ISI - FCS 4480 - Consumer Economic Issues
Course Description
Consumer Economic Issues , including consumers in the marketplace, the consumer movement, rights and remedies, advocacy, public policy, decision making, buying, credit, banking, insurance, clothing, health care, food, housing, and investments.
This course is very practical in nature. It is designed to help you become an informed consumer and be confident in your marketplace decisions. It will also give you the tools you need to assert your rights and solve consumer problems. Assignments are applicable to real-life and exams focus on understanding the concepts of consumer economic issues and behaviors.
Learner Outcomes
- The primary objective of this course is to help you become an educated consumer regarding your marketplace decisions and your consumer rights.
- Each Lesson has specific objectives related to the covered material
Required Course Materials
Goldsmith, Elizabeth B. Consumer Economics Issues and Behaviors. 3rd ed., Routledge, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1138846586, ISBN-10: 1138846589
Microsoft PowerPoint
Expected Course Timeline
Most ISI courses are designed so that students can complete them within 3 months to 1 year. If you are attempting to complete a course more quickly than this, please contact ISI to explore your options.
Sponsor Institution
Credits earned for this course are included in a University of Idaho transcript.
This is an INDEPENDENT STUDY IN IDAHO course
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COURSE NUMBER NOTICE
Beginning with the 2025-2026 Catalog year, the University of Idaho transitioned to 4-digit course numbers. As ISI works through this transition, you may continue to see 3-digit course numbers during this time. A crosswalk is available online.
Prerequisites
Econ 201 Principles of Macroeconomics, ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics, ECON 272 Foundations of Economic Analysis or FCS 105 Individual and Family Development; or permission (submit an ISI Support Request).- ISI - ECON 2201 - Principles of Macroeconomics (Complete)
- EP0009 - ISI - FCS 4480 Pre-Req Transc