid foundation in core business disciplines, such as accounting, marketing, finance, management, and organizational behavior. This equips students with a well-rounded understanding of how businesses operate.


FIELDWORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:

Beyond the theoretical framework, the College of Social Sciences places a significant emphasis on fieldwork and community engagement. Students have opportunities to participate in research projects, engage with local communities, and apply social science concepts to real-world situations. These experiences not only enhance their analytical and research skills but also provide valuable insights into the social sciences field.


CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL ISSUES ACROSS THE GLOBE:

The College of Social Sciences at Hudson Bay University is committed to nurturing cultural diversity and addressing social issues from around the world. Our curriculum integrates social sciences from various cultures and encourages students to explore different societal traditions. Additionally, we offer study abroad programs, international research opportunities, and collaborations with social scientists from diverse backgrounds, enabling students to gain a global perspective on social sciences.

Discuss the introduction to economics, emphasizing the basic economic principles, economic systems, and market forces. Analyze economic concepts, supply and demand, and economic decision-making.


This course provides a comprehensive overview of the banking industry, covering its history, functions, and contemporary roles in the global economy. Students will examine financial institutions, monetary policies, and the impact of banking on economic stability and growth.


Explore the intricate world of English grammar in this course. From sentence structure to parts of speech, students will gain a solid foundation in grammar rules and usage. Effective communication, writing, and language skills are the primary focus.


Microeconomics examines the behavior of individual economic agents. This course delves into economic principles like supply and demand, consumer choice, and market structures. Students will learn to analyze economic decisions at a micro-level.


This course offers a comprehensive study of international trade and finance. Students will explore trade theories, exchange rate systems, and international economic institutions. The aim is to understand the interconnectedness of economies in a globalized world.


Econometrics is a detailed study of statistical methods applied to economic data. Students will learn how to build and assess econometric models, making it a valuable resource for those pursuing data-driven economic research and analysis.

Gain an introduction to political science, covering the fundamental principles and concepts of political science as a discipline. Analyze political theories, research methods, and the history of political science.


Explore the introduction to mass communication, focusing on the principles of mass communication, media studies, and the impact of mass media on society. Analyze mass communication theories, media effects, and mass media technologies.


Explore world literature, focusing on the study of literary works from around the world. Analyze diverse literary traditions, cultural contexts, and global perspectives in literature.


Study the foundations of sociology, emphasizing the fundamental principles and concepts of sociology as a discipline. Analyze sociological perspectives, research methods, and the history of sociology.


Gain insights into English rhetoric, focusing on the principles of persuasive communication, argumentation, and rhetorical analysis. Analyze rhetorical techniques, persuasive strategies, and effective communication.


Explore essentials of general psychology, emphasizing the fundamental principles of psychology, human behavior, and psychological research. Analyze psychological theories, research methods, and the study of human behavior.


Gain an introduction to world history, covering the historical events, world civilizations, and global historical developments. Analyze world history periods, historical analysis, and the study of global events.


Discuss the introduction to economics, emphasizing the basic economic principles, economic systems, and market forces. Analyze economic concepts, supply and demand, and economic decision-making.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELOR'S DEGREE (ABSS) $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
WHERE AFFORDABILITY

Meets Opportunity

At Hudson Bay University, we believe in where affordability meets opportunity. Our commitment to accessible education ensures that quality learning doesn't come with a hefty price tag. We open the doors to knowledge, offering students the chance to thrive without the burden of overwhelming tuition fees, empowering them for a brighter future.

Our Eligibility Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84-140

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14-18

IIntroduction To Economics (SS-812)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE

Introduction To Banking (ECO-017)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Why Study Money, Banking, And Financial Markets?
     An Overview Of The Financial System
     What Is Money?
     Understanding Interest Rates
     The Behavior Of Interest Rates
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Risk And Term Structure Of Interest Rates
     The Stock Market, The Theory Of Rational Expectations, And The Efficient Market Hypothesis
     An Economic Analysis Of Financial Structure
     Banking And The Management Of Financial Institutions
     Banking And The Management Of Financial Institutions
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Banking Industry: Structure And Competition
     Structure Of Central Banks And The Federal Reserve System
     Multiple Deposit Creation And The Money Supply Process
     Determinants Of The Money Supply
     Tools Of Monetary Policy
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     What Should Central Banks Do? Monetary Policy Goals, Strategy, And Tactics
     The Foreign Exchange Market
     The International Financial System
     Money Demand
     The Islm Model
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monetary And Fiscal Policy In The Islm Model
     Aggregate Demand And Supply Analysis
     Transmission Mechanisms Of Monetary Policy: The Evidence
     Money And Inflation
     Rational Expectations: Implications For Policy

Introduction To Engineering Economics (ECO-118)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Engineering Economy And The Decision-Making Process
     Cash Flows And The Time Value Of Money
     Interest Formulas
     Economic Equivalence
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Problem Or Opportunity Definition
     Generation And Design Of Feasible Solution Alternatives
     Developing Cash Flows And Gathering Information
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Developing After-Tax Cash Flows
     Deterministic Evaluation
     Considering Risk
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Considering Non-Economic Factors And Multi-Attributes
     Deterministic Evaluation
     Considering Options In Time
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Multi-Criteria Evaluation
     Post Implementation And Evaluation
     Abandonment And Replacement Analysis

Introduction To Microeconomics (ECO-233)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Scope And Method Of Economics
     The Economic Problem: Scarcity And Choice.
     Demand, Supply, And Market Equilibrium
     Demand And Supply Applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Elasticity
     Household Behavior And Consumer Choice
     The Production Process: The Behavior Of Profit-Maximizing Firms
     Short-Run Costs And Output Decisions
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Long-Run Costs And Output Decisions
     Input Demand: The Labor And Land Markets
     Input Demand: The Capital Market And The Investment Decision
     General Equilibrium And The Efficiency Of Perfect Competition
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monopoly And Antitrust Policy
     Monopolistic Competition And Oligopoly
     Externalities, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, And Social Choice
     Income Distribution And Poverty
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Public Finance: The Economics Of Taxation
     International Trade, Comparative Advantage, And Protectionism
     Globalization
     Economic Growth In Developing And Transitional Economies

International Economics (ECO-397)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economic Geography: An Introduction
     The Historical Development Of Capitalism
     Population
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Resources And Environment
     Theoretical Considerations
     Agriculture
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Manufacturing
     Services
     Transportation And Communications
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Cities And Urban Economies
     Consumption
     International Trade And Investment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     International Trade Patterns
     Development And Underdevelopment In The Developing World

Econometrics (ECO-849)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economic Questions And Data
     Review Of Probability
     Review Of Statistics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Linear Regression With One Regressor
     Regression With A One Regressor
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Linear Regression With Multiple Regressors
     Hypothesis Tests And Confidence Intervals In Multiple Regression
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Nonlinear Regression Functions
     Assessing Studies Based On Multiple Regression
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Assessing Studies Based On Multiple Regression
     Conducting A Regression Study Using Economic Data

Introduction To Political Science (SS-080)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     A Science Of Politics
     Theories: Classic And Modern
     Nations, States, And Governments
     Individuals And Constitutions
     Democracy, Totalitarianism And Authoritarianism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Political Ideologies
     Political Culture
     Public Opinion
     Political Communication And The Media
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Interest Groups
     Political Parties And Party Systems
     Elections
     The Basic Institutions Of Government
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Legislatures
     Executives
     Administration And Bureaucracy
     Legal Systems And The Courts
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Political Economy
     Violence And Revolution
     International Relations
     The Global System

Introduction To Mass Communication (SS-196)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     We The People: Media And Communication.
     Books
     Newspapers
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Magazines
     The Movies
     Radio
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Television
     Music And The Recording Industry
     Computers And The Internet
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Journalism: Information And Society
     Public Relations
     Advertising
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Ethics
     Regulation
     Mass Communication Research: From Content To Effects

World Literature (SS-291)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Reading And Writing As A Social Act
     Roots And Rebellions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Gender And Identity
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     War And Violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Race And Culture
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Individualism And Community

Foundations Of Sociology (SS-381)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     What Is Sociology?
     Sociological Research Methods
     Culture, Society, And Social Change
     Socialization
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Deviance And Crime
     Interaction, Groups, And Organizations
     Inequalities Of Social Class
     Inequalities Of Race And Ethnicity
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Inequalities Of Gender
     The Economy
     The Political Order
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Marriage And Family
     Education
     Religion
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Medicine And Health Care
     Population, Ecology, And Urbanization
     Collective Social Action

English Rhetoric (SS-395)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Reading And Writing In College
     The Reading Process
     Reading Critically
     The Writing Process
     Preparing To Write
     Writing Effectively
     Revising And Editing
     Describing
     Narrating
     Illustrating
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Analyzing A Process
     Comparing And Contrasting
     Dividing And Classifying
     Defining
     Analyzing Causes And Effects
     Arguing
     Recognizing A Research Paper
     Avoiding Plagiarism
     Finding Sources
     Writing A Research Paper
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Documenting Sources
     Revising And Editing A Research Paper
     Writing Workshop
     Parts Of Speech, Phrases, Clauses
     Subjects And Verbs
     Fragments
     Fused Sentences And Comma Splices
     Regular And Irregular Verbs
     Verb Tense
     Subject-Verb Agreement
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     More On Verbs
     Pronoun Problems
     Pronoun Reference And Point Of View
     Pronoun Agreement
     Adjectives
     Adverbs
     Modifier Errors
     End Punctuation
     Commas
     Apostrophes
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Quotation Marks
     Other Punctuation Marks
     Capitalization
     Abbreviations And Numbers
     Varying Sentence Structure
     Parallelism
     Combining Sentences
     Standard And Nonstandard English
     Easily Confused Words
     Spelling

Essentials Of General Psychology (SS-664)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     What Is Psychology?
     How Psychologists Do
     Genes, Evolution, And The Environment
     The Brain: Source Of Mind And Self
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Body Rhythms And Mental States
     Sensation And Perception
     Learning And Conditioning
     Behavior In Social And Cultural Context
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Thinking And Intelligence
     Memory
     Emotion
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Motivation
     Personality
     Development Over The Lifespan
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Health Stress And Coping
     Psychological Disorders
     Approaches To Treatment And Therapy

Introduction To World History (SS-777)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Birth Of Civilization
     The Four Great Revolutions In Thought And Religion
     Greek And Hellenistic Civilization
     Iran, India, And Inner Asia To 200 C.E.
     Africa: Early History To 1000 C.E.
     Republican And Imperial Rome
     Chinas First Empire 221 B.C.E.-589 C.E
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Imperial China 589 B.C.E. 1368 C.E
     Japan: Early History To 1467
     Iran And India Before Islam
     The Formation Of Islamic Civilization 622945
     The Byzantine Empire And Western Europe To 1000
     Islam In The Heartlands And Beyond, Ca. 10001600
     Ancient Civilizations Of The Americas
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Europe In The Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, And Renaissance
     Europe 15001650: Expansion, Reformation, And Religious Wars
     Africa Ca. 10001800
     Conquest And Exploitation: The Development Of The Transatlantic Economy
     East Asia In The Late Traditional Era
     State Building And Society In Early Modern Europe
     The Last Great Islamic Empires (15001800)
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Age Of European Enlightenment
     Revolutions In The Transatlantic World
     In Nineteenth-Century Europe And North America, 18151880
     Northern Transatlantic Economy And Society, 18151914
     Latin America: From Independence To The 1940s
     India, The Islamic Heartlands, And Africa: The Challenge Of Modernity (18001945)
     Modern East Asia
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Imperialism And World War I
     Depression, European Dictators, And The American New Deal
     World War Ii
     The West Since World War Ii
     East Asia: The Recent Decades
     Postcolonialism And Beyond: Latin America, Africa, Asia, And The Middle East

Introduction To Economics (SS-812)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economics: Foundations And Models
     Trade-Offs, Comparative Advantage, And The Market System
     Where Prices Come From: The Interaction Of Demand And Supply
     Market Efficiency And Market Failure
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Firms, The Stock Market, And Corporate Governance
     Consumer Choice And Elasticity
     Technology, Production, And Costs
     Firms In Perfectly Competitive Markets
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monopoly And Antitrust Policy
     Monopolistic Competition And Oligopoly
     Gdp: Measuring Total Production And Income
     Unemployment And Inflation
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economic Growth And Business Cycles
     Aggregate Demand And Aggregate Supply Analysis
     Money, Banks, And The Federal Reserve System
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monetary Policy
     Fiscal Policy
     Comparative Advantage, International Trade, And Exchange Rates